savoy050

A lot of people have commented on my blog with questions and suggestions about my diet.  Some diets work well for some and not others - this is obvious.  But for me it's a roll of the dice mostly.  Due to the fact that I can eat something one time and it doesn't bother me, then the next time I eat it, it can tear me up.  Every day is a new adventure, but I have found that some foods that are almost always ok or almost always not okay.  Plus, I am a very picky eater.  I don't like a lot of things and just recently added bananas to my diet.  I went for years and wouldn't even taste one.   That's why I cannot and do not follow any certain, specific diet.  I just don't like what's offered in most diets. Well, what do I eat?  Here's my list: Generally Good and Safe Foods Potatoes Rice Couscous Noodles Crackers Apples Bananas Cantaloupe Kiwi Strawberries Cheese Chicken Fish Beef Pork Chicken noodle soup Luncheon meats - turkey/chicke...

No one will understand that title but me.  That's okay though. I'm still on the Entocort and I finally got my Pentasa as well.  I'm feeling better and going to the bathroom a little less than usual.  It's also more formed, not completely but at least not totally watery like before. It's been super cold and super snowy here in Ohio.  I'm enjoying the weather but I'm ready for Spring.  There is a lot to do outside and with the lake right out back I'm ready to fish! That's the latest update for now.  I shall post more soon.

Well I ended up having to have the colonoscopy.  It was gross.  But it showed that I have mild ulcerations of Crohn's disease in my colon just past where my anastamosis is .  (Where they hooked my two intestines back together after my resection.)  The Entocort is the best med for me to be on right now, however, Dr GI also wants me to have Pentasa for maintenance but my stupid insurance won't pay for it.  They say that they won't pay for anything more that 4 pills a day.  Pentasa is given at a dose of 4 pills 4 times a day.  Apparently the MDs at the insurance company know something my doctor doesn't.  Oh, what's that?  There aren't MDs at the insurance company making these decisions?  They are just corporate desk jockeys making medical decisions about peoples' lives without so much as a nursing degree?  Oh that's right.  'Murica.