Potatoes
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Potatoes
Hello everyone, thank you for the advice on the Prednisone. I've decided to not start it for the time being. I'm still horrible, in fact today was extra bad. Does anyone have trouble with potatoes. I've been eating potatoe chips and french fries and they seem to bother me immensley. After eating either one, it looks like tiny bits of undigested potatoe when I go. Also, does anyone know why my Gastro is doing a upper endoscopy next Monday? My trouble seems to be in the lower belly, intestines, colon, etc. I've been doing good on the Gluten, but still no change at all. I've been thinking about fasting for a day or two just to see what comes out then. Any input on that? I keep thinking of new foods to ask about. Is canned tuna and salmon alright? I've been eating a lot of chicken breasts, salmon and talapia fillets, but I also eat canned tuna and salmon. If I don't do the full fast, I may just do meat and veggies. Although, even veggies seem to bother me somewhat.
Only a very few members here are sensitive to potatoes. That's quite rare. However, it's not rare to pass them undigested, during reactions. That doesn't mean that you are reacting to the potatoes - only that you are not digesting them due to general GI distress. FWIW, most commercial French fries contain gluten. If you make your own, of course, they should be safe.
The upper endoscopy is to rule out celiac disease. He's going to take biopsy samples of your small intestine, to look for villus atrophy.
If you have secretory D, (as is common with MC), fasting will not stop it - it will just slow it down a little). Secretory D will continue until you run completely out of either water or electrolytes, either one of which would result in a life-threatening crisis.
Canned fish packed in water should be safe. A lot of it is packed in soy oil, though, so you have to check the label.
One time, between tests, I lived on jello, Sprite, 7-Up, and water, for 2 weeks. I thought that by avoiding all solid food, they would allow me to skip the cleanout routine, (which always made me sick as a dog, for days), for the second test. Silly me, they insisted that I had to do it anyway.
The D slowed down a little, and it was always mostly clear water, but it never stopped, of course, and I managed to lose somewhere around 25 pounds during those 2 weeks. That was weight that I couldn't really afford to lose, either, because I was already way underweight when I started. I was literally hide and bones, after 2 weeks of that. I couldn't sit in a bathtub, or on a hard chair or bench, without severe pain, because my butt totally disappeared during that "experiment".
Tex
The upper endoscopy is to rule out celiac disease. He's going to take biopsy samples of your small intestine, to look for villus atrophy.
If you have secretory D, (as is common with MC), fasting will not stop it - it will just slow it down a little). Secretory D will continue until you run completely out of either water or electrolytes, either one of which would result in a life-threatening crisis.
Canned fish packed in water should be safe. A lot of it is packed in soy oil, though, so you have to check the label.
One time, between tests, I lived on jello, Sprite, 7-Up, and water, for 2 weeks. I thought that by avoiding all solid food, they would allow me to skip the cleanout routine, (which always made me sick as a dog, for days), for the second test. Silly me, they insisted that I had to do it anyway.
The D slowed down a little, and it was always mostly clear water, but it never stopped, of course, and I managed to lose somewhere around 25 pounds during those 2 weeks. That was weight that I couldn't really afford to lose, either, because I was already way underweight when I started. I was literally hide and bones, after 2 weeks of that. I couldn't sit in a bathtub, or on a hard chair or bench, without severe pain, because my butt totally disappeared during that "experiment".
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Rhyes,
Sorry you are feeling poorly.
Some of us cannot eat any potatoes while others have no problem. Clearly, you are having issues, so I'd set them aside for now. It might also be that the potatoes themselves are not giving you issues, but rather it could be the oil they are cooked in. Hard to say.
Regarding veggies, many members have found the only way to handle veggies is to cook them until they are mushy. This makes it easier for our intestines to digest them. I'd encourage you to do that while you are feeling this way.
Canned fish should be fine, as far as I know. I don't have any trouble with tuna fish, for example. I've not yet tried canned salmon, but have no issues with fresh salmon.
I'll let other members with more knowledge answer about the upper GI endoscopy you are scheduled for. One thing I do want to say is, it's your body and you should feel comfortable asking your physician why he/she wants to do this procedure or any other.
Good luck!
Sharaine
Sorry you are feeling poorly.
Some of us cannot eat any potatoes while others have no problem. Clearly, you are having issues, so I'd set them aside for now. It might also be that the potatoes themselves are not giving you issues, but rather it could be the oil they are cooked in. Hard to say. Regarding veggies, many members have found the only way to handle veggies is to cook them until they are mushy. This makes it easier for our intestines to digest them. I'd encourage you to do that while you are feeling this way.
Canned fish should be fine, as far as I know. I don't have any trouble with tuna fish, for example. I've not yet tried canned salmon, but have no issues with fresh salmon.
I'll let other members with more knowledge answer about the upper GI endoscopy you are scheduled for. One thing I do want to say is, it's your body and you should feel comfortable asking your physician why he/she wants to do this procedure or any other.
Good luck!
Sharaine
Hi Rhyes,
It is almost impossible to get french fries (or chips as we call them here) that don't have added 'stuff' that is usually gluten contaminated. Places will say they sell gluten free chips, but then they use the same scoop in the oil, or even cook them in the same oil, so they are contaminated.
Have a go using potatoes that you peel yourself - completely from scratch. Or even better, just try some plain boiled potatoes. That should help sort out if it really is the potatoes, or the stuff that you are eating along with them.
These days, I make mashed potatoes by saving some of the water I boiled the potatoes in as I drain them, then mash with dairy free margarine (Nuttelex here, Earth Balance is the US equivalent) and add back in enough of the reserved water to get the texture I want. DH eats it without complaint. It does taste better if I add salt as the spuds are cooking...
Chips contain lots of fat, and you might also be finding it is just more fat than your body can process at the moment.
Lyn
It is almost impossible to get french fries (or chips as we call them here) that don't have added 'stuff' that is usually gluten contaminated. Places will say they sell gluten free chips, but then they use the same scoop in the oil, or even cook them in the same oil, so they are contaminated.
Have a go using potatoes that you peel yourself - completely from scratch. Or even better, just try some plain boiled potatoes. That should help sort out if it really is the potatoes, or the stuff that you are eating along with them.
These days, I make mashed potatoes by saving some of the water I boiled the potatoes in as I drain them, then mash with dairy free margarine (Nuttelex here, Earth Balance is the US equivalent) and add back in enough of the reserved water to get the texture I want. DH eats it without complaint. It does taste better if I add salt as the spuds are cooking...
Chips contain lots of fat, and you might also be finding it is just more fat than your body can process at the moment.
Lyn
I just read Loren Cordain's new book "The Paleo Answer" and he says potatoes are a no-no on the paleo diet. In his first book he primarily discouraged them because of their high glycemic load. But in this book he talks about how they contribute to leaky gut. They contain glycoalkaloids that lead to intestinal permeability. So, probably best for you to be avoiding them anyway.
Mary Beth
Mary Beth
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Thank you everyone for all of the advice :) Today started out being a bad day, so I can only hope it gets better. The weather is supposed to be horrible here today (Florida), so I just plan on relaxing most of the day. I've been a little sick for the past three days, so I'm wondering if some of my belly issues right now are all of the sinus drainage, (probably TMI) :) Everything is coming out undigested with furry and hairy chunks. I'm not sure what all that's about.