I'm in a fair amount of pain today. In my uneducated, assuming, vague mind, I think it is coming from my ascending colon. Although I often have pain there--sharp twinges I've assumed to be spasms, lately it has been more constant and a bit worse, remaining tender and not just spasming. I'm on the generic of enterocort, but wondered, 1) does/should entercort help with pain? 2) Is this something I should call my GI about or is it just another part of living with lc?
And the other Q that keeps nagging me, after a bm that wasn't as close to norman as two days ago, is, if I am still struggling with this while on 9mg of budesonide and a severely restricted diet (still on rice/potatoes, pork, almond milk and butter, and near baby-food consistency veggies), does this mean the meds aren't working for me as they should? It seems others on the medicine talk about being able to eat what they want.
I do wonder if my recent increase in pain and bm issues is because of one slight change, probably a no-no, but wanted to save some money. I bought rice chex the other day. It didn't seem to have any of the food items I'm trying to avoid in it, although it did have foreign words in the ingredient list.
And on a side note, I am beginning to worry that I am deficient as, with having D for a year and a half that led to weight loss, followed by this restricted diet since Oct, I don't think I've had much in the way of nutrients in some time. Someone tell me I am doing the right thing, even though this rice-diet seems to contrary to what I know to be true about nutrition.
