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Posted 3/18/2013 7:08 PM (GMT 0)
so my flare is coming to and end after about a month - still some D, and a bit of U, but that's about it -

it's been a while since the last one, i guess about 2 years - but this is the first without meds - i bet some of you didn't think that was possible -

my question is symptom wise, what usually is the healing progression for everyone - what's the first to go, what's the last -

previous flares if i remember correctly. blood was the final issue to say bye bye - this time it was the first - weird !

Posted 3/18/2013 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
all depends on how much inflammation and how high.

Blood shouldn't be the last since there would still be inflammation to heal. It could be that the area left to heal was low in the rectum....with more formed stools and less frequency. For most, that means no flare. Especially if one had diarrhea as the major symptom initially.

My last to go is the urgency. The first to arrive is the urgency, then the rectal discomfort and white-knuckling bms and frequency.

It's great you're feeling so much better....maybe you can use a suppository at the very least to help with the last part of the inflammation?

q

Posted 3/18/2013 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
ya, i've been waiting a bit to invade the hooter but i have a few enemas i may try just to put and end to this pesky thing - don't have and never did use any supps -

Post Edited (soystud) : 3/18/2013 3:16:55 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/18/2013 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
My only concern would be slowly simmering inflammation.

But, maybe consider the vitamin E supps that others have talked about.

keep us posted.
q
Posted 3/18/2013 7:41 PM (GMT 0)
soystud,

Glad to hear the good news! :-)

Posted 3/18/2013 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
thanks Heather -

can you buy the vit e supps or is diy ?

hopefully i've narrowed down the suspect inflammers and can get/keep things under control -


thanks ISF - took a bit more time to get around this one, but the last 48 hrs have been much improved -
Posted 3/18/2013 8:15 PM (GMT 0)
First thing to go for me is the urgency, then diarrhea, then blood, then mucus. Vice versa is the case when a flare comes on.

How did you manage to go into remission with no meds soystud?
Posted 3/18/2013 8:21 PM (GMT 0)
I bought the vit E suppositories . Didn't seem to do a thing! Bought them at a health food store.
Posted 3/18/2013 8:24 PM (GMT 0)
This is good to hear!
Posted 3/18/2013 8:44 PM (GMT 0)
Last thing to go for me is the fatigue.
Posted 3/18/2013 8:50 PM (GMT 0)
A - interesting - like most things, everyone is a little different in the way flares come and go -

i just got back on the wagon - i was pretty careful getting off the meds back in the summer of '12 - but gradually i started to slide and started eating stuff i knew i probably shouldn't - unfortuneatly the way my system is tuned, i didn't suffer - at least right away - so i kinda kept straying until the poop hit the fan - so now i'm back to what i know works - no grains, no sugar, no dairy - this time i'll give it more time before i stray, and when i do, it will be verrrry gradual - fortunately as a stay at home dad, i was able to stay med free through this recovery period - it the past, like a lot of uc'ers, i didn't have the luxury of just chilling and working through the pain and 15+ trips to the sshhiiter a day - i wish everone had that opportunity to heal at their leisure -

thanks Faith - maybe i'll look into the stereo specials :-)

thanks for the encouragement M !
Posted 3/18/2013 8:52 PM (GMT 0)
Soy-I've always just used vit e capsules. Bit them off with my teeth and put them right in a full bottle of rowasa. If you do it make sure it's natural vitamin e and not synthetic.
Posted 3/18/2013 8:57 PM (GMT 0)
thanks for the tip Levi -

do you think the caps would desolve if i just shot one up there ?

Post Edited (soystud) : 3/18/2013 3:12:26 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/18/2013 9:07 PM (GMT 0)
soystud, don't just stick vitamin e capsules up your butt. they are not made to dissolve in your rectum. what i would do in a little bowl is cut some vitamin e capsules open, mix with a little coconut oil, form into a suppository-size, and freeze them. when you are ready to use, the suppository will be hard and when you insert, it will melt like a normal supp. would. the coconut oil is also an anti fungal and anti bacterial and i use it every day in and on my rectum.
Posted 3/18/2013 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
Maybe Joanna banana (haha couldn't resist) is right. But if you're pressed for time why not? I just stuck one in my mouth-105 seconds until it had melted enough for the liquid to seep out, so I would say it would definitely melt
Posted 3/18/2013 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
hmmm b-girl, not sure i like the sound off a little frozen torpedo up the butt !
Posted 3/18/2013 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
one way to find out L man :-)
Posted 3/18/2013 10:17 PM (GMT 0)
Glad you're almost past it!
Posted 3/18/2013 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
Soystud your med free? If so maybe get some butyrate enemas.
Posted 3/18/2013 10:37 PM (GMT 0)
"butyrate enemas."

hey Petah - can i get those w/o a script ?
Posted 3/19/2013 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
Soystud, what types of protein do you eat? Glad to hear things are simmering down...
Posted 3/19/2013 6:37 AM (GMT 0)
OMG...You guys are helping me sooo much! I was diagnosed about two years ago at which time I had a severe case of C-diff as well. I am in my second flare up currently and have been scared to death. My UC is so new to me and I felt really alone. Not sure what foods to eat, what to drink, and what could help and or hurt me more. I have gotten alot so far and I will definately be back....and again, thank you all :)
Posted 3/19/2013 9:57 AM (GMT 0)
Banana: You are hard core.
Old Mike
Posted 3/19/2013 10:07 AM (GMT 0)
Sorry for late reply, I don't think so and they are also made at a compound pharmacy! I'm also giving them a try. My GI who works at center for digestive disease in Sydney said one of the Drs uses them with really good success
Posted 3/19/2013 10:11 AM (GMT 0)
Bananagirl, I also use coconut oil as a lubricant. Anti viral, anti fungal, antibacterial. Why would you use anything else. It's commonly used as a personal lubricant.
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