I'll be honest, I'm not much of a morning person but I am trying! In one of the many books on Crohns I read, it suggests waking up early so you give yourself plenty of time to get ready with minimal stress, so I've been trying to give this a go.
On a week day my alarm goes off at 06.50, so I give myself a full hour before I need to leave the house. Lately I've been waking up way before this due to the prednisone, but I've made myself stay in bed so that I'm at least relaxing if not sleeping. The first thing I do when I wake up is go downstairs and put the kettle on (typical Brit!) but sadly it's not to make a cuppa, because caffeine is something that irritates me. Instead I have a hot water and a slice of lemon. At first I wasn't sure if his would hurt me as lemon is so acidic, but starting your day with hot water and lemon is amazing to cleanse you and I haven't found it to be irritating at all.
Whilst the water and lemon cools down to a drinking temperature, I prepare my breakfast and take my pills. Currently, I have to take 10 pills in the morning... Lansoprazol for acid reflux which I will be on permanently, 15mg prednisone, two azathioprine, Ad-cal as steroids make your bones brittle, 1.2g mezavant for ulceration, and then I take a multi vit and a peppermint oil capsule as it helps me with bloating. First of all this seemed to be so much to take, especially as I was taking 8 prednisone tablets as opposed to now taking 3, but now it is just part of my daily routine.
And what better way to wash those pills down than with a yummy Aloe shot??... I'm kidding, it isn't yummy at all, the taste is terrible but I am yet to try a shot of anything that actually tastes nice. The whole point of a shot is to get it down ASAP isn't it? I take 60ml of this every morning, a tip I'd give is to suck on a lemon afterwards to get rid of the taste (makes me feel like I'm at the Sugar Hut shotting tequila!)
For breakfast I have been using the 'Magic Bullet' that my boyfriend nicely gave to me, and I love it! It's so easy to use, you just chuck in the ingredients and whiz away. Of a weekend, when I have more time, I do like scrambled eggs on gluten free toast and enjoy a nice warm breakfast, but of a week a smoothie is perfect for me. My favourite is banana and blueberries with water. This might sound very plain and boring to a lot of you, but it is perfect for me. I got the recipe from a book called 'Cooking with Crohn's' which is written by a woman who has the disease. She has a whole section on foods to eat whilst having a flare up which I found really helpful. It's so important to still be getting the right nutrition when you can't eat properly, as you don't want to make yourself more unwell. Fruit and vegetables are amazing for everyone and especially people with Crohn's, so by having a fruit smoothie in the morning I'm working towards my five a day. So that goes in my cup, I shower get changed, then walk to the station in the sunshine sipping my breaky!
Happy Friday people!!
XOXO Crohnie Girl
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