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Posted 6/3/2019 9:14 PM (GMT 0)
I've posted before but it's been a few years. I'd had some success with addressing Histamine in food, a bit of SCD plus a ton of experiments that ended up nowhere. I was gradually getting worse though, until in Jan this year I was down to only 2 blood free days in the whole month.

I was at the end of my patience, but I knew that there had to be an answer. When I went away, but only to certain places, my colitis got better. Not perfect but a night and day difference.

I'd tried everything - Avoid the water, avoid copper piping, replace washing up liquid, no on-stick pans, the side I slept on, the vehicles I travelled in and of course everything I ate and drank. Still it got slowly worse.

Then in desperation, I tried the last thing I could think of - I turned off my WiFi. My blood free days went to 50% overnight.

I turned off the wifi & bluetooth on my phone - 60%.
I did the same to my laptop, my apple tv box, my wireless printer etc. - 70%
I did the same at work and moved desk well away from the wireless router - 80%
I asked my family to do the same to their devices - 90%
I've been super careful this week and....I've just had my first blood free week for over 7 years.

I'm literally stunned, but all the past experiments suddenly fit into place. The place in the mountains, in the countryside, outside and away from devices, was when I was symptom-free.

I've told people - most are looking at me strangely. I would have thought the same just a few months ago.

Has anyone found anything similar? I'm hoping this is not a false dawn, but it appears to be real. I've read about EMFs, but no connection to colitis (apart from an old link about electrician's being prone to the disease). Not even sure that it's EMF, but maybe just Radio Frequency waves specifically that cause the problem.

Anyway, what do you think? Happy to answer questions if you're interested (am not making this up).
Posted 6/6/2019 6:33 AM (GMT 0)
It's not unheard of. There are EMF sickness support groups online. Some of the medical researchers in those groups hypothesize that people with heavy metal poisoning are more prone to EMF sickness because the metals in the body act as an antenna for these signals. However, the jury's out. These groups mainly started after people noticed they were becoming ill when smart meters were installed on their homes.

Most agree that we should not sleep with devices in our bedrooms. The problem is that not everyone lives in a single-dwelling unit. Some people live in apartment buildings where multiple apartments are all using wireless routers and other devices, so it's hard to have an EMF quiet zone. Now they are rolling out 5G around the world without adequate safety testing for long-term exposure, and many are worried. Some U.S. congress people have been trying to stop it.

Anyway... bottom line, no, you are not imagining things. There may be a connection be 24/7 EMF exposure and auto-immune disease in some people. This is currently being researched in Sweden and Finland, where they already have laws in place about exposure limits. For example, they don't allow wifi in public schools.

EMF exposure in the bedroom stimulates the nervous systems of some, and prevents deep sleep. This would affect anybody with a health condition. I only know about this because my UC started after I moved into an apartment with a hydro-electric line connecting to the building where my bedroom is. I developed insomnia for the first time in my life and eventually became ill. I believe EMF contributed to my UC.
Posted 6/6/2019 6:39 AM (GMT 0)
Metals in the body acting as antennas? LOL, the electrical engineer in me is LOVING that one. My professor in the antenna theory class I took must have skipped over that chapter.
Posted 6/6/2019 7:28 AM (GMT 0)
I believe that there is no connection between UC and WiFi. In my case I got ill 36 years ago. There was no WiFi. I lived in rural village. There was very low level of electromagnetic smog. We had problems to tune up TV/radio programs. I think it is a coincidence.
Posted 6/6/2019 8:24 AM (GMT 0)

Oligodar said...
I believe that there is no connection between UC and WiFi. In my case I got ill 36 years ago. There was no WiFi. I lived in rural village. There was very low level of electromagnetic smog. We had problems to tune up TV/radio programs. I think it is a coincidence.

UC can be caused by more than one thing.
Posted 6/6/2019 12:16 PM (GMT 0)
Paint me highly skeptical of wifi affecting UC symptoms. However, if it does then we're all screwed lol, as cellular, wifi, tv, and other signals are everywhere and not going away anytime soon. I live very rurally too, to get a cellular signal I have to stand on one foot, have the phone raised as high as possible within the air, and be standing in just the right spot of the yard for one bar of signal.
Posted 6/6/2019 12:22 PM (GMT 0)
2.4GHz or 5GHz...?

Is it just those wavelengths or does FM or AM also affect you...? What about other electromagnetic waves...?
Posted 6/6/2019 10:38 PM (GMT 0)
I don't believe in any connection like that either. I think it's just a matter of calming down resulting from being "unplugged' which is very important in this disease.
Posted 6/7/2019 1:25 AM (GMT 0)

Bull101 said...
2.4GHz or 5GHz...?

Is it just those wavelengths or does FM or AM also affect you...? What about other electromagnetic waves...?

Both bother me, if they're near my bedroom when I'm trying to sleep. Sleep quality gets very poor.

