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I'm so sorry to hear about your struggles. I have friends with Crohns and wouldn't wish it on anyone. One (non-raw) resource you may want to look into is "Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet" by Elaine Gloria Gottschall. My aunt found it to be a very powerful book.
If you don't like the food you've been eating, then possibly the raw diet is not for you at this time - or you should try a different variant of the diet. You didn't mention if you were a meat eater before raw foods, but I think that unless you are already a vegetarian with vegan tendencies, it can be hard to transition cold turkey. I've been a vegetarian for seven years, and I've noticed a gradual change in that time regarding what I consider delicious and filling. I used to go to a buffet and say "Cool, extra helpings of honey baked ham!". After a year vegetarian, I noticed I would say, "Hey, look at that Okra and those sauteed veggies!"
If you do want to give raw foods another go, you might want to try an 'adding instead of subtracting' approach. You could have 1 quart green smoothie every morning and once a week try a gourmet raw recipe (not a salad or plain vegetables, since they don't seem to appeal to you.) Nearly any raw book will have recipes, but you may want to try Matt Amsden or Ani Phyo, since their books deal with presentation and some of the recipes are intended to remind you of their non-raw counterparts.
I hope you find an answer to your health issues. No matter what diet you choose, I'm sure everyone in this forum would love to offer whatever support we can.
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