I Cured myself and want to help!!!

I'm brand new to this forum but please don't let that discredit me. My name is Joe and I am a 25 year old male who between the ages of 19-23 battled with severe UC. I was on every single possible drug and went through three GI doctors and only continued to get worse. I was on 60mg of pred, Remicade infusions, 6mp, all the immunosuppressants, suppositories, enemas, and more. They were scheduling my surgery to remove my colon when I finally said the hell with this nonsense. I was down 50% of my weight (160 pounds down around 110 pounds) and has no control over my bowels which were releasing bloody mucus diarrhea 20+ times daily. I was as bad you can get and the docs had run out of options for me. I was relentless in my search for alternatives and would bring natural remedies and books to my GI who would only push them off without even looking at them. Well I am here to say that it took only 6 months of seeing a talented nutritionist, a greatly modified diet, and many supplements to cure me of my so called UC. The actual cause of UC and so many other diseases is not this autoimmune nonsense, but in fact it is parasites and poor diet and life habits that lower our immunity and these symptoms develop. I don't care which disease you have, UC, crohns, lupis, asthma, or allergies, diet and detoxification can and will cure you as it did me and many other people that I have had the pleasure of meeting. I know this is a lot of information at once, but I would suggest anyone suffering right now to begin consuming large quantities of aloe juice available at co-ops, coconut oil, cooked carrots, potatoes, high quality yogurt with no added sugars, to drink raw fruit juices that are either fresh or at least not from concentrate. Do not eat anything with preservatives or anything that has things you can not pronounce in the ingredients list. This should be a rule for your life. I threw all of my drugs away when I decided to go this route and have no regrets. All the drugs do is mask your symptoms while causing all sorts of other problems for your body elsewhere. They do not cure anything. They are not designed to. They are designed to be life long crutches for us to rely on and pay for for eternity. Unfortunately you will also have to cut ties with your GI as I did. I have only been back for follow up colonoscopies. He can not explain how it is possible that I am cured, but the pictures don't lie. I know I have rambled on but I just want to get everything out there that I can. I am in the process of writing a book and have around 22 pages so far. Please let me offer any advice and help I can. I know just how terrible this disease can be and no one should have to suffer with it considering there is such a real and obvious solution. Thank you for this opportunity to help... Joe

Thanks for the supportive response! I am prepared to take a lot of heat for my ideology on the subject but it is nothing I haven't heard already from friends, family, and doctors alike. My diet now consists of only food that I can understand its origin. Mostly organic, lots of raw fruits and vegetables, lean means, nuts, seeds, and hearty grainy bread occasionally. Honestly I have never been healthier. That being said, for you right now I'd advise the aloe despite your concern, taking lots and lots of high quality refrigerator kept probiotics, and make your meals consist of mostly cooked carrots, potatoes, squash, scrambled eggs, and bananas. Drink fresh fruit and vegetable drinks. Stay away from all breads, dairy, and meats. I know this sounds very restrictive but I promise a week or two of this and you will notice positive changes. Keep me posted!

I know I am cured. This is not remission or a placebo effect. I just hope everyone here can be as fortunate as I was to have the opportunity to really learn and understand how the body works instead of being fed a line from the docs or pharmaceuticals who never want you to actually get better since then they lose your loyal business.

I agree that there is more to it than just diet alone. The nutritionist that helped me through this process was convinced I had parasites which caused a great deal of the problems I was experiencing. Strangely, parasites are not commonly checked for and according to my GI they can only test for about 5 different kinds when there are literally thousands of species that exist. I went through several parasite cleanses and noticed amazing changes in my body. Do some research on parasites and you may be very surprised about what you find. I would recommend black walnut tincture as a great start to cleanse your body of parasites.

Good for you that you found a way to achieve remission.

There are many on this forum who have also achieved remission though alternative treatments. For me, it's:

anti-inflammatory diet
probiotics
fecal transplantation

I don't consider myself cured though because I can flare again whenever my fecal flora gets out-of-balance, which tends to happen whenever I take antibiotics. Thus, the probiotics and fecal transplantation.

I won't argue about whether or not it is possible to use diet alone to cause or cure UC. It doesn't really matter because it is important to eat healthy anyway to have a healthy colon. And if a person can achieve remission from diet alone, then that's great. A good friend of mine has been in remission for about 20 years after becoming a vegetarian. She swears that becoming a vegetarian is what got her in remission and kept her there. She eats a lot of curries and drinks Chai a lot. Both turmeric and ginger are anti-inflammatory.

For me, my diet consists mostly of ginger teas (no milk/sugar added), mild curries (for the turmeric), spinach, cashew nut butter, bananas, whole-grain breads (not okay for many, but okay for me), veggie burgers, low-fat cheese (cheese is pro-inflammatory, but I still add it to my veggie burgers), salmon, sweet potatoes, baked chicken, squash, ...

I no longer add sauce to my foods. I drink only water and ginger teas.

Sounds like you are on a modified version of the SCD diet.

Hi I'mCured

Congratulations on getting well. I know you are excited and want everyone to get well too by sharing how you did it.
I also achieved remission through diet modification, similar but not the same as yours.

The truth is that there are many paths to healing. Some people swear that diet change does not help them and I believe them. I myself tried many different diets, including the one that eventually got me into remission, after nothing working over 10 years of trying both meds, diets and other alternative therapies including hypnotherapy and acupuncture.

Why did the Specific Carbohydrate Diet work for me this last time? Who knows. But it did.
And I'm glad yours worked for you.
Your post may help one person keep up trying or perhaps give them the courage to begin trying diet changes.

