I started eating again yesterday. Feel a lot better for whatever reason.
I am definitely far from giving up on experimentation with diet and lifestyle as a way to better manage the disease. I do not want to start the NSAIDs because I am concerned that it will make it more difficult to determine the cause/effect of diet & lifestyle (if it exists), and long term damage to my digestive system.
I am on Enbrel, so I am certainly not adverse to taking pharmaceuticals.