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Posted 12/27/2012 3:24 AM (GMT 0)
Very interesting reading here...

I wrapped up beating a several month stubborn flare in the last couple weeks.

Then after some serious over indulgence in food and drink the last week or so i had some serious rumbling and gas last night, then sure enough some (actually more than some) bright red back on the tissue this morning.

Was doing salofalk foam enemas but had been off for 2 weeks. Think i should get back on them daily tonight or see how it goes over the next few mornings?

None of the other sypmtoms like cramps or urgency (yet), just the rumbling/gas last night and blood this morning. And of course the normal panic of a possible flare that I just beat...

Thanks

Post Edited (bssharpie) : 12/26/2012 8:52:56 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/27/2012 4:16 AM (GMT 0)
We celebrate New Year's Eve, we just don't indulge in food as much ;)
Posted 12/27/2012 4:25 AM (GMT 0)
I had a very low key holiday. I didn't eat too much and I didn't stay up late or do anything too exciting. I relly needed the rest..

How is your dad sherry?
Posted 12/27/2012 1:25 PM (GMT 0)
He's still in the hospital but he's on a liquid diet now...yay! He still has a feeding tube down his nose tho. His neck is horribly swollen and he is now using the voice synthesizer with the mouth adapter (it looks like that mouth suction thingy you find at the dentist). It's hard to understand but now he can talk again. But once he is able to use it against his throat, is should be more understandable.
Posted 12/27/2012 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
Since I do all the cooking for the holidays, it's much easier. We had herbed baked chicken breast, a parmesan-pasta side and fresh green beans. The main things that trigger my IBS are too much fat, fiber or spice, so I haven't hat any problems. I gave up the cookies and pies long before I developed UC. We had a home-made low-fat cheesecake which was delicious.

I stopped drinking alcohol years ago when I had thyroid problems, so the water, juice and tea I drank didn't bother me at all.

So glad every day to be still in remission. Sherry, I'm really glad you finally got there too.
Posted 12/27/2012 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
I ate the usual turkey and fixings and all was OK until I ate that darn fudge yesterday. Big mistake!
Posted 12/27/2012 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
My stomach blew up like a balloon half way through dinner. Very painful.ive been on a very strict diet lately so maybe it was a shock to my body to be eating a proper roast dinner.
Posted 12/27/2012 10:51 PM (GMT 0)
Great thread to vent about over indulging for the holidays. While I don't share the UC diagnosis with all of you I do have similar symptoms and many of you have been kind enough to let me hang here from time to time.

I have had nothing but blow outs today and it's because of the stress of getting ready for the holiday, not eating plain, home cooked meals, etc. And having a set routine. There's nothing normal about the holiday season! I vow I must do better next year. I didn't even eat at my in-law's on the 25th either, I was good! But my husband received a honey glazed turkey breast from Honey Baked Ham in his work basket (canned yams, cheese, crackers, candy, cookies, coffee, items for a meal). We've been making sandwiches with it ever since and well it's not exactly like deli turkey. I think my gut today revolted and said - white rice, cottage cheese, bananas, yogurt please?!!!!

I haven't forgotten to take my cholestyramine each night but I forgot my probiotics for a full 36 hours - GASP!

I'm focusing on mid-January and getting into a set routine, eating right and letting my wacky gut do its thing. Today it did 10 times what it normally does.
Posted 12/27/2012 10:56 PM (GMT 0)

I ate too many snacks, then a small piece of ham & side dishes. Then I had a brownie with a touch of ice cream on Christmas Eve. Spent a good part of the night on the toilet with a garbage can nearby just in case. Fever, abdominal pain, nausea kept me home on Christmas Day.

Just diagnosed around Thanksgiving (missed that holiday also) and this is the most I have eaten in months. I guess that will never happen again.

Also, awoke on Christmas Eve (the first day off my Prednisone) with a swollen lip & hives. Looks like I am off the first drug (Lialda) that I thought would help my UC! Still have hives and swelling and switched to RX antihistamine (Hydroxyzine) today after no luck with Zyrtec and not enough relief from Benadryl.

THIS IS ALL VERY NEW TO ME, especially after years of suffering from IBS-C!!

Do you recommend the GI Buddy from CCFA? It sounds as if everyone has food allergies or sensitivities and I have yet to discover if anything that I eat in particular is offending my gut.

I will say after such a bad day on Christmas, I went about 40 hours until my next BM-a solid!

Almost forgot what that was like. I am thankful to only have the drug allergy to deal with right now and the gut is calming down while I await allergic relief confused

Posted 12/27/2012 11:13 PM (GMT 0)
I made another year,really enjoyed this christmas with my only grand daughter 4/12 lots of fun at this age. After 32 years with UC not fun,but. My sons friend,who I know from when he was a little kid,
at 34 throat cancer,cut throat all up voice box gone,chemo and radiation, and now it is in his lungs. He never smoked,go figure.
So perhaps with this perspective I am lucky.
Old Mike
Posted 12/28/2012 6:00 AM (GMT 0)
I was going to indulge in a bit of locally-produced eggnog, but somehow it curdled in the fridge. (LOL.) Glad you did so well, Sherry. / Old Hat (32 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
Posted 12/28/2012 6:06 AM (GMT 0)
That's great Sherry. Hopefully he is able to talk well soon, I am sure it will take some getting used to. Will he be able tot eat normally? I am not familiar with this type of thing...
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