Gas Control :)

I was diagnosed with UC in 2008, and I was worst one year ago, but doing much better these days.

One of the biggest problem with me was farting. I felt pain when farting and I could not know whether it's fart or real poop. So whenever I had gas, I had to run to a restroom, but it was a false alarm most time. But it was not really a false alarm. A small amount of nasal-discharge-like poop came out, so I could not just ignore and test.

I had to run to a restroom 15 - 20 times a day. 10 times during day time, it affected my work (software engineer), but I could manage. But the problem was, 5 - 10 times during night was horrible. I could not sleep every day and it made things much worse.

I thought gas, bloating, feeling full before meal, discomfort after meal were just a part of UC and I thought I had to live with this. But one day I took digestive enzyme by chance, and I didn't have to go to a restroom for farting. I took few days and it helped great, and I didn't took for 3-4 days just for test and the gas came back again.

These days I am taking digestive enzyme with every meal, and I am going to a restroom 4 - 6 times a day which is not that bad. I can drive 1-hour to work without diaper now. If you have a similar gas problem, find a decent digestive enzyme and see if that works for you too.

Have a nice day~

Post Edited (Seattle Kevin) : 4/12/2012 10:42:55 AM (GMT-6)

I had an endoscopy several months ago, and I still have UC although it's mild. I am still taking Apriso.

Actually I am thinking of stopping Apriso and just taking more enough supplements.

These days I go to restroom around 2 times at work. So it's not bad. But I still wake up 2-3 times at night, and I feel tired most time.

I am using Nutrilite brand.

www.amway.com/Shop/Product/Product.aspx/NUTRILITE-Digestive-Enzyme-Complex-90-Count?itemno=A8903

Actually I was on prednisone for 3 years, and tapering off didn't work. Whenever I stopped prednisone, I had to go back to it again while I was on Lialda, Canasa, Apriso, etc. And finally my doctor suggested Humira shot, and I got scared. And also I had c-diff that time last year, it was horrible.

I decided to stop the endless chain of prednisone by myself, and tried a detox program and now mostly relying on supplement. I am taking a lot of supplement as you, like Omega-3, B-Complex, Glucosamine, Cal-D, Probiotics, Multi-vitamin, and digestive enzyme. To me, digestive enzyme showed the most significant difference immediately and I would say it played the best role to get out of prednisone rather than any other medications to me.

Post Edited (Seattle Kevin) : 4/12/2012 2:45:08 PM (GMT-6)