HI a newbie here

Sweety,

Welcome to the forum.
Sorry you have to be a part of this terrible club.
You can learn lots on the forum.
Glad you found us.

As a newbie to the forum, I think it's important for you to know that you have options, which your doc probably won't tell you about. So let me share with you what's worked for me in the hopes it might help you too.

Some meds work for some and not for others.
IMO, it isn't one size fits all, and you have to find what works for you, and it may be a combination of things like diet, meds, supplements, etc...

For me, the traditional meds failed me and the mesalamines I became intolerant of.
And when the doc gave me a choice of surgery or remicade, I balked and had to find my own way.

He also told me diet has nothing to do with UC, but I found that it has a great deal to do with exacerbating its symptoms!

I found that by taking certain proactive steps, it put me in full remission.
My steps to remission included: diet modification, various supplements, probiotics, and LDN, low lose naltrexone..

If any of this interests you, there are things IMO that you can control, which will have a direct impact on your disease, the symptoms you experience and their severity.

For more info on the protocol which has put me into remission, please go to this link: https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=1666318 , and look at the 11th post.

I hope you feel better and let us know how we can help you.

Welcome to the forum.

Hey sweety5, welcome! My family is from a similar background and I also have no history of the disease in my family, with a previously great gut too! It was so random! I am sorry to hear you were diagnosed with UC but wishing you the best and lots of support from here!

Thanks every one,

Insofla, yes this forum is very useful. I have learned a lot from here. I am on gluten free and lactose free diet at the moment. I believe it's helping me a lot with my symptoms. I,m happy you could achieve remission through diet. It's great that you could maintain the remission without harmful medication.

Thanks kazbern, Michelejc, Samantha

Teddy were you born over seas? Have you travelled back to South Asia after diagonised. How was your symptoms behaved?

Garylouisville, no i never smoked. But I read somewhere mmr vaccine could trigger a flare. I have put this vaccine before becoming pregnant. But then I used to have this unexplained morning sneeze an coughs. They seem to be subsided with uc medications. I'm not sure what was my main cause of the problem.