Mesalamine enema - d.i.y.?

triphala is a combination of 3 ayurvedic herbs. It's been used for centuries in India as a regulator of the digestive system. I've been taking about 1gram daily since November. As of last Sunday though I've run out and I'm not feeling any worse as a result...

First off, thank you so much for creating and participating in this post. I was diagnosed with UC June 2009 and its been a pain in my you know w hat ever since. I have consistent blood in my stool since before then and dealing with the multiple bathroom trip, in addition to the unexspected trips have been hard on my spirit. I lost my job and insurance and since have been rationing my Lialda pills and Canasa suppositories. I registered to get a month free Lialda and am working on getting into Shire's medical assistance program and will hopefully get more Lialda...providing my old doctor signs off on it.

Anyway, last night I shaved the casing off my Lialda, mixed it into 90ml of hot water. I let it sit, while I cleansed with 60ml of saline. about 2 hours later I expelled that and then injected the Lialda/filtered water enema with a backing of a little vitamin E. I managed to hold that in for 2-3 hours and I am happy to say that this morning was the first time in almost a year that I have not had any blood in my stool.

I don't know how long I will keep it up, perhaps just a week and see what happens. I just wanted to say thank you guys for thinking outside the box and posting it, so that other people can find some help for this pain in the butt problem. I let you know how it goes.

PDX-Girl