Re: Need help through this flare

[Guest guest]

The best thing to do is go back on intro and stage 1 for a while

while symptoms begin resolving.

Mara

> I am looking for encouragement

> and support during this period of uncertainty as I attempt to ride

> this out. Thanks for your help.

>

> aiazeen

> 4.5 months SCD

> UC 6yrs

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[Guest guest]

Dear Aiazeen,

I just want to let you know you're not alone in feeling anxious during the rough

spots. I'm

hoping that, in time, I can gain a sense of trust of my body. For now, I treat

it as gently as

I can and silently beg it to be nice.

It can be so hard to know how to mentally frame these episodes. Do you have the

time

and space to get a lot of sleep and eat very gentle foods? I hope so. I also

hope you have

hugs available.

I hope you feel better soon.

SCD nearly 2 years

CD 11 years

>

> Hi guys - rounding the curve at 4.5 months on SCD - no 3 month flare,

> but today is not so good. Last week (at my place of work no less

> which is a restaurant), I ordered Salmon and told them they could put

> butter on it. There was brown sugar in the butter and I did not

> realize till I had eat 1/2. Stool started to soften. I then bought

> monterey jack cheese in brick form and my system did not like that -

> diarrhea off and on now since this incident for five days...I also

> started to get stomach pains, especially when I eat. I went out for

> a holiday dinner and had red meat and well cooked veggies. That night

> I had foul smelling diarrhea and increased urgency and more frequency.

> Yesterday there a trace of mucus in one of the six BMs and the stool

> fluctuated between diarrhea and soft stool. Today there is blood -

> while not a ton, it is there and still with the stomach pains. I am

> not on any meds. I take the Freeda multivitamins and B complex and a

> pro biotic. It is my intention to avoid meds at this time and drop

> down to stage 1 foods again. I feel like I have severe anxiety around

> anything related to a flare. I really have to watch the emotional joy

> ride I can go off on regarding the " what if things get really bad and

> I am in the hospital... " scenarios. I am looking for encouragement

> and support during this period of uncertainty as I attempt to ride

> this out. Thanks for your help.

>

> aiazeen

> 4.5 months SCD

> UC 6yrs

>