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Posted 7/23/2022 8:46 PM (GMT -5)
Can anyone tell me what foods help to combat UC flare. Just started on prednisone 30mg daily. On day four...am I getting too anxious? Just so tired of being afraid to leave the house. Then when i get where Im going i'm so tense, hoping I canmake it through the half hour or hour that I'm there. (It's usually a Dr appointment. It comes on so suddenly). I don't know what to eat half the time, so i am eating very little. Someone said to just eat half of a meal at a time and eat more often. I havent had meat, except a little chicken white meat. In am I eat cream of wheat and a half banana. Lunch is usually a poached egg on toast, then dinner is soup or a baked potato. Not very nutritious is it/
Anyway...thought maybe I could get some tips on your experiences. Thank you in advance!
Posted 7/23/2022 9:28 PM (GMT -5)
When I flared I ate well cooked and easy to digest foods -- bananas, eggs, salmon, chicken, well cooked spinach, sweet potatoes, toast, yogurt, rice. I just tried to get as much nutrition as a could without making things worse. I think it's pretty individual what everyone can tolerate when flaring. Pred should be kicking in for you soon, though my docs always started me at 40 mg and the last time I had to go up to 60 mg to get any relief.

Are you on any other meds? Pred should only be a bridge until another treatment plan can kick in.
Posted 7/23/2022 9:42 PM (GMT -5)
No other meds although I'm due for a Entyvio infusion next week. He had me on Budesonide first for 10 days then was going to change it to Uceris but decided to go with prednisone.
Posted 7/23/2022 9:51 PM (GMT -5)
No I'm not on any other meds. I was on budesonite for 10 days and then he was going to change it to Uceris but decided to go with prednisone. Thank you for your reply. When i was first diagnosed the Dr I had then told me to eat whatever sounds good! I did , and it got worse! This is so baffling sometimes. When I have yogurt sometimes it seems to bother me....maybe the milk? Well thanks again and best wishes for you!
Posted 7/23/2022 10:01 PM (GMT -5)
Dairy bothers some people so might be best to avoid it. Eat what you can. If you have a lot of diarrhea perhaps following the BRAT diet can help until the pred can kick in -- bananas, rice, applesauce and toast.

Are you just starting Entyvio or have you been on it for a while?
Posted 7/23/2022 10:02 PM (GMT -5)
btw -- Uceris is a brand name of budenoside so pretty much the same drug.
Posted 7/24/2022 12:24 AM (GMT -5)
I've been on Entyvio for 2 years. Been doing prettygood on it, but everytime I take a antibiotic I go into a flair.
This time it started with a sinus infection, took a z pack,went into c-diff , now a flair.
Posted 7/24/2022 12:10 PM (GMT -5)
I would eat low fibre/low residue diet during flares and it helped a lot. Think of the foods you eat the week before a colonoscopy, or else you can easily google the terms "low fibre" or "low residue" diet. It's not a diet you want to eat forever, but to help during a flare it's doable.
Posted 7/24/2022 12:14 PM (GMT -5)
Probably a good idea to get another test to confirm the c-diff is gone even if you already had a negative test.

I would also add a probiotic to help rebuild the good bacteria that got wiped out with all the antibiotics you have taken.
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