WRONG!!! OHHH BOY WAS I WRONG.
On re-admission I did see a dietician I was put on an "elemental diet" which, it turns out, is a really nice doctor-y way of saying "I'm going to shove a fucking tube up your nose and pump some yellow gunk into you for 20 hours a day". This was obviously done for lots of good and valid medical reasons, and is necessary for me to gain the nutrients I need to recover, its just harder to appreciate when its some foul looking, smelling and tasting concoction is being dribbled into your stomach.
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| Mmmmm delicious... |
Anyway enough on that stuff, after being discharged I will be starting on the LOFFLEX diet developed by Professor John Hunter.
The idea is essentially a very strict list of initially approved foods forming a base diet, to which you slowly re-introduce other food/ingredients one by one to test your system and see if they aggravate your Crohn's to keep track of "safe" food.
I'm becoming very quickly obsessed with this diet so this may turn in to a weird food blog that most people wont want or need to try to follow as I try and battle my way through the re-intro list.
It sounds like boring food when you read through what is allowed at first, but actually it doesn't all seem so bad when you look at the special LOFFLEX recipes however, check out the sweet selection I can chow down on right away below, and this is BEFORE I can add eggs, dairy, pork or even bread back into the mix to really kick things off.
The idea is essentially a very strict list of initially approved foods forming a base diet, to which you slowly re-introduce other food/ingredients one by one to test your system and see if they aggravate your Crohn's to keep track of "safe" food.
I'm becoming very quickly obsessed with this diet so this may turn in to a weird food blog that most people wont want or need to try to follow as I try and battle my way through the re-intro list.
It sounds like boring food when you read through what is allowed at first, but actually it doesn't all seem so bad when you look at the special LOFFLEX recipes however, check out the sweet selection I can chow down on right away below, and this is BEFORE I can add eggs, dairy, pork or even bread back into the mix to really kick things off.
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| CARROT CAKE!! |
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| Shrimp & Avocado Salad |
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| Roast Garlic & Rosemary Potatoes |
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| Paella |
I've always been a fussy eater, so food never really came into my mind when I was first diagnosed despite it being the first thing people ask about when they hear "Crohn's".
The one good thing that will come out of this diagnosis is that now I have truly experienced not having any flavours, textures or tastes for so long, I will have a much more open mind when it comes to food.
Please read the previous sentence as: I'm going to stop being such a picky little bitch and try more stuff.
In all seriousness, I do already look at food in a different way and can all of a sudden see I've been missing out. Im also going to HAVE to learn how to cook, which will be useful to keep myself from dying when I do actually grow up.
Im genuinely really looking forward to it all.
Please read the previous sentence as: I'm going to stop being such a picky little bitch and try more stuff.
In all seriousness, I do already look at food in a different way and can all of a sudden see I've been missing out. Im also going to HAVE to learn how to cook, which will be useful to keep myself from dying when I do actually grow up.
Im genuinely really looking forward to it all.
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