Advice on controlling inflammation

Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone had any advice on controlling inflammation. I'm currently in remission, but I still have inflammation. I'm trying to do better with my diet (following the SCD) because I've been slacking lately anyways and I wanted to see if that will help with the inflammation.

I know some things won't necessarily work for everyone, but what some things you guys have done to control inflammation?

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

I'm not taking it the wrong way. I was diagnosed last year, so I'm still new to some of this, so maybe I'm misunderstanding it. All my other symptoms are gone except for some inflammation. No mucus, no blood, and well formed stools. The last time I went to the doctor, my GI did a physical pelvic area and it hurt a little bit. I'm just looking for somethings that may have helped others that will hopefully work for me.

Remission equals no inflammation or symptoms. Inflammation is controlled primarily through uc meds. Ask your GI what he/she meant the nezt time you see him/her.

garylouisville, I'm taking One a day TruBiotics. I've only experimented with a few probiotics before that one and it seemed to help me a good bit and I'm a bit wary of trying others in case they do nothing. As for my current meds, I assumed I would need to stick to my current regiment because I've read about what happens to some people when they relapse. My GI did tell me about some other medications I could take, and they sound pretty rough, so I definitely want to avoid those as long as possible.

iPoop, according to my GI, my colon hasn't recovered from whatever it was going through prior to treatment. I'll ask her for some clarification at my next appointment because hopefully I'm misunderstanding something.

bananagirl, my GI doesn't seem to think I need another colonoscopy just yet since I don't have any other symptoms, and I'm also not going to suggest that I need one, either. As I mentioned above, I'm not comfortable trying out new meds yet because they sound they are a lot of trouble. One of them was an immunosuppressant (can't think of the name), but I would need to get a lot of work done every two weeks for a few months. The other was a steroid shot, which I also don't want to take because of the side effects. My job can pretty frustrating, so I don't think steroids would be a good idea for me.

I started off with canasa suppositories instead of Lialda for the first 8 weeks with the mesalamine enemas every night. I was tapering off of the enemas once I started on Lialda, taking them every other night and I was doing fine. Then, I took the enemas every three nights and started having issues, so I went back on them every night and I've been to scared going back to every other night again. I'll skip it on Saturdays and be ok.