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| Goodbye my doughy friend - you will be missed! |
I love food; I don’t think there’s anything more satisfying than
tucking into freshly baked bread spread thickly with golden butter to start you
day. Nearly all my friends (bar one very
important one) are foodies and I spend more of my meagre income on eating out
than on anything else.
Unfortunately, my days of indiscriminately snacking on
everything that comes my way has come abruptly to an end. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease when I
was 15 years old. Since that time I’ve
never been fully healthy, however I didn’t feel that my symptoms could be
controlled by my diet. Even my doctors
told me that, unless I had specific intolerances, my diet would not make a significant impact on my health.
But due to an emergency obstruction I was admitted
to a different hospital. This gastro
team there had a very different approach and immediately recommended the LofflexDiet. Within a week my pain has calmed
down and I’ve been able to eat full meals! It's been extraordinary.
So, with some help from my Nana, and a bit of time on my hands while I prepare for surgery (gulp), I have the task of coming up with healthy, nutritious and fattening meals to build me up and please my highly exacting tongue.
I thought I'd share my journey (and recipes) in case there's anyone else who's trying to achieve food perfection on the limited Lofflex. Wish me luck!
Love, Alex x
Dear Alex, I have just come across your blog and think it is a fantastic thing you are doing, my son is 8 years old and has just recently been diagnosed with Chrons. He had the liquid only diet for 6 weeks then the lofflex, he didn't seem to react badly to foods when reintroduced, but after 2 months he has started again with diahorria so we have gone back to beginning with the diet. I am just introducing wheat to see how he goes on. The things I struggle with on the lofflex diet is... gravy and sauces. I will follow your blog for ideas on menus and will let you know how they go. Good luck with your surgery and with the diet. I am a firm believer in it. Michelle
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Alex at this point in my journey every LOFFLEX recipe is extremely important to me as I try and figure out how to cope on the diet
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