Colon Rest

Has anyone been to the hospital and put on a colon rest?  If yes, did it work and how long? 

I was in the hospital 2 months ago and one of my nurses was a u/c patient.  She told me she went in and did a colon rest.  She told me she was in the hostital for 21 days.  It worked for her and she is med free. She told me she has to watch diet and takes cod liver oil but has been in remission for 3 years. 

I've been thinking about talking to my GI about this. 

The nurse told me it was supposed to be 7 days.  Those 7 days turned into 21. 

I'm tapering off pred and in a flare.  This is the second time on pred and it is not working for me.  Bleeding and diarrhea every day.  ASA's did not work for me. My doctor keeps talking surgery. about to try LDN. My immune system is so low right now I ended getting shingles on my back.  I need to get off this pred.

Colon rest can also be done by a fluid diet. My homeopathic way of calming down anything is with a 48-72 hour fluid diet. But not just any fluids...

http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/brasco-broth

Don't worry about the chicken feet.

Between all of the ingredients, you've got anti inflammatorys and gelatin from the whole chicken, all the bones and fat, which help patch up and repair a damaged intestinal tract.

Just sip nothing but the broth (strain out the chicken and the carrots) and water for like 2 whole days. Breakfast lunch and dinner. And some in between. Take work off, get a couple funny DVDs, sign up for Netflix and stay in bed for like 2 days and drink this soup. I swear to you, you will feel so much Better.

On the 3rd day, add in the chicken. Do just chicken and the broth or about 7 days. Then add in the carrots.

Good luck, this will work I promise.

happily...

q

Just a word of caution that perilla oil is in the mint family and more than likely a salicylate. For those who are 5ASA intolerant, it might not be in their best interests to use.

Never heard of perilla oil...thanks for the suggestion of another Omega 3 source.

q

i was on bowel rest in the hospital for 7 days. just ice chips. i eventually got some lemon ice but that was it- didn't really eat it since it tasted like chemicals. did not notice any benefits from this- still produced a lot of bloody stools.

also did a 4 week juice fast. this was just too tiring and requires you to be glued to your juicer and sink. i didn't see enough benefits to actually do one again.

I was on colon rest for 40 days.
They fed me through a PIC line and gave me IV fluids & steroids.
It was tough at first but I got used to no food pretty quickly and ate ice chips constantly. Looking back, it was not such a bad price to pay to avoid the knife.
This method helped me avoid surgery which was inevitable according to the surgeon and the GI team at this hospital. They were wrong -I was right to fight for my self.
I am now very healthy, I still have seasonal flares occasionally, but still have my colon and all the other parts I was born with.

Post Edited (beatUC) : 8/18/2012 10:10:04 AM (GMT-6)

I had no problems without food, except the endless pizza commercials during my stay: )
When I was ready for food, I took it slowly, savoring it all.
I lost 65 lbs, but gained it back very quickly.
I was so inflamed they couldn't do scopes, thats when they called in the pushy surgeon who came into my room daily trying to talk me into surgery.
It was an interesting experience which made me wonder how many unnecessary colectomies are done every year because of pushy or just uninformed doctors.
Luckily I had a great doctor and a strong will.
Best of luck to you, just don't let them lead you down the wrong road.

I would like to do something like that too. Unfortunatly I highly doubt that my doctor would agree to that. :( I know there are clinics that do medically supervised water fasting, but it's expensive.

Try the soup dude, trust me see my post a couple up.