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Posted 10/12/2012 4:26 PM (GMT 0)
So I was improving pretty strongly a few weeks ago, then dipped... Then started in on turmeric, and saw another great bit of improvement, then dipped.. Now back to seeing a fair amount of blood sort of out of nowhere.. I did start in on peanut butter and honey on toast for breakfast, a deviation from the bananas I was doing.... I still have less urgency, frequency, more formed or nearly formed stool, but now more blood the past few days....

Anyway, why cant the improvement train just keep on moving?
Posted 10/12/2012 4:30 PM (GMT 0)
Because, it's IBD man. You think you can get away from a powerful disease as this. They have the label "chronic". Chronic means ELITE. You can't get rid of elite stuff that easily, otherwise the IBD gods will get angry.
Posted 10/12/2012 4:50 PM (GMT 0)
That's happened to me a lot. Try something new, it obviously works a few days to a week and then bingo, you're back to square one all over again.
Posted 10/13/2012 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
I've been digging myself out of my most recent flare since mid-august. I feel like I've turned a corner about 10 days ago ( much less symptoms) but I know how you feel. I'll have a few better days then 1 bad one and think 'crap- thought I was doing better'. I thought to myself as I walked to work this morning - you know the old saying - you take one step forward and 2 steps back... well at least I feel like right now I'm taking 2 steps forward and only 1 step back. So atleast I still feel like I'm heading in the right direction - just not as fast as I would like!!!

Hope you are taking more steps forward than backwards at this point. Hang in there!
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