I used an electrosmog meter to measure the levels before and after removing EMF devices from my room. I also moved my bed away from the wall where the EM field from the power line contacts my bedroom. It all helped.
Posted 6/7/2019 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the feedback guys, appreciate you taking the time.

Just to clarify, am not peddling a theory here, claiming I'm an armchair expert or that all UC is caused by EMF, just reporting what I'm seeing. What I'm seeing though is that reducing radio frequency waves is working.

So, made it to 12 days clear in a row (did a few jigs of joy). Was out last night with work in an underground bar and got a bit of blood today, but not too bad.

Regarding questions around wavelengths, I don't know yet. Removing bluetooth seems to have an effect, which is 2.5 ghz, but i suspect it's 5 ghz wifi that's the main culprit. Suspect it's a combination of proximity & power in each case. I also suspect it's a digital signal thing rather than analogue radio, but I could be wrong.

Bought an RF Meter a few weeks back, and apart from being a really cool gadget, has proved useful in finding sources. Has really helped at work for example.

One scary finding already. Experimented with sitting at new office desk a month ago. On both days had a reaction during day where I had to run to toilet with blood and all the rest. Tested that area today with RF meter, and sure enough a really strong signal, but coming from a newly installed street light outside office window, with a mini antenna/mast on top. Yikes.

So evidence is stacking up.
Posted 6/8/2019 1:19 AM (GMT 0)
12-days isn't many data points. Do follow up after more time.
Posted 6/8/2019 2:13 AM (GMT 0)
Have you tried any meds besides suppositories?
Posted 6/8/2019 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
I'm skeptical with this simply because of the people that had UC long before we became a high tech world with our gadgets. A lot of people can't tolerate alcohol & it may even be possible you have hemorrhoids internally.

Regardless if you feel it work for you that's all that matters.
Posted 6/8/2019 5:12 PM (GMT 0)

exilescot said...
Thanks for the feedback guys, appreciate you taking the time.

Just to clarify, am not peddling a theory here, claiming I'm an armchair expert or that all UC is caused by EMF, just reporting what I'm seeing. What I'm seeing though is that reducing radio frequency waves is working.

So, made it to 12 days clear in a row (did a few jigs of joy). Was out last night with work in an underground bar and got a bit of blood today, but not too bad.

Regarding questions around wavelengths, I don't know yet. Removing bluetooth seems to have an effect, which is 2.5 ghz, but i suspect it's 5 ghz wifi that's the main culprit. Suspect it's a combination of proximity & power in each case. I also suspect it's a digital signal thing rather than analogue radio, but I could be wrong.

Bought an RF Meter a few weeks back, and apart from being a really cool gadget, has proved useful in finding sources. Has really helped at work for example.

One scary finding already. Experimented with sitting at new office desk a month ago. On both days had a reaction during day where I had to run to toilet with blood and all the rest. Tested that area today with RF meter, and sure enough a really strong signal, but coming from a newly installed street light outside office window, with a mini antenna/mast on top. Yikes.

So evidence is stacking up.

In the focus groups, Bluetooth seems to be the worst offender. Cell phones are #2, followed by wifi routers.

EMF is stimulating everyone's nervous systems, but in people who are already weakened the effect is more noticeable. Keep up the good work!
Posted 6/10/2019 3:58 PM (GMT 0)

iPoop said...
12-days isn't many data points. Do follow up after more time.

Yep, is early days for any conclusion, will keep coming back and updating this thread occasionally (whether or not anyone is interested smile)

For clarity though, been experimenting with EMFs for 5 months now (7.3 years overall), 12 days is just my current consecutive personal best.

For the record, still going strong.
Posted 6/10/2019 4:19 PM (GMT 0)

MarkWithIBD said...

In the focus groups, Bluetooth seems to be the worst offender. Cell phones are #2, followed by wifi routers.

EMF is stimulating everyone's nervous systems, but in people who are already weakened the effect is more noticeable. Keep up the good work!

You sir, are awesome! That's really interesting.

On Bluetooth, it surprised me how powerful the effect was until I turned it off on home and work laptops. Also, explained why my internet TV box kept bothering me even after I plugged it in with a cable.

Experience with Wifi also kind of fits. Worst effect was with home router, but was in very close proximity. Staying away from work routers though seems fairly easy.

Back in February, when i turned off loads of stuff, my colitis symptoms reduced, but a weird phenomena started. I got a large cyst under my tongue which seemed to be linked with using my electric toothbrush (stopped using, it reduced, started again, grew again, stopped and it went). So I think you may be right about EMFs in general. Interesting that this wasn't present earlier, like my immune system had switched to secondary target.
Posted 6/11/2019 2:38 PM (GMT 0)
Probably just a placebo effect.
Posted 6/12/2019 6:06 PM (GMT 0)

Sara14 said...
Have you tried any meds besides suppositories?

