Members currently in remission

ive got there with a combination of eating right, predisilone, st johns wart and lots of l-glutamine..

Sugar is not your friend!!!!

The whiter the bread the sooner your dead!!

cheers

In remission, gained weight and strength.

RS diet is in conflict with lots of cheat food like cherry coke, coffee and muffins etc.

New GI doc thinks I am on apriso, have not taken one pill.

I also down p-seed powder capsules and if too much consumption of stims I down immodium, seems my entire situation is governed by transit time.

Lr21, okay. I believe my UC flare was brought about by: job stress, working too many hours, not enough sleep, constantly exhausted, drinking alcohol too frequently (all these things related obviously). Those things can't CAUSE UC, of course, but they damaged/weakened my colon to the point where I was susceptible to whatever is the real cause.

Anyway, what I believe got me into remission isn't a formula that will be too helpful to others but it was:
1) quitting that hated wretched Job From Hell - in fact, I retired from working altogether.
2) rested, rested, rested. If I wasn't in bed, I was laying around on the sofa.
3) stopped alcohol altogether for several months.
4) diet went from (what I consider) healthy eating (lots of fruits & veggies) to crap: chips, chocolate milk, peanut butter toast, tuna casserole - comfort food, in other words. Flies against the experience of most others on this board, so again, not helpful. I was basically doing trial & error: learned to not eat what caused cramps and ate what felt okay. Didn't care anymore about calories, nutrients, etc. Thought I was dying anyway!
5) at the time things started turning around and I started gradually going into remission, I was still undiagnosed, had not found this board so I knew nothing, and had not been on any meds or supplements.

I think I can post on here too since I've been out of the woods for over 5 weeks now.
I owe it all to Fecal Transplant (home with spouse no DR's involved) and SCD.
This morning I drank 4 cups of coffee and had 1 BM about an hour after waking. It was solid and that's it. I'm so thankful I did FT but only wish I had done it a year ago. Would have saved us thousands in meds and dr. visits. Am so glad this website gave us the direction and information on alternative healing methods.

we're going to rename you SomeRemission!
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I'm on my first week of reaching remission without any RX medication (had taken them on/off since diagnosed in 2011). What's working for me right now is being extremely vigilant about what I eat and have gone very strict Paleo less nightshades and eggs (for now, hope to reintroduce them after I have remission). I have gone so far as to make my own almond and coconut milk because even those bought at the store have extra ingedients, all produce I buy is organic, meat is grass fed. I'm doing daily yoga in the morning - full bikram series at home, I printed out the postures and used to do that back East in the studio - I think that has really helped heal me. After just a week I have seen significant improvements in how my body moves and feels again, like back before I was diagnosed. Also, taking a wide range of natural herbs and supplements, all listed in my signature. The Vitamineral Green and Inflama-GI both have a huge list of ingredients that covers a lot of the basics that many on this forum use (enzymes, vitamins, minerals, herbs) and I have a tall glass of water with those two powders in it each morning. Wish you the best of luck in finding a path that works for you!

I have no symptoms except for urgency when I do have to go. So I do not consider this remission.

Nice 4 plus year rest with Remicade. Not all hunky-dorey tho, as multiple infections caused a few hospitalizations. But as you see, I am back...ready to seek a new witch's brew.