Does it look like I have UC? Please help.

The only way to know if you have UC or C diff is to see a doctor and have the appropriate tests done. Your diet sounds kind of odd...any specific reason that's all you're eating?

It very well could be that this diet is causing your IBS to act up. One thing I notice about this diet, too, is that it's pretty much void of vegetables and fruit (I don't really count corn as a vegetable, more of a starch). If you want to loose weight, I honestly think you'd be better off to join a program like weight watchers, where you eat a more balanced diet, or simply learn to count calories (there are a number of good calorie calculators on the web) and create your own, more balanced diet. And then exercise!

You're eating a lot of yellow/orange food! ;) But how yellow are we talking here? You could be in the normal range, and the higher fiber intake might be changing your stool color somewhat so that it's different than what you're used to, but still normal. And some people manage just fine eating junk food.
Honestly, it might not be bad idea to get in to see a doctor, but I'd go back on a more normal diet and see if things clear up first. I think that if you had C diff, you'd be having some massive explosive diarrhea.

And yeah, get over that fear of veggies! ;)

I guess you can say it's yellow/orange, I made a color square of what it is from my recollection.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2lo5ifq.jpg

The image is just a square of the color, no disgusting image of the actual poo so don't worry, lol.

Might be your diet, cheese is about the worse thing for me to eat for some reason. Want to lose weight avoid processed sugars and carbs.

Doesn't sound like UC or C. diff to me. Probably just lasting effects of the antibiotic or not eating a balanced diet. I would go back to eating normally, keep taking your probiotics and see what happens. If there is no bleeding or mucous I don't think you have much to be concerned about.....but always...see your doctor if you are not sure. We are not doctors.

I wouldn't worry about the color. Poo changes color depending on what foods are being consumed. Licorice makes it turn green. You don't need to worry about the color.

It was a good decision to take probiotics. They should help counter the negative affects antibiotics could have had on the bacteria in your colon.

Try adding rice and bread to your diet. They should help provide bulk. If you still continue to have issues, then see a doctor. However, at this point in time, I would not worry about it.

The following is what a flare is like for me:

Imaging getting a chill running up and down your spine, because all of a sudden you need to go to the bathroom. You run to the toilet, set on it while blood pours out of your butt. When you get up from the toilet and look inside, you see red water with big red clumps. You then go lie down and 10 minutes later you have to go to the bathroom again.

Of course, I get some bad flares. It's possible to have microscopic colitis with just diarrhea and no blood.

Update: I've just had severe diarrhea 10 times in the past hour, I'm trying to drink as much fluids as I can to replenish my body but I'm expelling more than I'm consuming. I'm starting to feel very light headed and nauseias, Wendy's really did a number on me! It's 3:30 AM and I can't sleep because I have to use the restroom every ten minutes. I took some imodium, I hope it's starts to work soon.

Thanks again guys.

Keep yourself hydrated as you’re doing

I don’t think you have UC but keep us posted and keep up the probiotics…the strongest is something called VSL#3 which you can get from the pharmacist over the counter.

Any vegetable you want to cook you can steam. You can use a stove top steamer (water boils under them) or microwave (place vegetables in dish with a tiny amount of water, cover with plastic wrap and cook). Steaming keeps the nutrients better than boiling.

Agoraphobia is tough but you will eventually overcome that once you realize the panic attacks never harm you; I do realize they are scary though. I’ve had many.
Some people advise to “fight through it, get tough, get mad, don’t let it control you, etc.”…that never worked for me because it got me worked up and just heightened my sense of self awareness.
My method is to give into the fear by relaxing my breathing, muscles and mind and telling myself, “I just don’t care anymore what it does to me.” Before I enter a fearful situation, I take note of my condition (how my vision is, if I’m tired, if I have a headache, etc.). I do this because if I get in the fearful situation and my vision is a little blurry I can realize it was that way before and I was fine. When I get on a ski lift chair (one of my former fears), I don’t try to make myself more aware (make my vision better for instance) but instead try to relax even further (picture someone sitting there with drool dripping out of their open mouth; that’s how relaxed I try to get). I focus on breathing slow, relaxing every muscle, and staring more.
The method that didn’t work (to fight it) was to tense up, keep looking around, hyperventilate, adjust everything, adjust my seating position continuously, try to clear my vision and just act nervous. This heightens your sense of self awareness and makes you panic because you think you shouldn’t be feeling that way. It scares you even more until you want to get out of there. You can’t get out of a ski chair so you panic (not good). So I just give in now and it works.

It’s like walking through a haunted house…you are more frightened if you try to fight it versus giving in. My wife and kids go through looking all around, stopping at corners, and scared while I go through them knowing nothing will hurt me. I just walk calm, they jump out and I think, “that was annoying.” The downside is I don’t get my money’s worth because I find them silly. I talk to the actors and compliment them on their costumes.

Chicken noodle soup (home made is the best) is fairly easy to digest, has salt, water, protein, carbs, etc. to help you. If you keep throwing up with diarrhea you may need something like pedialite to keep you from getting too dehydrated. Hope you and your family gets better soon.

If the diarrhea is persistent and you can't keep up with your fluids, at least go to the ER, where you can get caught up. That's too much diarrhea to keep up with....

Doug09 said...

That's so sad to hear subdued . It's amazing that we can't find a cure for this (at least I believe there is no cure), only things to help make the symptoms bearable. Do you know how you got your UC?

Hi Doug,

No need to feel sad. I'm in remission--perfect poo. The only difference between me and someone without IBD is that I have to look at my poo every time I go to make sure it's still in perfect condition. Plus, I have to take note of how often I go. It can get a bit scary when I see blood. But for the past year, it always turns out that I'm just getting my period.

I was diagnosed as having UC, but I actually believe I've been misdiagnosed. UC is colitis when all external factors have been ruled out. My GI doesn't seem interested in looking at all possible external factors and ruling them out before giving me a diagnosis of UC. He is more interested in prescribing medications to reduce the inflammation. So why do I go to him even though I believe I've been misdiagnosed? Because he is very gentle when doing colonoscopies, he doesn't make me drink a jug of gross stuff before getting one, he'll see me right away, and I've been told he is a great surgeon.

I believe I have colitis and I have colitis due to an imbalance of fecal flora. I've been on and off antibiotics for probably my whole life. I get infections easily--all kinds of infections, some of which doctors have never seen before. Many of the kinds of antibiotics I've taken destroy bacteria in the colon. I was having horrible IBS for more than 10 years, which I ignored, because I had no idea that getting diarrhea was not a good thing. I was eating only chocolate and drinking only beverages with HFCS and ignoring the diarrhea and gas that they caused. One day, I saw blood on my poo and I got my first flare. The first thing I did was drop the chocolate and HFCS beverages and add fiber to my diet. The flare gradually got better. After about a year, I started going back to eating chocolate and drinking HFCS beverages. I then got my second flare, which was real bad. Adding fiber did nothing. I was put on prednisone and when I became prednison-dependent, I did fecal transplantation, which put that flare into remission. I had to be on antibiotics again--three times in the course of a year--and I got another flare. Probiotics and a change in diet put that flare into remission.