After 5 years of ulcerative colitis suffering finally feel much better!

Do most of you recommend this clay while in a flare -or just when things are under control?
Sodium bentonite clay is the only one available at my healthfood store -is this a good choice for UC while in a flare?
I'm definitely going to try this.

Post Edited (beatUC) : 4/20/2012 12:29:32 PM (GMT-6)

What are you doing with clay?
Eat it?
I have active UC for 7 years

Zinov,
you put a tsp of the clay in a glass of water, mix with a plastic or woosd spoon and drink it.
Just read the post from the beginning.

thanks lookforcure, thats the info I needed -tyvm!

Yeah, that "Beave" guy is a real jerk sometimes.

It's a good thing he usually just stays in the Crohn's forum!

Mrs. Cleaver: "Honey, you were pretty hard on the Beave last night"..

Hi Ucslayer,
I am glad you joined me and I wish you the same or even better result with the clay.
I will be glad yo answer any questions that you might have.
My best withes of good health to you!

Well, I was somewhere close to yours. Many times I would go to the bathroom with just blood and a lot of gas coming out of me, without actual stool. Sorry for the detail! And at night I could not sleep for more than 3hours at the time, because every time I had to turn from one side to another I started to have cramps and had to get up and run to the bathroom. I had a lot of pain in low abdominal area and low back, so I kept putting a heating pad on the belly. I was constantly cold and very tired. I have 2 small dogs, so when I would take them out (no fenced yard), I had to sit down or at least to kneel down, because I could not stand up for more than a few minutes or I was in pain. Right before the clay, I ended up eating only soups and unsweetened apple sauce, because it seems to me the only two thing that I could tolerate more or less. I have 3 bathrooms in my house and many times I barely made it, because my intestines literally would go into the spasms.
I am sure it sounds very familiar to you.

Ucslayer,
I would not say I felt better after the first clay drink. The pain got less severe by the 2d day, which is at least after 4 clay drinks. Also, the cramps gradually diminished. But on the 4th day all the symptoms just got better. The trips to the bathroom were cut in half ( about 5). The main thing I notice that my whole body just calmed down. I remember I would just sit quietly and listen to my body and enjoyed the peace inside of me that I did not have for a very long time. What I mean is I did not have pain, cramps, gas or stuff moving inside of me. Just calmness.
I can not promise that everybody will have the same result or it will happen at as quickly. Maybe the dose I recommend you should adjust too. Also, if you were taking drugs like prednisone or other immunosuppresing drugs, it could effect your body's ability to heal. I took the drugs for just 2 weeks, had really bad side effects and stopped 5 years ago. I also, follow the diet and know my trigger foods or irritating foods for me.
One more word of advise to everybody. If you are in really bad pain, drink at least 1/2 glass of the clay water, lie down on your left side and put a heating pad on your belly. Stay like this for 30 min or till the pain go away.
I hope you feel better soon!

Ucslayer,
that is about the same reaction I had at that time. Keep on going and my best wishes of health to you!
Keep me posted.

ConquerUC,
it ranges from 1 to 3 times per day, usually with no blood, but sometimes there is a little on the stool. The stool is soft and well formed. comes out very easy without any cramps. Urgency? Let's just say I can calmly walk to the bathroom and not run, like a crazy lunatic, which I used to do. I do get pressure, though. I also still can get a queasy stomach and some dull pain in the intestines, if I eat something I should not, like cooked cabbage, beans, something with too much fat.. As you see, I am trying to introduce more different foods to my diet and sometimes I pay the price. Live and learn the hard way. If I feel that way I usually drink some more clay water and everything goes away within about 15-20min.
I do not take anything else. No medicines, no supplements, I even stopped my probiotics (VSL3). So, it is only clay, nothing else.
As I said before I take both clays, the Terramin and Pascalite, but for about 10 days it was only Terramin clay.

I'm afraid to be accused again of spamming or selling the clay. When I bought Terramin the best price for four pounds was on www.clayremedies.com. The original site is www.californiaearthminerals.com. The only place that sells Pascalite is www.pascalite.com: you will have to call, fax or email your order for Pascalite.

I want to repeat that I do not sell any clays or benefit financially in any way from their sell. I get the benefit of taking the clay and sharing the knowledge that these clays have been very helpful to me and others. I hope you will be one of them.