my gut flora test results

So before i was diagnosed with UC, while the only symptom in my gut was passing a fair amount of mucus, I had a stool test done. This was a year ago now. A few months later I started antibiotics for another illness and in September I started passing blood. Was diagnosed with UC at the end of last year.
I am now off the abx and will probably have another stool test to see what state my gut flora is now in. Probably even worse.

I'm gonna want to try and improve my gut flora, so I guess kefir and other fermented foods, probiotics and diet are all considerations. If possible I'm hoping these results can help direct what to do.

I figure that the results to my previous test might tell me something useful though as it was earlier in my UC.
Here is a copy of the results. I'm hoping some of you are knowledgable about this stuff and can offer some thoughts.

Thanks!

Even though your report says Firmicutes are in the "normal" range, I don't believe they are. My test showed about 98% Firmicutes and almost no Bacteriodetes. From what I understand they should both be in about the 40%-45% range. I recently started taking Grape Seed Extract due to my results. It supposedly decreases Firmicutes and increases Bacteriodetes and since taking it I have been vastly improved. It has probably been the most effective thing I have ever taken for this disease. It might not help anyone who doesn't have this same imbalance, although there is a lot of info on Grape Seed Extract and UC. You might want to give it a shot. It's fairly cheap and side effect free.

Thanks for the reploes.
I've been taking some bifido probiotics but it also contains L.Acidophilus which apparently kills e.coli, some of which are good for you. My results show zero e.coli and as one strain 1917 i think i read, is supposed to be good for UC I want to cut that out and get one with just bifido in it, as well as supplementing with the e.coli 1917.
Looks like i should have some ruminococcus too, but i cant find that available on the market anywhere...

Yes, the Anaerostipes genus in the Lachnospiraceae family look very high. I don't know enough about these, though i did read they are butyrate producing which is supposed to help down regulate gut inflammation, which suggests it might not be a bad thing, but there may be a lot more about it that i just dont know and it's clearly not normal at those levels.

I may try the grapefruit seed extract, thanks for the tip. Do you have any links to information showing how they work against Firmicutes and for bacteriodetes? The problem is that it would presumably kill other firmicules and some in that group are too low already, such as the ruminococcaceae family.

sounds like the proverbial crap shoot -

just like you gary, I'm never satisfied with where I'm at - I always want to be "better" !

BUT, I also don't want to lose ground in that pursuit by trying something new in the HOPE that it will improve things - if you're sh**tin your brains out everyday, then it becomes a worthwhile risk - now, not so sure -

I am thinking I might do one o them gut florida things - how much did you spend approximately and how long did it take ?