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Posted 3/5/2016 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
This has healed up my fistula , I'm no longer bleeding , plus I'm taking one Valtrex a day. I'm taking Metamucil capsules 2 at breakfast and 2 at lunch after I've eaten or right in middle of meal.

Seems to be working great ! I'm on day 10 and my doc says I don't have to stop.

Just wanted to help others .
Posted 3/7/2016 4:20 AM (GMT 0)
Awesome:)

That exact regimen helped me when I was first diagnosed as well. Minus the Valtrex.
Posted 3/7/2016 11:29 AM (GMT 0)
I think I will stop posting , because when I do, I go backwards. I feel like I'm giving false hope all the time. This disease is so up and down. Not one size fits all. It's disappointing and sad at times.
Now I'm bleeding again. I'm flying next Sunday. I'm feeling nervous. I'm going to start steroids. I have super early for my flight like 2am, will all my poop be out? I travel almost 1.5 hours to airport. Ya get what I'm saying? Too nervous.
Posted 3/7/2016 10:47 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry to hear your relief was short lived. I can't take fiber of any kind like that. I used to be able to handle those two antibiotics and was put on them often early on during flares. Now they make me SO ill.

I hope the steroids kick in so that you can have a decent flight. Maybe some Imodium too if you can take it?
Posted 3/7/2016 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
Miracles, that stinks :-/ I was just telling my dad the same thing today. Just when I feel a tad better, wham a setback. I hope the steroids kick right in and your trip goes well💚
Posted 3/8/2016 2:34 AM (GMT 0)
Prednisone... Cipro, flagyl and pred is what I should have said. These three all together were my go to. They always worked well. Same dose of abx's as you but 40mg pred daily for 2 weeks then tapering.

Sadly I always flared around 15-20 mg pred but it did give me relief for a while.

Hope the pred works as well for you when you combine it.
Posted 3/8/2016 1:23 PM (GMT 0)
Miracles,

I've been using combo antibiotics for about 18 months. One of the tricks is that you need to rotate antibiotics every 10-14 days, so I'll take flagyl and Cipro and then I'll go to Augmentin and Cipro, then I'll go to Augmentin and Flagyl. And then I repeat the cycle.

If you stay on one combination too long it can lose its effectiveness. Other people will take an antibiotic holiday for a week or two.

If you are taking high dose antibiotics then you probably should take high dose probiotics in between your antibiotics (like 4- 6 hours after the antibiotics).

You also need to be weary of getting Thrush, which a good probiotic like Florastor helps treat. And a low carb diet helps with Thrush.
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