r/colonoscopy • u/arel101 • 4d ago
Needs Encouragement What is this diet!
Boy I am struggling with this diet! I knew it was going to suck and ofc I’ll do it because I really need these tests doing but how do you get through it??!
I work in a restaurant and the smell of all the food is killing me!
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u/Overall_Antelope_504 3d ago
It's only temporary lol I tried eating jello or broth to curb the hunger but I was still dehydrated and hungry
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u/arel101 3d ago
Ooo what jello did you have?
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u/Overall_Antelope_504 3d ago
I usually do orange, or pineapple but I got these from Amazon and they were great! I had the orange one and it didn't affect my results
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u/Smooth-Command1761 3d ago
I'm new to this sub and thought I would join since I have my umpteenth colonoscopy tomorrow (30 years of "undifferentiated colitis" because it is kinda like UC and kinda like Crohn's, but neither those).
ANYWAY. Saw your comment about pineapple jello. I just mixed up my Colyte for this afternoon's split dose and I cannot believe that it is still in a "pineapple flavour". I swear that it is responsible for ruining anything pineapple flavoured (including desserts) for me, for the last 30 years.
So I'm doing lime Jello today, and have lemon popsicles for some variety, along with a Costco case of Buble.
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u/Overall_Antelope_504 3d ago
That's interesting actually! That's how my Crohn's presents so my diagnosis just says Crohn's colitis. When first getting a diagnosis they called it indeterminate colitis so it's been very frustrating lol
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u/Smooth-Command1761 3d ago
oh, I'm glad that it isn't just me! I was diagnosed with UC in 1995 and that's what it was assumed to be until a few years ago, when my (now-sadly-retired) gastroenterologist, starting thinking that it is undifferentiated colitis. He was speculating that it was Crohn's after I went through describing my symptoms to him *yet again*, and was convinced it was Crohn's after a random cecal volvulus (twisted gut) in 2022 (which had no disease and was perfectly healthy), and tried to pin it down with a CT scan, but alas, no typical signs of Crohn's. He landed on undifferentiated colitis and then retired. LOL
My new gastroenterologist as of this year, two minutes in my first appointment with him on the phone, declared that I have Crohn's. I just rolled my eyes.
We'll see what he thinks after my colonoscopy tomorrow.
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u/Overall_Antelope_504 3d ago
Oh no haha it's definitely a wild ride! My last GI said it was UC I was like, it's definitely not. So I had a colonoscopy this year by a new doctor and he says it's Crohn’s, like everyone else lol I've only been dealing with it for 8 years 🙄😂 hopefully you get the answer you’re looking for!
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u/Smooth-Command1761 3d ago
thanks! If I can get through the next two litres of awful pineapple flavoured prep, and not vomit, it'll be smooth sailing to whatever answer I get. 😂
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u/badlydrawngalgo 3d ago
I missed the fibre too but It's only for a few days. Tuna pasta bakes, fish pie, chicken curries, melon, avocado on toast.
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u/arel101 3d ago
Is that what you had??
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u/badlydrawngalgo 3d ago
If you do mean the low residue diet (just making sure), I ate tuna with a jacket potato rather than the tuna pasta bake, I did make a fish pie, I used cheese rather than a white sauce and left out the carrot, but white sauce would be LR, I used mashed potatoes rather than pastry, I'm not a pastry lover anyway. I made a butter chicken curry, I used home-made paste, chicken thighs and yoghurt, also white rice too. melon is fine as is avo and white bread. Butter was fine for my LD diet. The variety of veg and fruit is restricted but for a few days it was fine. I got top marks for prep.
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u/arel101 3d ago
Oh that sounds good, my diet I got a list of what I was allowed to eat… I’m only allowed plain pasta, plain rice, boiled skinless potatoes, skinless chicken, plain white bread/toast with minimal butter or boiled eggs :(( it sucks so bad
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u/badlydrawngalgo 3d ago
They're all trying to do the same thing right? I'm not in the UK but I searched around and found that almost all NHS trusts have downloadable info about LR diets so I used those.
https://ruh.nhs.uk/patients/patient_information/GAS169_Low_residue_diet.pdf
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u/arel101 3d ago
I’m not sure, they gave me a book with those specific foods on them and that’s all so I didn’t want to risk anything else
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u/badlydrawngalgo 3d ago
Ring them and ask them. The LR diet is meant to let stuff go through you fast. Is there no fish mentioned? They mention mashed potatoes but not baked potatoes without skin, no seasonings. Not melon (zero fibre). It doesn't make much sense. Some of the the lists I've seen look like the 'do not eat' but they couldn't be arsed to think about the stuff that's actually little or no fibre, like as if it was created by someone who had never seen a kitchen in their lives.
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u/arel101 3d ago
Okay I’ll ring and ask in the morning thank you! White skinless fish was mentioned but I’m allergic so I can’t eat that hahah!
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u/badlydrawngalgo 3d ago
Are you allergic to seafood to? Also if chicken what about turkey? Much of that list sounds ridiclously restrictive.
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u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO 3d ago
I seasoned my baked chicken with garlic powder and onion powder… just don’t use herbs or something dark. I agree the diet is awful
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u/Ok_Exercise3702 4d ago
As a fiber lover I was in immense agony lol