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Posted 3/1/2011 10:36 PM (GMT 0)
I went into remission at the end of December & was happy as a lark.

Then I had gum surgery in early-February (which went GREAT, btw) and was on an 8-day course of antibiotics afterward.  about 2 days in, I started reacting to them and I thought oh well, penicillin products always upset my stomach a little.

So now it's March 1 and I haven't had anything remotely resembling a formed stool in 3 weeks.   Urgency, check.  Frequent bowel movements, check.

No blood, though. 

And for some reason, I think blood is the hallmark of flares.

So I'm still assuming it's "just" diarrhea.

I think we call that "denial."

 

Posted 3/1/2011 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
With Uc there is never "just" diarrhea. Yes, it's a flare and antibiotics are notorious for causing flares. What meds are you on for your Uc?
Posted 3/1/2011 11:52 PM (GMT 0)
Don't ever take antibiotics again. Read Aajonus Vonderplanitz's books, "We Want to Live" and "The Recipe for Living Without Disease." You will see how important bacteria is to us and why you should never kill it.
Posted 3/2/2011 12:11 AM (GMT 0)
Yeah, I'm kind of an idiot in that respect. I take probiotics regularly but I also kind of didn't think about what I was doing wrt antibiotics. Antibiotics could explain the flare that started a year ago -- I had 3 surgeries in the course of 4 months and of course they give you antibiotics at the beginning of every surgery.

I'm on Lialda -- 4 x 1.2 g (4.8 g) daily

I really don't want to go back on Prednisone or steroid enemas if I can avoid it. Along with the probiotics, I also take plenty of fiber and bromelian and turmeric.
Posted 3/2/2011 3:14 PM (GMT 0)

Primal said...
Don't ever take antibiotics again. Read Aajonus Vonderplanitz's books, "We Want to Live" and "The Recipe for Living Without Disease." You will see how important bacteria is to us and why you should never kill it.

Here we go again with your narrow minded absolute arguments.

Many doctors and scientists would agree that overuse/misuse of antibiotics has weakened our natural defenses and increased the resistance of many bacterias.

So I would say, we should take antibiotics unnecessarily or to the frequency that we do.

However, never take them again? Sorry... people in the 19th and early 20th century used to die from pnemonia that originated as an ear/sinus infection.

I guess you also believe we should never vaccinate for anything either?

Posted 3/2/2011 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
Janey...do you have rectal meds as well? If yes..start them. If no...get them. I would suggest the retention enemas...as always.

q
Posted 3/2/2011 10:28 PM (GMT 0)
Quincy,

 

I started mesalamine enemas during my last flare & didn't feel like they helped much (if at all) and they caused STARTLING amounts of gas (LOL), but I did find that steroid enemas helped.  I don't know why I think of the steroids as being directed toward bleeding -- and I've also been hesitant to start them again because I associate oral or rectal steroids with really long term dependency issues.  I started oral prednisone six months before I went into remission and although it made a big difference immediately, the rest of the time was spent tapering and fooling around with dosage and trying to wean off it using steroid enemas and then tapering those and blah blah blah.  I think part of my denial about this flare is that I really don't want to get into that cycle again. :-(

Posted 3/2/2011 11:44 PM (GMT 0)
Hi janey..... yeah, I seem to have mixed results with the mesalamine enemas also - wish I could say they worked as well for me as the steroid ones.
And like you - I hate to keep going back to them.

Can you add more probiotics and see if that might help....? (Just brainstorming...)
Posted 3/3/2011 12:53 AM (GMT 0)

jc1973 said...
Primal said...
Don't ever take antibiotics again. Read Aajonus Vonderplanitz's books, "We Want to Live" and "The Recipe for Living Without Disease." You will see how important bacteria is to us and why you should never kill it.
Here we go again with your narrow minded absolute arguments.


Many doctors and scientists would agree that overuse/misuse of antibiotics has weakened our natural defenses and increased the resistance of many bacterias.



So I would say, we should take antibiotics unnecessarily or to the frequency that we do.



However, never take them again? Sorry... people in the 19th and early 20th century used to die from pnemonia that originated as an ear/sinus infection.



I guess you also believe we should never vaccinate for anything either?

No need to apologize. Pneumonia is caused by toxins and bacteria eliminating those toxins. When you kill the bacteria, you allow the toxins to damage the tissue.

Our scientists and doctors have been waging a futile war against germs, bacteria, and pathogens. Germ theory as you know it is wrong.

Please read Aajonus Vonderplanitz's books, "We Want to Live" and "The Recipe for Living Without Disease."

And yes, I am now against vaccines. The military shot me up full of toxic vaccines. I have heavy metal toxicity from this.
Posted 3/3/2011 2:07 AM (GMT 0)
They gave me antibiotics for my recent wisdom teeth extraction. When i got home i just threw them in the trash.
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