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Posted 11/7/2011 9:01 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone,
I was diagnosed with uc over 20 years ago and had been in remission and medication free until I had my daughter in 2010. I flared 4 months post partum (sept 2010). I have never reached full remission (at least I don't think I have) and I'm looking for alternatives. Does anyone have any suggestions for a homeopath in south Florida???

Thank you!
Posted 11/8/2011 12:38 AM (GMT 0)
Omom,

That's a tough one...

I live in South Florida and don't know of any homeopaths, sorry.

But I have found some alternatives to big pharma.

Posted 11/8/2011 1:02 AM (GMT 0)
Insofla,

Hi! Thanks for replying! Can you tell me about the transdermal treatments? So sick of Lialda and rowasa and everyday being a surprise. Hate that I'm dealing with the nonsense again after about 20 years of remission.

The whole time I was in remission I was a pack a day smoker. I quit the day I found out I was pregant. Had no problems at all during pregnancy, but flared 4 months postpartum. We want to have another baby, but I'm scared of the flare.

I wonder how much the smoking had to do with my remission...
Posted 11/8/2011 6:32 PM (GMT 0)
Omom,

Welcome to the forum, btw.

I"m sure your quiting smoking had quite a bit to do with the flare ;(


Here's what's worked for me:

1) Diet is key for me: I do the SCD diet, and I am very, very careful with food combining, because if you mis-combine it creates havoc! Here's some info on it: http://cureforulcerativecolitis.com/step-1-methodology-to-eating

2) Adding L-Glutamine 15 grams - for colonic repair.

3) Adding slippery elm bark powder - 1 tablespoon mixed in a little water, 3-4 times a day - IMO it is the equivalent in nature to the 5asa's.

4) Probiotics are key. If you can get your doc to write you a prescription for VSL#3 DS - that would be better, stronger, and probably cheaper ( IMO 3 x per day at least) than buying VSL#3.

5) Drink lots of good water.

6) Get your vit. d and b12 blood work done, to see if you are deficient.

7) SCD diet - specific carbohydrate diet - many have had lots of success with it. If you can't do it because it's so strict, at the very least do dairy free, wheat free, gluten free.

8) start a food journal and see what correlations come forth

9) There's a great app for keeping track of your symptoms, diet, meds, etc...

http://wellapps.com/products

10) Do some research on LDN - low dose naltrexone, you can search this forum as they are several threads on this. I can tell you it works! Here's the Penn State research done by Dr. Jill Smith with LDN and Crohns Patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21380937

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2204683#m2222188, https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2129791&p=1

11) Adding rectal meds. Are you on any rectal meds like canasa suppositories or rowesa enemas?

12) You may want to add liquid vitamins/minerals to make sure your stomach does not have to do the work of breaking them down, and hence not absorbing them.

13) Also, I've been supplementing with good quality whey protein - Dr. Mercola's Pro-Optimal Whey, which I make with almond milk ( you can see from my sig).

14) Astaxanthin is a great anti-inflammatory

The transdermal LDN is under number 10. And if you need more specific info on that, please let me know and I will be glad to share it with you.

Let us know how we can help you.

Posted 11/8/2011 6:33 PM (GMT 0)
Omom,

Here's the info on LDN for you:

Here's the Penn State research done by Dr. Jill Smith with LDN and Crohns Patients.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21380937

Here's my story on LDN: I started on 4.5mg of oral LDN on 2/7/2011, and saw no change - still continuing to bleed at a 10.

When I spoke with the compounding pharmacist, she mentioned that I may not be absorping the LDN properly, and suggested I switch to a transdermal LDN formula, which would be a cream applied to the bottom of the forearm. She told me a lot of her pediatric patients do much better with the Transdermal LDN, and in some patients with absorption issues it helps too. Bottom line is it works!

LDN - low dose naltrexone is very cheap - it costs around $25-30 a month (for pills or the transdermal cream). Gastro doctors usually don't prescribe it because they say "it isn't the standard of care". My gastro refused to prescribe it, so I found a local osteopath who did. I did ALOT of research, and the bottom line is: it works!

Once you get the script for it, you'll need to get it from a compounding pharmacy, who'll make it up for you, and ship it to you. The best compounding pharmacy in the country for LDN is Skip's Pharmacy in Boca Raton, FL.

They ship all over the world - they have 20,000 patients with various conditions on LDN. That's where I get my transdermal LDN. If you contact them, they'll tell you who locally to you will prescribe it to you.

You can reach them at: 800-553-7429

www.skipspharmacy.com

Please, go to www.youtube.com write: Low dose Naltrexone in the search field and you will find a pharmacist explaining where in the U.S you can buy your medicine. You can also read these pages to find more info to bring to your doctor:
www.ldninfo.org

www.lowdosenaltrexone.org
www.ldnscience.org
www.ldnresearchtrust.org


and if you want to find what other patients have experienced when used LDN, choose UC, Or breast cancer, or Crohns Disease at:
www.ldndatabase.com

Hope this helps. Good luck to you.

Please let me know how it works out for you.

Posted 11/8/2011 6:36 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you! Thank you! A million times thank you! I will start looking into all this information.
I am currently off and on rowasa. I use them for a week, things start going well and I stop using them, then it all starts up again. Started again on sunday and have been using them every night since.
Posted 11/8/2011 6:39 PM (GMT 0)
You're welcome.

Let me know once you've done your due diligence on LDN on your thoughts.

And if you have any question, just let me know.

 

Posted 11/9/2011 5:20 AM (GMT 0)
Miranda Castro has an office in Gainesville if you can go to central Florida. She is a very highly respected homeopath.
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