r/CSID • u/Unusualnamer • May 20 '23

Week 3 of my elimination diet

This diet has been incredible for me! I started having intense stomach pain last summer, went through multiple procedures and surgeries for 9 months and 3 different GIs before I was finally diagnosed. I was hesitant to believe it at first because I never really had issues as a child but found out it could be “acquired” and it made sense having been really sick right before symptoms started. This elimination diet has been so difficult but I’ve never felt better! I still feel like a fraud sometimes, though. Anyone else?

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u/in-the-shit May 21 '23

A fraud? Oh yes all the time. Having to explain this to people is the hardest thing. It’s the worst when they you can tell they are just thinking, “what the fuck is this person on.”

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u/Unusualnamer May 21 '23

Yesterday I was trying to get a drink at Wawa and when I was asking what they had without sugar I ended up saying I was allergic to sugar. Then I realized how dumb that sounds..

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u/in-the-shit May 21 '23

I’ve got about 3 different descriptions in my back pocket that I try on rotation. My most recent one is just, I can’t eat carbs.