My 87-year-old mother has Crohn's and Colitis, plus bad osteoperosis and is in pain - from food?
My mother has very bad osteoperosis, as well as Crohn's Disease and Colitis. She recently had a kyphoplasty on one of her fractured veterbrae to help eliminate severe pain she was having. The severe pain has been reduced by a lot but she is still in pain apparently around her whole body - abdomen to back. After her surgery she was constipated but in lessening her pai medication she was able to move her bowels and that pain has been eliminated. But I am beginning to wonder whether this is pain she is currently experiencing is caused by the foods she eats especially because of her long-term problem with her bowels.
Do you think she should be going to a special nutritionist that deals with geriactric problems of this nature? Could certain foods be causing her pain due to her Crohn's and Colitis history?
Any ideas you might have would be much appreciated!
Lillian Israel
Hi Lillian,
Many of us IBDers find that what we eat can help our symptoms or make them worse. Before you dash off to a nutritionist, have your mother keep a food diary - you can read some of my Shareposts on the main IBD site about doing this - which will help her to see if what she is eating is causing some of her issues. It's best to keep this kind of diary for at least 2 weeks, a month is even better. Obviously, if you find a particular food or category of foods that are troublesome have her stop eating them for a few days or a week and see if that helps.
As we age, what our guts can tolerate can become quite finicky, so she may be eating things that weren't a problem a few years ago but are now causing some symptoms.
She also should let her doctor know about any symptom changes that are significant.
Best of luck to her,
Elizabeth
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