Mucous inferno

Ah, flaring. I would suggest you up the asacol to 2400mg, either 2 pills 3x daily or 3 pills 2x daily.

I would consider mucous poos to be "bms"...because they're urgent to get out and your butt doesn't care if it's poo, mucous or whatever...it's in there causing an urge.

After supper and evenings...could be that's an active time for you since you have eaten and it stimulates lower colon/sigmoid/rectal "download" and urge to go. The timing's not the issue.

Of course, I can't remember and am not going to look at your other posts...but were you bleeding with this flare?

If yes...the mucous is a good thing because the tissue is healing enough to produce it. It's just a protective thing saying there's still inflammation and spasming to expel and I'm over-stimulated....so....you're going to continue to treat me for a while yet. Sux to be me!


Hang tough! I think you should add fibre supplements (small dosages with meals) for sure as well as probiotics.

The calm after the storm....
 
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Your subject line made me laugh :) If your case is inferno, I don't know what I should call mine as. My porcelain throne becomes super colorful after my trip..

To your question, I consider them BMs and as per my GI, you may want to stop taking psyllium as you are in flare. (I know this is exactly opposite of what Quincy wrote before but thats what my GI thinks.) I am not in for enemas, they do work but my butt is so sore that I can not stick it in and holding it is an adventure. I stopped it and told my GI to have mercy on me and not to force it.

tournevice said...

Howa your butt now? :P

Getting better but not ready for enemas yet. I was on 100mg of Bentyl a day for almost 3 weeks now. My GI upped Pred to 40mg and asked me to be on it for a while, so today is the first day that I can sit otherwise even that was a nightmare.

You could stop psyllium and see if and how it affects. I am adding Glutamine to my regimen as well. May be you would like to think about it.

You should never be mucous free, everyone (even healthy people) excretes mucous, it helps the stool pass through, without enough of it you'd be quite constipated.

Fibre supplements can aid with excessive mucous, but you have to be patient, it generally doesn't happen overnight.

I was one one 400mg suppository 2 to 3 times a week for like 7 years. So had a constant flare.

Until I came to this forum and noticed i was undermedicated.
In august I started the salofalk enemas 4g once a day. However i didnt do everynight since then.
I had to stop at one point because of the hemmies. But I always maintain at least 3 times a week.
Did good I lost my usual BM after lunch since i started.

Im still on them but added 1600mg asacol pills daily since monday.

For the fiber I use two psyllium capsules in the morning before breakfast followed by probiotics (yakult).

thanks quincy. Well just to add to the mix i started the combined pill 2 months ago. Went into crazy moods madness (poor hubby) and before wedding had insomnia.
My diet is still not perfect I have to admit and not so severe like some on here.
However i do homecook a lot and do my own spelt flour bread. My hubby has a huge sweet tooth and this doesnt help!
Im wheat free and have very little dairies.

But the thing in the uk is the alcool. Ive always loved alcool and thats my weakness though I dont drink as much now. I have gum-mints also as i believe they make me digest easier.
But except for my hubby asking for gravy everynight nothing in my diet changed from when i was in Montreal.

By the way I didnt know quincy you were canadian. We went today to the only canadian pub in london called The Maple leafs. It was so cheesy they are round wooden walls with a huge stuffed bear behind a glass. They had the maple leafs jersey on walls as well as pictures of the mounted police. Sooooooo cheesy and kitsch... But they had sleeman and wings night!

I could say im better overall. Less urgencies for sure.
No blood.
But have a hard time being full of energy and I feel my UC is hanging on a threat. I am just a bit tired and impatient. Like how long will it takes to recover?

I read some post on here where they are put on a 2 weeks treatment on enemas to bounce back from a flare and they seem to have success.

For me it takes forever. I see some improvements but its really slow so i dont picture it on a weeks timeframe more months timeframe. But is it normal to take such a while? I want to take a milder, safer route. Not ready for preds.

Ive never been on pred. I know its one of the strongest anti inflammatory ever.
But of course I read stories here. Ive only been on melasamine. Im not ready for that pred route. Mentally at least.

