Hi!
Yes, I remember someone saying fiber is bad for crohn's and I have read
that too. Up until recently my pcp was pushing fiber! i haven't had a
problem until I really increased it and then boy, did I have a problem.
Not with diarrhea, but with tremendous gas and pain. I know this is a
common problem when increasing fiber and you have to do it slowly. I
did-over a 4 month period and I still blew up, so I concluded that my
system can only handle a certain amount of fiber. I got into the fiber
thing not because of digestive problems-i have none of those. I did it
for the cardiac benefits. So I went back to the normal amount of fiber
(I think I eat enough as it is, as I said I really pushed it)
If I do have crohn's I'm not sure it is so good taking celebrex which
can irritate the gi lining. Less so than the traditional NSAIDS, but
there is still the potential. I have never had an occult blood problem.
I believe the pain in my abdomen/pelvis that was always there was not
from my gut but referred from the SI joint or lower spine. The other
pain I have had in my lower abdomen (the way it started 2 years ago and
then again when I increased the fiber)may have been from my gut. It
felt different than what I have now. It was with this other pain that I
have the fever and chills.