Thanks Pabb, one must be humorous, even in the face of this. when humour goes, its time to pack it in I think. When all this started, I was loosely following the diet outlined in 'Breaking the Vicious Cycle', by Elaine Gottschall. (for my Ulcerative Colitis) which is no Gluten, no sugar etc. Essentially an elimination diet to start with, slowly reintroducing things as you can handle them, but all that went out the window when this pain started..As the diet required a lot of energy in planning/will power etc, and all that went out the window. I suppose I thought, my Colitis isn't going anyway, it can wait. Unfortunately, this has really knocked the wind out of my sails ! Also, what is 'paleo' a type of fruit ?