Wellits good to know in a way youve been 4 months nightly. I guess i have been undermedicated for so long that i cant expect my body to recover in a week.
So I shall chose patience for now. Im seeing my new GI in london in 2 weeks and for sure hes gonna order a scope to open my file and see for himself whats happening. There maybe he could suggest some different alternatives or dosages. However im stuck to the melasamine until i see results from any scope.

Ive never been kean on shock treatments.

thanks for all your support quincy.

mmm interesting about the fiber.
For me now I think I need to calm the inflammation. I still have 2 capsules a day and have at least 2-3 portions of vegs or fruits a day.

Of course if you look at any governments page on an ideal diet they say you should have 5 vegs-fruits a day plus 3-5 dairies plus this and that.

Its too much for me.

I have a question are you based in the uk? I only heard of ibupofren in the uk.

Oh I get it about ibuprofen. Its in the usa but not in canada (where im originaly from) I think in canada it has another brand name.

Well as for diet I saw a really good nutritionnist for a few months. And she didnt follow the suggested canadian diet. She sais.. at the end of the day if you are following your real hunger you shouldnt be able to manage 5 dairies, 5 vegs, 3 fruits, 3 proteins and 5 grains a day.
And im from montreal (yep up to you) and our province was amongst the biggest dairy producer in the world. So I agree with you about lobbying in a way cause the ads on tv and everyone was pushing dairies.

But honestly I cant manage 5 dairies a day! And especially now they dont take time to age cheese properly. I rarely buy commercial cheeses now cause im dairies sensitive but I can manage a tint in my coffee and a good quality cheese. A properly aged cheddar give me less gas than any kraft cheddar!

As for red meat Im a fan of it. But the problem in western society I find is the lack of variety of protein source. We rely mainly on beef, pork, chicken.
I love my beek and yes my steak but i cant manage more than once a week. If we had variety with protein with fish, seafood, nuts, legumes, rabbit, peasant, tofu and so many others well then we likely to have a balance.

My hubby and I love meat however we dont over do it. For example we buy one big chicken on the sunday for a roast. BUt then do cold meat on monday, do a stir fry on tuesday and then I use the bones to do a stock. I would never buy anymore stock from the supermarket! But the problem of north american especially is the wrong notion of quatity and the waste is horrendous! Our grandparents never used to waste any part of any animal!

ahah we are widing a bit but I get your point. Im less on the lobbying thing its not my forte but im trying as much as possible to go by natures law. What our grandparents used to do. And usually it mostly came from homemade food and no waste!

Are you mainly on an indian diet? Or swedish?

Im mainly wheat free, almost dairy free, I do my own stock and bread with spelt flour and never buy ready made food.

ahah no myabe I said it wrong but she said that what the canadian food guide suggests is wrong. She said that if you follow it you dont follow what your body struly needs and your real hunger.

She said its difficult to follow their recommandation as they say you should have around 5 vegs a day, 2 fruits a day, 3-5 proteins a day, 5 grains a day and up to 5 dairies a day.
She said that was unrealistic and that if my body doesnt like one thing to not bother trying it. She was different.
But i was saying in canada they push a lot of dairies intake just because of the massive production they have as well.

Interesting diet. Are you able to digest wheat well?

I was fortunate to be in montreal cause we had lots of farms and homemade cheeses. Old school way! Im in the uk now and surprisingly i can find homemade cheeses at markets.
I think in the us they have regulations about raw milk isnt it?

Interesting.
Last year I did a gap year in the uk as a volunteer with adult with learnings difficulties . Anything from down to a bit of autism to lack of oxygen in the brain when born.

Lots of them were dairy free. Especially the down syndromes one. It seems they had reactions very quickly both on the skin and behavious lol
But I was the only one wheat free in that community and I think they never considered it as it was too complicated to do and too expensive as well.

When you need to cook for the likes of 15 for lunch when 3 are dairy free, 2 are pork free can you imagine adding wheat free on that?

I dunno about the autism spectra well but the down syndromes poeple we had were very closely look diet wise cause they seem to hve more skin problems, weight problem and heart disease than anyone.

At the end of the day you know your son more than anyone and youll probably notice if he needs any diet change anyway :P