UPDATE!
Hey guys, just a quick email to let you know I have been Colitis-free now for nearly two and half months!!!
I dont want to say I have beat it but it pretty darn looks like it!
I now go to the bathroom 2 times per day, my stools are normal, I am back drinking coffee (yes, the blackish burnt stuff from Starbucks) and my erection problems have ended (a problem that I have had for *years*).
I have successfully beat the **** out of colitis! < cheering please >
After I posted my first message to everyone, I literally was OUT of my mind. I am a personal trainer, and am gay, and in the weeks after I posted that message, I began to loose more weight. I went from 178 down to 141 in about 3-4 weeks. As a former HIV/AIDS/STD educator, my first thought was, crap, I've got HIV, and my immune system is shot. (My brother died of AIDS in 1991). And from 1997-2005, I partied my rear end off so this is it. I've got "it." My mom was beside herself. She beleived (and I suspected) I had AIDS and that I was entering the first stages of the wasting syndrome, the apocolyptic series of diseases that killed most gay men during the initial stages of the first outbreak (1982-1985). I watched my brother and thousands of others die, and thought, my God, I'm next.
Well, in a state of shock, I went to the local HIV/STD clinic, got an HIV test (negative), and full blood STD test (negative). The sign of relief was incredible. The PA that actually gave me the test did tell me that the lump on my prostate was actually a mole! "Congratulations M---, your getting old!" 
After a flurry of phone calls and emails, I then visited the "best gastroenterologist in Texas" by several of my clients who praised this man. I saw this doctor ($275) and he was, by far, THE WORST physician I have ever seen or spoken with. He diagnosed me with an STD! I thought that was odd and told him I had just tested for everything. He then told me to test again and wrote me ascript for Flagyl for parasites! This Gastro was overweight, had a VERY RED face (alcoholism), walked with a stoop, and had an aire of death about him. And his handshake was a fish ... I come from Texas you shake a man's hand and look him RIGHT in the eye. He looked down at my feet. And this was the vaunted "best Gastro in Texas."
I then went to another Gastro in South Houston and he diagnosed me with Colitis / Crohn's. He then told me I would need to begin a heavy regimen of proscriptions after a colonoscopy. He then asked me to send several of my friends to him "to give him business." What? Is this what med school is turning out? He then told me: "Several meds will be need to be taken." Right....
I came home and spoke to my partner (who is asian) and was simply ... beside myself. We were thankful I wasn't sick in terms of HIV, but I was *not* about to start medication. As an HIV/AIDS Educator I saw thousands of gay men die from such "wonderful medications" like AZT, ddI, d4I, Retanovir and the other cocktail med's that had been fed them once they test positive by the pharmaceutical companies. My brother beat most of the AIDS diseases, only to succumb to AZT - a DNA chain terminating drug that killed tens of thousands of gay men when it was dispensed in high dosage (AZT was a cancer drug that was shelved because of its toxicity; if you check the bottle out, it has a skull and crossbones on it). And I have heard horror stories about Remicade, Humera, Metrodiazanole and the other "wonderful meds" that fight Colitis.
No thanks.
My partner then told said there is one thing I could do. Switch my diet to asian. He said that he knew of other caucasions who had Colitis or Crohn's and once they switchedfrom their standard crappy Western diet to a clean Asian (oriental) diet, the complications dissappeared, some overnight.
I thought about it and the next day he fixed me a bowl of "congee" - Chinese rice soup.
And over the past two months I have been eating Congee for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In two weeks, the Colitis disappeared as well as the diarrhea, swelling, itching, pain, and I feel ******** GREAT **********.
In fact, I have never felt better.
We no longer shop at HEB, Krogers or Randalls, but at the Chinese supermarket. We no longer eat Western, but only Asian. And when the urge strikes, I go out and have Mexican and then pay for it by sitting on the toilet for an hour. But the colitis is GONE.
No med's.
Just chinese Congee Soup.
Thats it.
And no more Western doctors. I visited 11 physicians and got 11 different diagnosis, many from doctors that were overweight, fat, or alcoholic. I've never seen such incompetance. The white coat will continue to amaze those here on the forum, but not me. I've never met such overrated, ignorant men and women, who know ONLY their speciality but yet treat problems with drugs and instead of diet! No thanks - you can have your western meds!
I am now thankful I dont have insurance. I now see a Chinese herbalist, a Vietnamese GP (if I need). The price for the GP is $35 per visit which is excellent.
No Humera, no Remicade, no Flagyl, nothing.
And with no diarrhea, I am now back at the gym, training my clients and having a great time. Life has never been better.
And best of all: I sleep 8-9 hours at night with no visits to the restroom!
Post Edited (sufferingintexas) : 1/16/2012 6:32:23 PM (GMT-7)