Crohn's Disease Support Group

Hi-new to this group. I'm 24 years old & was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease since I was 14. Was on a few medications & was taken off of all of them when I was about 20 & was just put back on medication last year after having a pretty bad flare up ( my first flare up since having Crohn's ) I've always been very petite & I eat ALL the time but can never seem to gain weight ( stresing all the time may have something to do with that too ) but does anyone have that issue as well, if so, any advice?

Hi,

Welcome to the crohns site....do you want to gain weight?? i guess carbs would help..baked potatoes , mashed potatoes ....sweet potatoes...avacados...slide down foods ...have you tried protein powder??

Keep in touch and I hope your day went well and you are pain free.

Blessings

I'll echo Syarshine's idea of protein powder. I would also highly recommend a nutritionist with some knowledge of Crohn's. When things were really bad, I was lucky because my sister is a dietician at a hospital in Vermont and helped me along. If you contact me off list, she me be able to locate someone in your area.

Give me some ideas of what helped you thru your flare up .....what you were told to eat...

Thanks so much for writing me! I honestly just relaxed & stayed positive on getting better & hoped that I would. My boss actually referred me to my GI doctor & I don't know what I'd do without him, I feel 100% times better then what I did this time last year. He put me on the right kind of medications & gave me a list of foods that I could eat & foods that I should stay away from. I was able to eat basically anything but told to stay away from fruit,raw veggies,dairy, nuts, stuff like that. I stuck with that diet for a little while until I felt maybe I could try & start eating some of the other things that could upset my stomach. Sometimes some food will upset my stomach & sometimes they don't, guess it's really more trial & error. I have been feeling great with my Crohn's lately & now just trying to feel better with my OCD/aniexty. I'm gonna try the protein powder idea & hopefully that works! I have been drinking ensure as well ( sometimes even mixing it in milkshakes ) but haven't really kept up with it. Also muscle milk too. Thanks again for writing me & please keep in touch! =)

Thanks for writing me & thanks for the advice. Think I'm gonna try the protein powder idea, hopefully that works, make some shakes/smoothies with it or something. That would be great! =)

I wish being too skinny was my problem!I'm on prednisone and I eat like a cow!I just graze in the kitchen all day long!I have put on 10 lbs in the last month

Question...dosn't eating alot make the crohns worse???

When I am on the prednisone, food don't seem to bother me as much.But now that I am tapering off,I have to watch what I eat!

ive been eating at least 5 high carb, high protein meals a day since surgery to gain weight. i gained bout 6lbs in 2 weeks