Bacon and Crohn's

Good morning all,

I was recently discharged from the hospital after spending a total of 3.5 weeks recovering from a severe flare-up and some bacterial infections that took advantage of my weakened immune system. As a result of how sick I was, I dropped from my normal weight of 185 to 140 lbs in just about 3 months (I'm a 6'3 male).

At a follow-up appointment with my GI, I asked for some dietary guidelines that would help me both gain weight and would not result in even more trips to the bathroom. The document she gave me was from Northwestern University and was part of an overall explanation of low-residue/low-fiber diet. Much to my surprise, I saw that bacon (not Canadian or turkey bacon) was listed under a food to eat. I have been nervous to add it to my typical breakfast sandwich of egg and avocado on a plain bagel, so has anyone else been told bacon is okay? Any success/unsuccessful stories with it? As an added source of fat and salt, it would be a great addition to the diet but not worth getting sick over.

OK now I am jealous! Bacon does bother me. We all are different so I say try it on a day you feel good and are likely to be home. I put bacon on my only on my best days list. It's not banned, but rarely eaten. Some foods are OK on some days and you will have to test the waters

Take care

I guess it does come down to the everyone is different thing. For what it's worth, I did try some bacon yesterday and have had a slight uptick in stomach pain and gassiness. Probably will be avoiding it as long as this flare continues.