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Posted 2/3/2012 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
I was *just* about to officially declare myself in remission when... what happened today! Watery diarrhea, cramps, nausea, hot chills. I guess pretty much the usual. There's a chance I got an unfortunate stomach bug I suppose, but with UC it's always 99% UC/1% chance something else.
Posted 2/3/2012 7:26 PM (GMT 0)
Could be a gastro bug.

Are you taking any probiotics?

Did you stop the Rowasa?

How about the fibre?

q
Posted 2/3/2012 7:38 PM (GMT 0)
Oh No Hoshi. It sounds like it could be a bug. Let's try to think positive!
Posted 2/3/2012 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
Probioitcs - yes! I've been taking Ultimat Flora Critical Colon, 80 billion cultures/14 strains. I've been crediting it for my (mini)remission.

Haven't touched the enemas in a long time. Bad, I know, but since I got better without them I figured I was home free.

Fiber's been on hold as well. Since I got better without it as well, I don't want to do anything to disturb the fine balance my digestive system seems (seemed) to have found.

I learned my lesson a while back not to make multiple changes at once because it makes it impossible to tell what had an effect. Right now my doctor has me tapering the Apriso. Been at 3 pills for 10 days now.
Posted 2/3/2012 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
Oh! OH! A bunch of exclamation points just went off in my head!

I had takeout Chinese food for lunch yesterday.

I think it was the fried rice.

Feels so much better to be able to trace it to a cause and not a total relapse.
Posted 2/3/2012 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
Hoshi, try not to get too upset, I know I did......it can take a while with remi. I would be good for a couple of weeks and then symptoms would come back. I began remicade in April 2011 and finally 'remission' in December. I would be good for 2 weeks, then get symptoms, then 4 weeks etc.
Posted 2/3/2012 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
Are you taking any probiotics?
Did you stop the Rowasa?
How about the fibre?

I totally agree with the above advice.

The good news is that the flare, (this may not really be a flare yet but the beginning of something bad), will go away almost as quickly as it arrived as long as you avoid the food triggers.

But your food trigger could have been anything you ate yesterday or the day before, not just fried rice. I would stick with eating only those foods that you are absolutely, positively certain are safe until you are back to normal.

Once a flare fully takes over it is very difficult to get back to normal.
Posted 2/3/2012 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
and why exactly are you tapering off the meds?

If you had a few diarrhea bouts and then nothing...food or possible gastro bug. If your bms have changed continually...flare.

Curious if you've had constipation, small stools or ribbon stools over the past 2 weeks or so?

q
Posted 2/3/2012 8:39 PM (GMT 0)
I'm quite sure it was lunch since I already have a history of fried Chinese food hurting me the next day. I just had a case of remission amnesia when I ordered. Oops.

I don't know why I'm tapering the meds except doctor's orders. She's having me ultimately going down to 1 Apriso/day.

No constipation or anything unusual. The last couple weeks have been great, pretty much normal, until today.
Posted 2/3/2012 9:39 PM (GMT 0)
Try not to panic and throw in the towel. Stress and anxiety won't help. Hope you bounce back by tomorrow Hoshi!
Posted 2/3/2012 10:26 PM (GMT 0)
even my husband, who has the best digestion ever, feels like crap after a take away... ahah
i hope its the chinese. :P
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