I was in remission for a year, then guess what I did

I was in complete remission for about a year and was taking 6x asacol w/ 100mg Imuran. I was feeling great!

But two weeks ago, I was at a girl's house with some of her friends. One of them says "lets order some pizza!". Even though I was starved, I didn't want to object to that particular choice of food because I wanted to avoid an explanation. The pizza came, it was dominoes and the topping was pepperoni. I tried to resist it but my stomach couldn't. I had two slices. It just took a day and a half and all of a sudden I was having bloody stools which evolved into my current flare up.

Even though dominoes pizza is probably the worst choice for someone with UC, I cannot believe it just took two slices to do so much damage! I am now awaiting a prescription of prednisone to try and push me out of this flare ASAP so that it does not interfere with my college classes.

Has anyone else gotten into a flare from just one poorly-chosen meal?

I'd like to think that my diet and VSL-3 matters. It gives you some control over the disease, mentally. I'm REALLY sorry you're flaring. You had a good year though!

I think its a coincidence too. I don't believe its your diet that makes you flare. It may exacerbate it but not cause it.
Bummer though. Flaring in college would suck

     My doctor doesn't think what you eat has anything to do with flares.  However, I have had ulcerative proctitis for over eleven years and crabcakes threw me into two very bad flares as did spaghetti and meatballs.  Now I know better than to eat those foods.  Actually, one slice of pizza now and then does not have any detrimental effect on me but I stay away from Dominoes....too garlicy.

I don't think the pizza caused the flare... my guess is that the inflammation was simmering in there and just hadn't shown itself yet.
Bummer, though. And undoubtedly pepperoni pizza isn't the most easily digestable thing.... but probably not the worst thing in the world, either.
I hope you get this flare un-flared soon!

I ate 4 pieces of pizza last saturday night, and had 2 more for lunch the next day. I usually do dominos but we ordered papa johns. I just watched what I ate for rest of weekend.

Hope you have it under control soon.

oddly enough, when i had UC, the one thing that i could always handle, was little caesars pizza!
And i know that science says diet doesnt affect it, but my experience with it, showed me that it did.

It's not the pizza.

Were you taking the Asacol daily?

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I was in remission a few years back and one weekend I ate sweetcorn and Pizza and I started flaring the next day.

I don't think it was a co-incidence

Post Edited (mudua) : 3/18/2010 12:25:03 PM (GMT-6)

I also don't believe food causes flares...
that said, I find Pizza Hut was the worst, worst, worst thing for my gut. Haven't had it in 20 years, wouldn't risk it.

I think this is one of those individualistic things ... with that said, I too do not feel the pizza was to blame for the flare. Likely, the inflammation was already there and the pizza just aggravated it. I was scared the other night after I went out for Cajun food and ate fried pickles and blackened tilapia. I was miserable the next day and sweatin' it ... but, the day after that, no problems at all. Now I know I can splurge in small doses and NOT totally attack my digestive system with both spices and fried, greasy food. But boy it sure did taste good at the time!