Flare -> Intro -> Die Off... every time?

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Hi everyone,

I'm still new to CD (4 months) and the SCD (1 month), sorry if this is an

elementary question. I'm still getting used to what my body is doing and what it

means. It's a painful and frustrating process.

After I came off the into diet the first time I felt really good, not perfect,

but better than I had in a while. Then I ate too many banana pancakes one

morning; since CD, I haven't been able to eat as much food as I want in one

sitting because of a structured Ileum. I figured it was just too much food, not

the banana's (which weren't new). Anyway, after that I had some okay days and

some bad days, never really as good as when I went off the intro diet. So 4 days

ago I went back on the intro diet and I seem to be having another die-off

reaction. Achy back and shoulders, headaches, nausea vomiting, increased ileum

pain.

So, my questions is, is this sort of cycle normal? Every time someone with CD

goes into a flare, then on the into diet, they have a die off?

Thanks,

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CD, SCD - 02/21/10