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Posted 6/29/2011 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
Hi therearemiracles

I am so glad that you are feeling better. I am also feeling great. I have one formed stool for the day in the morning.

Life is such a pleasure without urgencies. I feel like I am 20 years younger with all the energy I have these days.

This therapy is so simple and so cheap and I wish more people can give it a try.
Posted 6/29/2011 7:59 PM (GMT 0)
Hi

I haven't had formed stools but I feel so much better! I also have Lyme's and the antibiotics are good for that too! I'm so happy right now and the past few days, I'm not worried and on edge like I was before for a bathroom. I hope the days continue to improve! Everyone who can tolerate antibiotics should give this a try, I agree!

Posted 6/29/2011 8:38 PM (GMT 0)
Wonderful news miracles. I am so happy to hear you're both having such great luck with this.
Posted 7/3/2011 8:37 AM (GMT 0)
It's now one week after after completed the combo antibiotic therapy.

I am having only 1 bowel movement a day with the exception of Friday when I had 2 bowel movements a day. They are fully formed. No more urgencies

I am no longer having joint pains. I did not realise that my joint pains were UC related

Now the only thing I wish that could happen is for my hair to regrow :-)

 

Posted 7/3/2011 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
Mudua,

Which antibiotics did you take?
Posted 7/3/2011 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
CGK: Read this http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v105/n8/abs/ajg201084a.html

it explains the therapy.

Posted 7/5/2011 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
I am asking this therapy from my doctor tomorrow. How are you feeling, mudua ? Hopefully you are still feeling great, as in your earlier posts.
Posted 7/5/2011 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi SterlingArcher

I have never felt better in my 17 years of UC.

Life is such a joy without urgencies.

I believe that there is more than one cause of UC and you may just be the lucky one like me where fusobacterium is the cause because this antibiotic therapy really works in getting brid of this bacteria.

I am slowly introducing myself to foods that I could not eat before. I ate a kiddy pizza on Saturday and suffered no after effects. I went to the movies on Sunday and had a kiddy box of popcorn without any problems. Earlier in the week I had half a glass of orange juice without a problem.

My joint pains have mysteriously disappeared. I wish more people can give this therapy a try. I honestly believe that about half the people on this forum will go into remision with this simple method.

I become extemely ill during my first few days of this therapy. Your symptoms may get worse initially. Complete the course of this antibiotics
Posted 7/5/2011 9:45 PM (GMT 0)
Mudua,

Glad to hear that!
Are you still taking regular UC meds ? Did you take them while taking the antibiotics ?
Posted 7/5/2011 11:09 PM (GMT 0)
It's too bad they can't test for fusobacterium before they give it to you. I don't think this combo is effective against MAP which seems to be another strain of bacteria that causes U.C. symptoms. MAP is notoriously hard to kill off because it lives inside your own cells.

I've taken metronidazole (flagyl) before and it made me really sick. It would be worth 2 weeks of suffering though to get back into full remission.

BTW, thanks NSSG for the link!

Posted 7/6/2011 7:35 AM (GMT 0)
ssarow,

I think there are a couple of threads where taking a course of flagyl had put them into full remission.
Posted 7/6/2011 10:26 AM (GMT 0)

C_G_K said...


I've taken metronidazole (flagyl) before and it made me really sick. It would be worth 2 weeks of suffering though to get back into full remission.

The same happened to me. It was hell. Amazingly I can tolerate IV Flagyl. Two weeks anything is worth if the prize is remission.
Posted 7/7/2011 6:13 PM (GMT 0)
I'm so disappointed so far no change in my symptoms and some days I go to the bathroom all day, bloody water. It's sucks!

I was tested for C diff it came back negative, I may try it again.

I'm happy for those whom it worked out for, I just wish it was me too.

I do recommend it as trying something new for your UC.

The only positive is I have more energy, I'm not lying in bed all day from my Lyme's disease.

 

Posted 7/7/2011 6:34 PM (GMT 0)
I took antibiotics twice since being diagnosed and they work great for me - I believe that's why I can take sulfa and not the other 5ASA.
Posted 7/7/2011 6:36 PM (GMT 0)
Ok I'll stick with my sulfa. I feel like I have to go to the bathroom all day long....sucks!
Posted 7/7/2011 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
Hi therearemiracles

I am sory that this therapy has stopped working for you. I feel as if I am cured but I am a bit worried that to some people the this therapy helps only for a few weeks. I hope that my symptoms never return
Posted 7/7/2011 7:23 PM (GMT 0)
Muda you probably are cured, I say it because I believe in it! Happiness to you for the rest of your life!
Posted 7/7/2011 7:30 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks therearemiracles

I hope that one day you will be cured. I am convinced that some bad bacteria is the cause of most peoples UC
Posted 7/9/2011 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Everybody,

I'm on the same page as all you with UC. I've been diognosed in 2009 and since then had symptoms at least 80% of the time. I had a severe flare up last february which made me go to ER two times. I'm still having sypmtoms like bloody diarrhea and urgency since the last flare up. I think the flare up started when my doctor changed my medication from Asacol 2x 400mg 3 times aday to Lialda 1200mg 3 times a day. I stopped Lialda and continued Asacol but with higher dose (4x 400mg 3 times a day) but I think it's not effective. I also started taking Prednison and tapered it from 40mg slowly down but when I got to 20mg I started symptoms again. So, I read this post and discussed taking Antibiotic Combo and he said I can try it. Today is my first day. I'll use these post to show my progress. Hopefully It works for me as it did for others.

Wish me luck :)

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UC since 2009

Taking Asacol 4 x 400mg/3 a day. Stopped Prednison just before taking Antibiotic Combo.

Posted 7/11/2011 2:02 PM (GMT 0)
Hi I hope it works for you! Finish the protocol, it may seem like a lot, but you can do it!

 

Posted 7/11/2011 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
Hi UC2009

Best of luck.

I got very sick when I started off but I did not give up. Finish the course.

Probiotics don't help much during this therapy and try to drink guava juice or eat guava fruit if in season during this treatment. It helps to minimise the initial antibiotic symptoms
Posted 7/14/2011 11:53 AM (GMT 0)
hey Mudua, are you still symptom free? are you still taking any uc meds at all?
Posted 7/14/2011 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Kich

The only day I felt UC symptoms returning was yesterday. I think that it's because I had sweetcorn with my supper the night before. Today I am symptom free again.

The antibiotics therapy kills the offending bacteria that is the cause of UC for some people but our colon is still ulcerated and needs time to heal. The Japanese doctors who found this cure reported the the colon needs about 6 months to be ulcer free.

I think that I will remain symptom free as long as I keep away from 'flare foods' for the next 6 months


I strongly recommend that you try this therapy, you may just be one of the lucky 50% who go into remission with this therapy
Posted 7/14/2011 7:20 PM (GMT 0)
When you look at the numbers, it is about as effective as remicade, and only requires a two week course of meds, with apparently few side effects. The one thing I wish they would have mentioned is how many people, if any, got worse after doing the antibiotics.

One nice things is the number of responders increases over time. With Remicade it decreases.
Posted 7/18/2011 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
It's now 4 weeks of remission for me doing the combo antibiotics therapy. I am bumping this thread and I hope that someone else will try it and go nto remission as well
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