Just tried these for the first time and they are surprisingly tasty. I’m always a little wary with Schar products because I have tried some of their gluten-free biscuits in the past and they tasted awful. These, however, are flavourful and only 24kcal per. Also, low in fibre, so me-friendly.
First attempt at banana pancakes. I think they came out surprisingly well and they taste pretty good. Literally, a mashed up banana mixed with two eggs and fried.
So, under the advise of the hospital dietitian, I am now on a low fibre diet. It means cutting out a lot of stuff but there’s still plenty I can eat. I have been given a couple of food tables to help me prepare me-friendly meals, and I’ve kept the copy of the low-residue menu I was given at the hospital. I’m still reducing my gluten intake but I’m not going to be as strict as it doesn’t seem to be working as well for me. Bread is my main issue, however, crumpets – which you’d think would be worse than bread – I can handle. That means, today’s lunch consists of a toasted crumpet with a fried egg on top.
I might try making my own gluten-free bread later. I’m borrowing my parents bread-maker at the moment so I may as well try it.
Gluten-free stir-fried steamed vegetables, frankfurter sausages and egg. Yum yum!
The work issue has been solved. I spoke to my team leader and he offered to talk to my colleague for me. He had a chat before she started her shift and apparently, she was very apologetic. I didn’t need her to apologise to me so my TL told her to just draw a line under it and make sure she doesn’t do it again. This has made working with her less daunting so I’m happy.
In other news, I’m being good today. I’ve had gluten-free cereal, grapes, tea and gluten-free savoury rice cake snacks for lunch. My stomach has cramped it’s way through most of this morning but I hope the gentle food stops it from hurting too much this afternoon. I’m not sure what I’ll eat for dinner but I’ll try and stick with the few safe foods I have at the moment. Chicken maybe? Possible with rice or noodles. I haven’t tried steamed vegetables in a while so maybe that with a little grated cheese on top. We’ll see.
So I got a call back from my IBD nurse and she’s said I need to drink more water, try eating more grapes (brcaise they are good for aoftebing stools) and stop taking the colesevelam for a couple of days before starting again on half the dose. She said colesevelam can cause constipation so I need to be mindful of that and call again if things don’t improve with the half dose.
I’m feeling really tired today despite having had about nine hours sleep last night. I’m trying to have a chilled out day today but I realised I need to go out to drop off a prescription request at the doctors and get more grapes.
Inflammatory bowel disease should never be misconstrued for someone having an eating disorder. We eat what our bodies can handle and we eat as much as we can. Never be quick to be overcritical of our eating habits because to you they may be unusual, but to us, they are our safe foods. We do not need a lecture on how to eat healthy or what we should be eating instead, but rather we don’t your input unless we ask for it. If one were to read up on inflammatory bowel disease, you would see we have to worry about several trigger foods. These foods oftentimes bring on our symptoms and are difficult for us to digest. There is a difference between telling us what to eat and asking us what we can eat. Learn about the inflammatory bowel disease first before you decide to sit there and dictate what foods we should be eating to work towards living a healthier lifestyle. We cannot eat whatever we want and we, as the patients, are very aware of the kinds of foods that our bodies can no longer tolerate.
This is something I wish I could share with certain people. It’s hard not to come across as defensive or ungrateful when telling someone that you know better than them what your body can handle.
I’ve been self-destructive again this week. I tried to have me-friendly food but I have eaten a lot of things that I shouldn’t have. I had a korma last night (which stayed down) but it inevitably hurt last night and this morning. I’m going food shopping tomorrow so I’ll be able to get more of what I can eat. I’m going to try and have sandwiches for my lunches at work again provided I can find a gluten free bread I like.
TGIFriday’s went well on Thursday. I had a nice gluten free burger and I got a free mocktail. Friday was good too so was today, although I did have a bit of a stomach cramp this afternoon. I am spending New Year with my fiance, sister and her fiance watching Dara O’Briain, eating pizza and drinking iced tea. I hope everyone has a good, safe New Year.
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