I'm Alive... but with GAS!!

Hi All,

It has been a while since i have posted anything, but i have been super sick. I do have some good news though... I made my GP give me a script for some Salofalk enemas and have been doing them nightly for the last 4 weeks and will begin to taper back soon (fingers crossed) and i also had a bunch of blood work done.Blood work came back with super low testosterone... any one else experincing this? could it be related to UC? i have since been using Androgel with no diff yet (only been a week)

 i also went to see a Naturopath to get some more insight into my body as my GP and GI dont seem to want to test other stuff. i had a stool sample done to check for pathogens... no real bad ones came back however there was no growth in 2 of my good abcteria which leads us to beloeve that there is some bads ones aswell... he gave me a higher dose probiotic then i was taking so we will see.

My biggest reason for posting today is about GAS! i still use the bathroom quite frequently but not as painful, which i believe is due to the enemas, it is stilll loose and now for the past couple of days mostly in the evenings before supper i start to get bloated and have alot of gas. most times i go to the bathroom its just to sit down hand have air/mucus come out. No clue what could be causing this... and nothing seems to rid me off the gas... any insights??

ohh i also have stopped following the SCD so strictly as i was wasting away and i felt no different if i ate bread or didnt... Naturopath seems to think that it could all be due to my gut flora being so wonky...??

Thanks everyone in advance :)

That's great you are doing better! Congrats and enjoy.

I think if you're wasting away on SCD, it's probably good to experiment around it and find out what works for your body. I've been doing a lot of reading about The Perfect Health Diet(which I recommend everyone to check out, it seems very sound) and I wonder about the interaction between consuming starch and having healthy gut mucosa.

As far as restoring gut flora, I'm becoming more and more convinced that we need to incorporate fermented foods more so than just taking probiotics.

Hope you keep doing well.

Gas and mucous can be some of the last things to go with a flare so keep using those enemas!! Don't start tapering until you are symptom free for at least a week. The introduction of the new probiotic may also be the cause of some of the gas. I take my probiotic in the evening. I felt too gassy if I take it during the day. And some probiotics you will find that you just don't do well on. Its trial and error of what works well for you and what doesn't.

How much fiber do you eat or cheeses? I find that both give me major gas. Had one high fiber brownie one day and oh my god. I could not believe one little tiny thing could give me so much gas. I didn't believe it myself until I tried another one the next day for confirmation. Geeeeeeez. Unbelievable! Cheese does the same for me with the addition of tearing up my insides.

I feel like I am a person just repeating myself over and over (like some old people are doing), still I can not stop myself from repeating once more:

There is nothing better against gas than proper food combining. If you google for "food combining" you will find a lot of online resources for it. It helped me, and if you want a short guide to what it is about, check my earlier posts.

This is what helps me when I have a flare:

1. Strict vegan food avoiding added fat takes down the inflammation.
2. Food combining takes down the gas.

Those two works very well in synergy and I get into remission each time... As soon as I cheat against those two "rules" I am on my way to get a flare beginning with diarrhea.

Food combination helped me to be able to actually take walks again. Before I had too much gas and pain, so it was not even possible.

Thanks All!! Love the dancing guy Lodi :)

Sherbear46 - i was only given a script for 8 weeks... the last two to taper off. So i should continue the enemas everynight even at taking 4000mg orally and 4000mg enemas??

Lemonhead - unfortunatly i have beent trying to pin point the gas to the additions food to the diet... no connections yet.

Quincy - i usually eat eggs for breaky... but have gone with out and no difference. i take the enzymes with my meals (3 times daily) and the probiotics morning and night. with the enemas how long is normal to take nightly? as i said above im worried about dosage and when i tried to bring the oral meds down i felt worse...

Engblom - food combining is something that i have looked into i will dive in deepers now thanks :)

notsosicklygirl - thanks for the low T lead too :)

Again thanks all your always so helpful!