sorting through the various vegetables trying to find those with juice that won't kill me...I admit, it's a little overwhelming.
Yes, it must be. I have something which is probably interstitial cystitis (no official diagnosis because that requires a biopsy, which my doctor and I agreed not to go for since it's mostly controlled by diet), so I am not unfamiliar with the "ooh, let's see if this will cause a horrible reaction" game. Not to mention the "guess which of the things I ate was the one which sent me to the bathroom at 15-minute intervals all through the night" game.
It might be an option to stick with the "invalid diet" for a few weeks more --"almost no pain, and no other symptoms" is not a small deal, and it gives your digestive tract more time to heal, and you some time when you're not having to think about this stuff. Then you could start adding in other things again, beginning with things you could tolerate before.
It may not be nutritionally optimal, obviously (without supplementing protein and vitamins, at least), but a couple of weeks of it isn't long enough for major deficiencies to set in.
Hopefully it's a temporary blip caused by the virus, and you can at least get back to enjoying some of the things you could manage before.
no subject
Yes, it must be. I have something which is probably interstitial cystitis (no official diagnosis because that requires a biopsy, which my doctor and I agreed not to go for since it's mostly controlled by diet), so I am not unfamiliar with the "ooh, let's see if this will cause a horrible reaction" game. Not to mention the "guess which of the things I ate was the one which sent me to the bathroom at 15-minute intervals all through the night" game.
It might be an option to stick with the "invalid diet" for a few weeks more --"almost no pain, and no other symptoms" is not a small deal, and it gives your digestive tract more time to heal, and you some time when you're not having to think about this stuff. Then you could start adding in other things again, beginning with things you could tolerate before.
It may not be nutritionally optimal, obviously (without supplementing protein and vitamins, at least), but a couple of weeks of it isn't long enough for major deficiencies to set in.
Hopefully it's a temporary blip caused by the virus, and you can at least get back to enjoying some of the things you could manage before.