Question about the road to remission

[Ageslave]

Hello Everyone,

I’ve used a lot of the guide lines here since August 2024 (Diagnosed almost a year ago to the day, symptomatic for almost 2 years) I’ll say now compared to then there’s a noticeable difference in the severity of my day to day symptoms. My question is likely not going to have a concrete answer but I was hoping to get some input from people who have healed.

What I’m most curious about is when to start trying to add new foods in. I have about 10 things I can eat right now that consistently don’t make me feel worse. I do still have symptoms everyday but with varying degrees. Should I wait until I’m symptom-free to start adding new foods or just add stuff and stick to the rule of if it isn’t making it worse it’s ok.

My last question is regarding Diarrhea. The past 3 weeks I’ve almost had regular looking stools. There were a couple of days where I didn’t and my symptoms always get worse when I have diarrhea. A lot of cramping, bloating, reflux. I have read that formed stools are in the right direction but since I’m still symptomatic (just to a lesser degree and less often) I don’t want to erase all the work I’ve done by moving too quickly.

Thanks for the input

[tex]

Your improving symptoms suggest that you're getting close to remission. You might just need more time, or you might have something cross contaminating your diet so that you're being exposed to a small dose of gluten or some other protein to which are sensitive on a regular basis, and that's preventing you from reaching remission. Or, the problem might be due to something you're drinking. If you are using any commercially processed foods, look at the ingredient lists very carefully to make sure that they haven't changed without warning.

While we're still recovering, processed foods that contain more than five ingredients tend to make us react, even though the individual ingredients might appear to be safe. Gluten-free bread is a good example of that. Most of us can't tolerate commercial gluten-free bread before we're in remission, or any other baked pastry products, for that matter.

Regarding adding new foods, it's risky to try to add foods before we're in complete remission.

I hope this helps,

Tex

[Ageslave]

Thank You Tex

At the moment water is my only drink and Rice Chex is my only processed food. I do have a few flavors so maybe I’ll stick to the plain and see if that makes a difference.

I’m trying to stick to my safe foods according to Entero but I’ve also experimented with fruit a couple of times and I def wasn’t ready.

[tex]

The Chex cereal may be holding you back. Most of us can tolerate them after we're in remission, but more than a few of us can't tolerate them while we're still recovering. Like many of us, when I was recovering, my breakfast tended to look like any other meal, and it often consisted of yesterday's leftovers. If you crave carbs, vegetables are much safer than fruits, as long as they're peeled and overcooked so that they're easy to digest.

Tex