How would you go about getting medical supervision for this? I guess you could not do it on the NHS. What are the risks? I'm intrigued simply because I spoke to te woman in that article - she was...
I've been interested in this story http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article1650852.ece I managed to get in touch with the lady and she's for real, at least she's...
Hmmm interesting. Fasting like this requires a lot of time any money investment so not something to easily try. I have fasted before for a short period 5 days and was helped a lot though certainly...
I've been very interested in some articles I've read recently this one http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article1650852.ece describes a woman who underwent a 71/2...
As with many of these things it's what works for you. This study...
Should imuran increase or decrease white blood count?...
Yes I started the predfoam and imuran at the same time. It could be a coincidence and maybe I was getting this bad anyway but I've felt quite bad all week. I stopped the predfoam on Tuesday and while...
That's interesting, my boiler used to make CO and I have a CO meter tells me exactly how many ppm it makes (if any) the boiler was fixed and so it's always zero now but it could be adjusted to...
my 2 cents worth.. I've posted this before. A year or 2 ago I was in the middle of a bad flare. I took 3 Lamberts tumeric tablets with my asacol one day and the next day I went to the toilet only...
6 days...
I was not doing too well upto this friday with 4-8bm's some blood and urgency. My specialist put me on imuran (azaprione?) 2 tablets a day and predfoam twice a day if possible but realistically I can...
London - are you in England - not Scotland of Wales? Do you know the name of your consultant?...
I was in a flare and getting worse so I took a vitamin E (800ug) and tumeric tablet as a suppository on a night along with my pentasa. I also use aloe vera as a lubricant if you know what I mean. The...
Are you in Australia - or do you travel there for the transplants?...
How did you get it on prescript ion? i've asked my local GP (said see your specialist) and the specialist had a look on his computer and said it was not available/listed and didn't seem tto...
Thought I would post this here as it seems like a good basic summary of diet and suppliments for UC http://www.ion.ac.uk/healthnotes.php?org=ion&ContentID=1282001 Additionally when I had my food...
Alcohol seems linked to flaring but it may also be the sulphites in alcohol of which there are more in wine - particularly red I think. Perhaps try holsten pills as it has no additives and let us...
I found when I took folic acid that helps with out with being out of breath a lot and maybe tiredness as well. Also consider taking 5HTP I think it induces more deep sleep faster and helps your body...
I don't think there's much else your doc can do unless after a period maybe 2 weeks to a month the steroid doesn't seem to work and he can try something else. You could try some herbal complimentary...
I had a food allergy - IgG test which showed a high reaction to cows milk and a small reaction to egg white so I stopped the milk as of last weekend and yes I've been using rice milk for the...
Hi All, I've been reading recently how whole grains and resistant starches which would include things like corn flakes, porrige oats, brown rice have been tested on UCers and the results are all very...
I had blood with no other symptoms when I was first diagnosed I would say it means the UC is active unless it's hemmeroids (don't know how you spell that...) and if you've recently started bleeding...
AFAIK the advice is avoid Non Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) which include ibuprofen (brufen etc) and aspirin but paracetomol should be fine....
Paul, No way - your birthday is the same as mine - November 1st! I used to say 'remember remember the 1st of November' instead of bonfire day LOL, though the thought occurs if you are in the US you...
I use them as well and they do make a difference so they are worth taking, a bit of inconvenience is better than needing the loo all the time plus as your colon gets better by using them they become...
If it were me I would try fasting for as long as I could stand to try to get the colon to heal. I've done it in the past a couple of times when i was starting to flare and it helped (me) both times....
More research - I don't know about anyone else but I think I'll start taking vit D as well... Emerging evidence supports a pathological link between vitamin D deficiency and the risk of inflammatory...
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene maps to a region on chromosome 12 shown to be linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from...
Isn't seasonal depression (actually is medically recognised as SAD) linked to reduced vit D intake since the sun is what makes/converts this vitamin in our bodies? Maybe it's the same for UC?...
Would you say if you were not bleeding that it is the diet that improves things? (which is no fruit but lots of veg?)...
Sheldon - Have other people on this board tried this? And the success? If you healed the ulcers surely that would just put you in remission rather than cure you? How bad was your UC and how long had...
I started taking Turmeric it after a year of contunuous bleeding and diaohrrea and the next day the blood was gone and i had normal stools - unbelievable! Sadly it doesn't seem to have the same...
So far I join Coventry hospital and my 1st appointmtment was supposed to be Dr Unitt - but it was a guy I saw - so mabe not Dr Unitt? Nwoloko rings a bell I wonder if it was him that I saw, he seemed...
Chris, I think it's normal for UCers to be deficient in quite a few things and probably varies with how active the UC is - anti-oxidant vitamins (A C E I) glutamine and selenuim I believe are...
Perhaps it's likely that people with UC and a more serious condition post on here (i.e. people who are well and no symptoms don't post here much) and therefore the people who are the most ill are...
Yes they agreed to see me this friday but i'm still waiting for an appointment I should ring them tomorrow if nothing has turned up....
No UK...
I lived in a rented apartment and below us was a Chinese guy - his apartment alarm used to go off when he wasn't in and the alarm box was below out living room window! We asked him to fix it or leave...
wow you are going through a lot - I hope everything comes back good for you...
See my reply to the unusual symptoms post taking folic acid helped me avoid fatigue I was getting. I would have thought the risk of severe side effects from the steroid cream are very small - perhaps...
You might want to look into Folic acid - I think that helps make red blood cells, i used to get very tired - felt like I was incredibly unfit and it felt like my muscles couldn't get enough oxygen -...
hey born 2 fly, do you know if having UC would stop me becoming a commercial airline pilot? I guess you still have the OK to fly so perhaps it's OK? I second Red's suggestion get some proper advice...
I've been reading this book - it's good I thought know your enemy and all that and reviews on Amazon seem to say it's easy to understand for a biology/immune system book. Anyway I was reading how a...
Good luck please keep us posted on how things go...
Buy (or read from a library) a book called the specific carbohydrate diet by elaine Gotchall - it helps a lot of people and was done originally for a young child perhaps this will help your son....
Coventry UK...
If so hows you hospital and doctor - how often do you get appointments, how soon could you see your doctor, is he/she good or bad? I'll change mine if I can find anyone better. If anyone has any...
I had my colonoscopy 2 weeks ago which showed moderate UC to 30cm - I can't remember what it was last scope 4 yrs ago (proctitis?) but I think it's spread. I was put on predfoam and given a 2 week...
If you suffer from bloating then fizzy drinks will obviously make things much worse. Not all veg is the same - consider trying corgette and butternut squash they never give me problems I think are a...
Yes anything about surgery scares me. Sometimes it's good though as it makes you put more effort into getting better....