I started on oral mesalazine (didn't work), then a combination of oral and suppositories (worked better, not perfect, then started not working and also causing muscle cramps).

The main reason I stopped though was a casual, off-hand comment from an IBD nurse that I'd have to take these every day for the rest of my life. Sometimes having it told straight to you makes you wake up. I think my innate stubbornness kicked in at that point, and I've been med free ever since, trying to find a way out.

brucen36 said...
Probably just a placebo effect.

My missus said the same thing.

Surely, placebo effects are when you are expecting something to happen though. In this case i expected it not to work. It also retrospectively fits, is incremental, etc etc. Also, do placebo effects even exist for Colitis?

Still going well though, what I'm doing is working.
Posted 6/12/2019 7:26 PM (GMT 0)
Yes placebo effects exist for colitis - up to 30% of patients enrolled in a clinical trial will go into remission while taking placebo. The good news (in my opinion) is that it's temporary so they flare again soon afterwards e.g. after 3 months. The reason why i find it to be good news is that prior to learning this i spent ages hating myself for not being able to induce a remission through the power of my mind.
Posted 6/13/2019 1:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hahahaha. LOL. After almost 15 years on this site I have now seen it all.

We can look back at this thread and say that this was the thread when HW officially jumped the shark.
Posted 6/13/2019 1:44 AM (GMT 0)
I traded in my 'electrosmog meter' for a bullsh!t detector, and it redlined when I opened this thread.
Posted 6/13/2019 3:44 AM (GMT 0)

beave said...
I traded in my 'electrosmog meter' for a bullsh!t detector, and it redlined when I opened this thread.

So your saying that if we wrap our bodies in tin foil that it won’t cure our UC? How about just wearing a tin foil hat, will that put us in remission?
Posted 6/13/2019 6:51 AM (GMT 0)

exilescot said...
You sir, are awesome! That's really interesting.

On Bluetooth, it surprised me how powerful the effect was until I turned it off on home and work laptops. Also, explained why my internet TV box kept bothering me even after I plugged it in with a cable.

Experience with Wifi also kind of fits. Worst effect was with home router, but was in very close proximity. Staying away from work routers though seems fairly easy.

Back in February, when i turned off loads of stuff, my colitis symptoms reduced, but a weird phenomena started. I got a large cyst under my tongue which seemed to be linked with using my electric toothbrush (stopped using, it reduced, started again, grew again, stopped and it went). So I think you may be right about EMFs in general. Interesting that this wasn't present earlier, like my immune system had switched to secondary target.

There's an EM field (which a magnetic field from a power line) that emanates into my bedroom from the power line adjoining my building. In the winter the EM reading is 13 milligauss, which is very high. I had to move my bed out of that bedroom when I found out, and my health got better. So did my sleep. In the summer time when people are using less electricity, the reading drops nearly to zero, so I can hang out in that bedroom more.

The best reader is the Cornet ED88T reader. You can read RF (from wireless routers and such), and EM from power lines.

You're not imagining things, this phenomenon is real and there are some countries that place limits on exposure, such as Germany, Sweden and Finland. The usually suspects coming to troll this thread by shaming us don't live your life and they don't experience what you experience. You have nothing to lose by making changes and seeing if it helps you feel better. I personally find bluetooth repellent and it affects my nervous system. The newer cell phones do too, so I don't talk on them with the phone against my head... I always use corded headphones.
Posted 6/13/2019 7:49 AM (GMT 0)

poopydoop said...
Yes placebo effects exist for colitis - up to 30% of patients enrolled in a clinical trial will go into remission while taking placebo. The good news (in my opinion) is that it's temporary so they flare again soon afterwards e.g. after 3 months. The reason why i find it to be good news is that prior to learning this i spent ages hating myself for not being able to induce a remission through the power of my mind.

I can relate to this. My story is very similar. I used to believe that my UC was caused by stress and anxiety. I used to hate myself for not being able to overcome these emotions.

Placebo works. Period. But it is short-lived as poopydoop said. I can even imagine to induce remission with hypnosis. I think it is possible. But it would work only temporary. Even if you continue to hypnotize yourself every day, placebo effect wears off after some time. This is my hypothesis. I have no supporting evidence.
Posted 6/13/2019 9:34 AM (GMT 0)
I spent 17 years working in an electronics lab that had more wired and wireless signals running through it than one could possibly imagine. Power lines everywhere, RF lines everywhere, bluetooth, ethernet, wifi, you name it.

I have Crohn's, and so did one of my coworkers. He didn't work in the lab - his job kept him in an office away from the lab.

His Crohn's was much more severe than mine.

Therefore, science tells us that all that exposure to electromagnetic fields must actually be PROTECTIVE.

If only he had spent more time in the lab like I did, his Crohn's wouldn't have been so severe.

That's science, and you can't argue with it.
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