Health | Crohn's Disease

As previously mentioned in an older post I have been going through some trouble with my stomach and what I can and can't eat. On Thursday, after numerous blood tests, cutting out food and invasive tests (colonoscopy I'm looking at you) I was finally diagnosed with Crohn's disease.

'Crohn’s disease is a long-term condition that causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive system.'

This came as a little bit of a shock, I've been waiting so long for my test results I just assumed they would tell me I had an intollerence to something I was eating and I would be sent away. But no, I actually have a serious illness. I've been put on steroids for the time being to keep the swelling down and it is now up to trial and error to work out what food triggers flare up's. This tends to be spicy food or food with a lot of fibre in as my body is unable to digest this.

From the begining of the year I have been making a concious effort to look after myself better, especially in regards to what I was eating. I will be the first to admit that my diet was awful, I lived off processed foods, I honestly was addicted to Mcdonalds and I couldn't go a day without drinking at least 2 cans of coke. This left me permantly run down and bloated. In January I decided to really make a change to look after myself, I no longer drink any fizzy drink and I rarely drink fruit juice anymore, sticking to lots of water and sugar free squash. I haven't eaten a Mcdonalds this year, or Burger King, KFC etc. I used to have a take away at least once a week and now this is limited to once a month, I used to eat out all the time and this now happens once a week, if even that.

Thankfully this hasn't been too hard as I love fruit and vegetables so now my diet takes an 80% clean approach, with the odd treat thrown in.

A typical food day for me includes:

Breakfast: Greek yoghurt, raspberries and granola

Snack: Apple

Lunch: Salad or wrap (normally chicken or falafal)

Snack: Banana

Dinner: Fajitas, Curry, Pasta, Chicken and rice etc

And I normally always have a square of chocolate or jaffa cakes (my guilty pleasure).


All in all, now I've settled into a habbit with my food choices and taking my steroids I don't really suffer anymore. I have odd days where I feel really run down and lathargic, but I've just learnt to get on with it.