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Posted 9/24/2013 1:13 AM (GMT 0)
@franny I was MUCH worse off before taking CCHerbal, I was going - well running - to the bathroom 15-20 times per day with mucous, blood, diarrhea, it was horrible. I'm down to just having 1 or 2 BMs a day, no urgency or the other symptoms although there has been a little bit of mucous. I'm much happier now to say the least and am thankful I started the CCHerbal.
Posted 9/24/2013 6:33 AM (GMT 0)
That's really good to hear Plumsmom. Hopefully we won't be waiting much longer!!
Posted 9/24/2013 3:28 PM (GMT 0)
It's arrived!! What do you recommend re the dose? Start on one tablet and when best to take it? So just take with water and work up? Thanks x
Posted 9/24/2013 4:23 PM (GMT 0)
@Franny, I started out with one, but only because it was late evening when I arrived home & it was here. Thought I would ease into it tho, so took 2 next day, then third day had terrible headache so 2 again, decided headache was from it drying my sinuses, so used saline nasal spray & moved up to 3 next day.
No blood on 5th day, and I've been on it a week & half now. Started it Fri 13th and definitely was Good Luck for me! Feel better than I have in a yr!!
Posted 9/24/2013 4:33 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, I usually take first one mid morning, 2nd before evening meal & 3rd before bedtime.....but think most important is with full glass of water, as directions on bottle.
Posted 9/24/2013 5:41 PM (GMT 0)
I started out with two, had no side effects, but not much difference either. When I moved up to 3 per day I started getting better, although I seem to do much better during the day and do worse the rest of the time. Can't figure out why that is.
Posted 9/24/2013 6:14 PM (GMT 0)
@franny Glad it finally made it! I started with the recommended dose which is one pill three times a day. I was very careful to always drink a very full glass of water with it. First day I had a headache by late afternoon/early evening but I just powered through and was fine the rest of the days. I think that is a side effect of body re-equalizing. Either way, for me, it was minor and I had results very early on which is when I started this post. I maintained all my other supplements at the same time but do attribute CCHerbal to finally turning the tide for me.
Posted 9/25/2013 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
My son has started cc today - just taken the first one! Will keep you updated!
Posted 9/25/2013 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
Fran, I hope it helps your son as much as it has helped us!! Keep us posted!
Posted 9/25/2013 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
@franny Good luck to your son and keep us posted! Sending healing thoughts across the pond.
Posted 9/26/2013 5:36 PM (GMT 0)
@plumsmom what was your experience with inflama-gi? i'm thinking of trying ccherbal and inflama-gi. should i just try the latter or did you get a benefit from inflama-gi?

Post Edited (ucslayer) : 9/26/2013 11:47:24 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/26/2013 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
@ucslayer Good question, hard to say with any certainty. I added the inflama-GI before the CCHerbal by about a month. I was still flaring pretty bad when I started the CCHerbal and ha results in the first few days. Maybe the effects of CCHerbal kick in much faster? Maybe inflama-GI takes longer or does nothing? Who knows. I am too nervous at this point to change my regimen and go off the inflama-GI or anything else until I've been symptom free for a while. I am trying to figure out what I'll try and cut out first. CCHerbal would be the very last one I would try and cut. I know that 100%! Not sure if that helps, maybe try both to treacly whack at your UC? I also like the triphala I'm taking too which is aryuvedic. Also, strongly believe going strict paleo was huge in my turnaround. Good luck and keep us posted!
Posted 9/26/2013 9:17 PM (GMT 0)
@plumsmom i just want the evil gut monster to stop. the latest flare i'm in has been for 11 months now, 15x a day/night. no sleep at night because of the constant running to the bathroom. i really hope the ccherbal brings some relief. i placed my order last night after seeing your post, i hope it can bring me the same improvement it did for you. i just want my life back.
Posted 9/26/2013 11:09 PM (GMT 0)
@ucslayer Wish you luck, know how awful that is being a slave to the bathroom to the point where it's taking over your life. I wish you the best of luck. Keep is updated on this thread once you get it and have a go with the CCHerbal!
Posted 9/27/2013 2:36 PM (GMT 0)
Would you recommend starting CCherbal while being on other drugs? I'm thinking about ordering it in case Imuran will fail me someday. You guys had great experience and I'm glad for you. Do your GI doctors know that you're on the herb? What is their opinion?