I never say my diet is the only way. Just say what has worked for me and continues working.
FWIW in your diet (and SCD too) yogurt (and most dairy) is a negative for me. That's me and may be different for the next person.

There are many here who know that diet has gotten them to remission.
There are as many who state diet has no effect on their UC.
Who's right? All of them.

Like you I can only be thrilled that something worked and my life is hugely better for it.

Am I missing some threads or how come nobody ever mentions staying away from GMO foods???? Do people really not know what is going on with these?

I'mCured said...
Thanks for the supportive response! I am prepared to take a lot of heat for my ideology on the subject but it is nothing I haven't heard already from friends, family, and doctors alike. My diet now consists of only food that I can understand its origin. Mostly organic, lots of raw fruits and vegetables, lean means, nuts, seeds, and hearty grainy bread occasionally. Honestly I have never been healthier. That being said, for you right now I'd advise the aloe despite your concern, taking lots and lots of high quality refrigerator kept probiotics, and make your meals consist of mostly cooked carrots, potatoes, squash, scrambled eggs, and bananas. Drink fresh fruit and vegetable drinks. Stay away from all breads, dairy, and meats. I know this sounds very restrictive but I promise a week or two of this and you will notice positive changes. Keep me posted!

You say above you eat lean meats, but then you say do not eat any meats at all. I'm confused.

Also, I really think that with regard to foods, what works for one may not work for another. I cannot eat certain fruits or vegetables.

There are so many different aspects to Uc that no one can say for sure what causes it. I, for one, am in remission and it's not because of any diet I followed but rather from an immune suppressor.

I'm thankful to "I'mcured" for posting this post. I really needed to hear some positive news about UC. I just got diagnosed with UP last week and I'm terrified. Plus, half of the stuff my GI is telling me, neither makes sense or sits well with me. Last week he told me to finish two weeks of cortenema and that after I finished treatment, he would like to do a sigmoidoscopy on me to see if I'm better. Really? He just did a colonoscopy on me 3 weeks ago. That's the biggest bunch of nonsense I've heard. This place will do anything to submit me to more testing and more medication. I just got the bill today and even though they told me I was only responsible for my copay, which I already paid, I still owe them almost $300 for my deductible part of their "facility charges". I thought I was saving money by having it done at the doctors office and not the hospital. I guess not.

I plan on finding another GI for a second opinion, but I'm mainly saving my money to see a naturopath. Its not good enough for me to be symptom free. I want to be well. Everyone has to find what works for them. If medicine works for some, that's okay. But I think we all need to respect that everyone walks a different path in life and chooses the things that work for them. I guess I've been disenchanted with the mainstream medical field ever since my younger son was diagnosed with autism a few years ago. I was told there's no cure for that. Plus due to the autism label, they stopped looking for other things. Turns out that last year we found out he was profoundly hearing impaired. He was severely speech delayed due to that, not autism. My husband and I really believe in getting kids outdoors as much as possible. Between that, speech, OT, a healthy diet, removing HFCS, dyes and chemicals from food, and just pure love, our son is making tremendous gains. In fact, the developmental pediatrician that originally diagnosed him has lowered his diagnosis to PDD. Its still on the autism spectrum, but to a lesser degree. Plus, he told me he's not really even sure if my son truly is on the spectrum.

The lesson learned here is that in our house, we are fighters and don't believe in giving up. My mind is frazzled these last few weeks as I've learned of my UP diagnosis. I'm going to beat this thing somehow. It might take me time to research and find the appropriate specialists, but I'm not giving in to this.

I am so glad for all of you who have wrote in with both supportive and critical comments alike. I'd love to let you all read the beginning of the book I am writing. Does anyone have a place for me to copy and paste it? For all of your concerns about the GI Doctors, its saddens me to say it but they really do not want us to get better. They want to suppress our natural reactions and balance us in a medicated drugged up state that requires continuous monitoring and modifications. That ensures life long dependency. I am disappointed with the CCFA as well. They are sponsored and supported by drug companies. There is no pill or biological agent that will ever cure you from this, and honestly they are not looking for that. Listen carefully to your doctor next time you have a visit. Remission is the word of choice and they love to tell you that you will never be cured. Its a mind game. Whether you can handle the truth or not is up to you. I was getting Remicade infusions at my Doc's office that they were so enthusiastic to tell me retails between $8,000-$12,000 per treatment! I was getting them bi-weekly. You really think they want me to get better and then not be able to bill the insurance company and get a pay-day like that? Its no wonder they promote these drugs with the aggressive marketing they do. I'll gladly pay my nutritionist $65 per visit, $100 in supplements per month, and buy high quality fresh groceries instead of the alternative. Plus I am actually healthy, not stuck in some medicated state.

I had my last colonoscopy a few months ago and it looked basically perfect. According to my GI who clearly does not care for my opinions, he said it is 80% better. I'll take that considering the source! I saw the pictures. This is my 3rd colonoscopy and I can tell you the first was downright scary in there. I also (call me crazy) had this most recent colonsoscopy without "gas" to put me under. Was it a bit uncomfortable, yes. Was it worth it to tell my Doc I wanted to be awake so that I could watch the video of my own healthy intestines? Absolutely. Challenge authority people and take real control over your body. At the end of the day, its all you really have. I'm here for every one of you!

I'mCured - I don't believe there are any rules stating you can not paste the contents of your book here on the forum, on this thread, or another