MAJOR improvements in all my UC symptoms by going gluten free!

I had been on brand name Colazal for years, and it worked pretty well, the best of any so far. I would occasionally get this leakage/seepage issue, but now I am starting to really suspect a pancreatic enzyme insufficiency for this issue.

My experience on Roxanne generic balsalazide for a year was even worse. My symptoms were insidiously worsening, including leakage.

I tried Lialda, and it seemed to have potential, I think I felt I was regaining some muscle mass that atrophied when my illness began in my upper back, but alas the massive increase in gas and leakage, which had worsened under my experience with the generic balsalazide, coupled with things like waking up at night with random foot pain, caused me to get off of it and back on the standby Colazal.

I am doing much better than last time, now that I am again on the generic Balsalazide, however I really know this is due to having gone gluten free.

Gardener, I also filled a retail RX for Mylan brand balsalazide just for scientific purposes, but I figured I would go ahead and run through my supply of Roxanne first, so when I go on Mylan it can be continuous, unless of course Colazal brand name is back by then.

I really am thinking lately that I could even have celiac or at least a severe immune mediated gluten intolerance, which even perhaps led to me having inflammation of the pancreas (and God knows what else) which has caused malabsorption and this explains the leakage. I am even starting to think perhaps this is one "subtype" of this mystery diagnosis of "Ulcerative Colitis," which always seems to me like a "diagnosis of exclusion" that leaves everyone involved scratching their heads.

If the CCFA would print a story like mine, I think they could help countless more people than they currently are. I wonder if they are still searching for a specific "marker" for a disease that may not even refer to an exclusive disease process. (Sorry if this is mean, but it's how I feel)

ima,

How did your colonoscopy go?

For those who are tryig gluten free and say it doesn't help you, You must try not to eat"gluten free" type breads and other " gluten free" type foods. Just cut out all breads and pastas. Beware there are hidden glutens in most processed foods.