Please keep us posted.
Posted 9/27/2013 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
@andrina Hard to make a recommendation, on my part, I was off my RX meds for a few months before I started it. I dropped my GI out of disgust for his general apathy on the subject and have not gone to a new one. Any one else who is taking CCHerbal on RX meds too?
Posted 9/27/2013 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
It specifically states on the bottle, encouraging you to take it along with doctor prescribed meds or other treatments. I don't personally remember anyone ever having troubles taking it with other meds. I highly recommend to at least give it a try since it is fairly inexpensive and seems to have no side effects other than headache and it seems to have helped several. However, if you are already in remission from a drug or something else I don't really see the point in taking it. Number one, you are already in remission. Number two, how would you even know it was doing anything if you were already in remission anyway? It would seem to me that you were just throwing away your money needlessly.
Posted 9/27/2013 10:18 PM (GMT 0)
Nearly at the end of the second day - my son's on prednisolone too started on 40 down to 20 now. The pred helped the latest flare a bit but symptoms are returning now on 20. Really hope the cc starts to help soon. Will keep you updated.
Posted 9/27/2013 11:14 PM (GMT 0)

garylouisville said...
Number one, you are already in remission. Number two, how would you even know it was doing anything if you were already in remission anyway? It would seem to me that you were just throwing away your money needlessly.


I flared on Azathioprine before is why. I don't want this again. On some days, I still have mucus. It normally clears up but it keeps happening. Should I rather wait until I feel it's more necessary? Either way, I will definitely keep this in mind just in case I get worse.

Thanks! :-)
Posted 9/29/2013 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
We made th 2 day trip back to Texas from Colo....had some trouble with gas Thurs. traveling all day, but stopping for nite relieved that! Have only had small spotty blood & Thank Goodness not the urgency all day, a little first BM in morning. On the road all day yesterday also, I even had beef enchiladas, some chips & even little hot sauce!! So far no problem! I have lost more weight, but not big surprise with diet I've been on.....lost 16 lbs last summer when symptoms first started, not on diet and 13 this summer, down from 150 to 121 now and would like to stay where I am! I just ordered more CC Herbal, 3mos. Supply this time, and praying it will continue to keep my symptoms at bay!! Thinking I will continue Gluten free, but hope to Slowly add more food choices!!
Best to all!!
Posted 9/29/2013 6:18 PM (GMT 0)
Watching these threads with great interest, please keep up the progress reports, especially
about stopping bleeding. I have tried a zillion alternatives over the past 30 years. Nothing
has really worked,many have caused adverse events.
Thanks Old Mike
Posted 9/29/2013 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
OM, there's really no reason to think of not to give this a shot. It's cheap and the worst side effects seem to be headaches, which I have never gotten even on the highest dose. The jury is still out on me though. I'm leaning toward that it is definitely helping me but I was hoping for more than I am getting. Others seem to have gone into remission. There are enough people here where it does seem to be working. I can't testify as to the blood because I didn't have any to begin with. Pretty soon it will be decision time for me on reordering and I am leaning toward it.
Posted 9/29/2013 7:19 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Gary: Right now I am in the middle of my mucus building experiment,where I do see some
improvement,especially in stool quality, so I will wait to see where this experiment goes.
I have even woke up with stool in the rectum,and did not know it until I went poo,meaning that
urgency getting somewhat less.
OM

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 9/29/2013 5:49:52 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/29/2013 7:28 PM (GMT 0)
Good decision not to do two things at once while you are in the middle of one project. I'm really interested in this mucus building thing. It makes a lot of sense, although there are a myriad of treatment possibilities that all make sense and very few come through.
Posted 9/29/2013 11:23 PM (GMT 0)
@julie Great to hear, sounds like you do a lot of road trips like we do. Last few days on my end have been tough. I would not call it a flare because its fairly different than how I have felt in the past when flaring, but since late last week I have had diarrhea and severe cramps. Those went away last night and diarrhea has turned the corner today. I think I went overboard with cheese (saganaki) at a Greek restaurant along with some other foods just night that were really things I had not eaten in a very long time and my body totally revolted. Posted a separate thread on it and @gary suggested may have been histamine reaction which I think makes sense since I don't have foods with that as part of my normal diet. I am not having any blood or mucous or urgency so that's what makes me think its really related to something specific I ate and I'm starting to feel better today and almost have regular stool back. Almost. Keeping food simple to chicken, homemade applesauce, bananas and mint tea today. I also went ahead like @julie and put in a 3 month order too on the CCHerbal to make sure I don't run out and save some money. Also have some added stress here since we are moving in two weeks so maybe my body overreacted to the 'foreign food' literally and figuratively much stronger than if I was just going about my normal business. Also thought I may be pregnant, which would have been a good thing and explained the cramping, but no. Not. Will try to really focus on going back to strict food choices and more yoga and stress reduction given the craziness of moving coming up to stay relaxed and as zen as possible.
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