Dietary Need - The detailed version

Sooo my diet is fairly complicated. My doctor says I should be fully healed by October or November 2014. I'll be getting a test done in November to see if my body is still intolerant.
Oh, and a super important detail about Ulcerative Colitis -- every person who has it, deals with it differently in that there are different levels of severity and they are intolerant to different foods. And everyone thinks that they have the right answer. Except that there are many answers. Because every body handles it differently.

Here is the most basic food principle:

Make it as easy on the body as possible for the next year. For best results, the food needs to be in the most bioavailable form.

Second Principle:

Keep the colon in a state where it is not prone to inflammation. 

The things that create an inflammatory colon are grains, animal by-products and cruciferous vegetables.

According to my doctor, I am intolerant (not allergic) to fruit and anything derived from fruit, soy and anything derived from soy, and the combination of grain and sugar.
That's the simplest version.

The complications:

Fruit

I can have tomatoes and melons. But I can't have hardly any tomato sauce from the store because it often has olive oil, combining vinegar from grain and granulated sugar, citric acid, etc. There is this one brand from Trader Joe's though. I could make it but it's a lengthy process. And I spend enough time cooking.
So thank you, Universe.

Olives, avocados, bell peppers, cashews, nutmeg, and coconut are fruit, according to my doctor. I am intolerant to honey that is sourced from fruit trees. Fruit in some form is in processed/packaged food so that eliminates a lot of readily available food.

Soy

Anything derived from soybeans are out. Which cuts out a ton of processed food and most chocolate. Which is sad. Though I'm technically not supposed to be eating chocolate because it's a laxative but... It's delightful.

Soy products: tofu, edamame, a lot of miso, soy lecithin, soy protein, etc.

Grain and Sugar

Grains are inflammatory (apparently though I don't really know because I haven't made a study of it) so my doctor has said that I should have no more than 1/2 cup of grains per day. Grains include flax seeds, seame seeds, sunflower seeds, oats, quinoa, amaranth, and white rice (it's less fibrous which makes it easier on a tender colon). But no wheat or other grains. Wheat, in any amount, creates an inflamed digestive system for many people.

I made 1/2 cup of rice for dinner soon after talking to my doctor. I looked at my dinner of rice and sea weed and salt. It's a rather sad dinner with such a small portion of rice. So, in part because it is depressing, grain is not part of my usual diet.

I can combine some sugars with grains, like maple syrup, honey and stevia. But white sugar, brown sugar, or beet root sugar is not okay with grains. I don't really understand why.

If I consume grains, I have to be aware for the next 6 hours that I should not consume sugar. That is a hassle. And true, I do not have hardly any of the "bad sugars" regularly, but it still is another thing I would have to be aware of.

Other 

Cruciferous vegetables apparently create a sulfurous environment for people with ulcerative colitis. A sulfurous environment is inflammatory.

Animal products create a sulfurous environment. I don't know if that is true for all people. I can have 1 - 3 eggs a week, animal meat should not be consumed more than 2 times a week, and no dairy. Except small amounts of butter.

The result of eating fruit, soy, and grain+sugar

When I eat those things, it can trigger a flare-up. But it is not just the diet, it's also how much sleep I'm getting, how much stress I am managing (or not managing), how often and how much movement my body is getting. 

A flare-up can be debilitating. It can kill you but if you go see a doctor, they'll make sure that doesn't happen.

It's very difficult to function when you feel nauseous, abdominal pain, cramping, bones aching, low energy, lack of hemoglobin (carries oxygen to your brain) which makes it hard to think, and then everyone's all concerned that you're losing weight and you look pale and it's like

No, no, please, please don't be concerned. I'm concerned enough as it is. I'm doing what I can to get better. I don't need you to be concerned. I just want to feel normal and loved and to love you and yeah, I don't have much energy but this whole "being sick" thing is really boring every day and I just want to feel light and be around delightful people. And when you hug me, don't hold too tight, my body is tender.

Just create a space to nestle into and hold me and let me melt. 

I just want to breathe safe. Let me breathe.