Congratulations! You've done it. You've sacrificed urges to eat like a normal person and to listen to mainstream medicine even though your gut feeling tells you its wrong in this instance. I applaud...
Anappleaday I'm very happy for you. We're just all skeptical here for various reasons. I for one wonder how you did a lot of internet research and happened to finally find this website and post after...
Thanks FruitGirl. I guess you were posting when I posted my last reply. I was wondering what other people thought about giving kids probiotics. I feel totally comfortable giving my daughter good...
Thanks for your replies. I never mentioned withholding antibiotics. I said I don't want her to take any but if she has an infection I know they're necessary. Last time she had E. Coli in her...
I'm a single parent of a beautiful, smart little 4 year old princess. I take great care of her and since I want her to live the healthiest lifestyle she can live I have her eat similar to me. That...
I think some natural supplements and herbs are not to be consumed by expecting mothers so one can only imagine about something as powerful as prednisone. Just be careful and research as much as...
My daughter was concieved when I had just started prednisone for a couple of days. My GI freaked out when I told him but he thought that I had started my imuran but I hadn't yet. My daughter is...
I think my initial Flare was caused by yeast but that's just a hunch. I did drink a lot of beer, which I think contains yeast, and later on I had white spots on my neck and a dermatologist told me it...
When your jealous of you're toddlers poo. When you smell gas and you think, oh great, everybody is going to think it's me. When your late to work and don't even have to explain why. When you make up...
I'm in my 5th year of Colitis and have been presciption med free for a long time. Since being RX free I have not had a hard core flare like I used to have. I am not in complete remission b/c I have...
I mentioned red cabbage b/c I looked up Colitis on youtube just to see what came up this weekend and there's a guy that said red cabbage juice was his missing link to get and stay in remission. I...
Have you tried red cabbage?...
I have to agree with killcolitis. ...
There's a digestive speed post on here from a couple days ago. Did your doc tell you about how long they usually last inside a person without any food obstacals? How big would you say the camera is?...
Contrary to GI's belief, I know why I got UC b/c I was fine up until one day in January 2005. There may have been some other factors conributing to the onset, but I know what triggered it. I was...
I got this email today about Water and Coke. I gave up cokes when I was about 20 years old and am now 30. I have been drinking primarily water since then and I knew there was a reason for it. Water...
I meant to say that things pass faster when your colon "isn't" forming stools....
I think the super fast transit time is your body doing what its supposed to do and trying to get rid of whatever you put in it as quickly as possible. During a flare our digestive system is obviously...
I'm the poster child for anit-antibiotics.lol I was getting way better from my initial flare and was starting to feel normal when I took amoxicillen for 10 days. Needless to say I stopped around the...
Everybody produces gas. It's caused by 1) swallowed air or 2) the breakdown of undigested food by bacteria in the colon. If it smells it's generally the bacteria's fault b/c they're producing sulfer...
I took asacol for a couple years when I was first diagnosed and I hardly ever saw remission even though i was on imuran simultaneously. the only times my symptoms got better was when I added...
I probably drink a bottle per month. I don't really see any benefit of any of the probiotics I take but I take them b/c of all the uproar. I buy the plain organic kind that has less sugar than the...
Anybody tried Apriso? My GI has given this prescript ion to me so I just started taking it. I haven't taken any prescript ions for over a year. Well,,, I usually have formed stools with very little...
It would also be intersting to know how much money is spent related to each disease. Like prescript ions, Dr visits, treatments/therapies and colonoscopies for bowel diseases. I had a colonoscopy...
Anybody celebrating??? Anybody giving anyting up for lent? I'm going to try and give up sweets but it's going to be soooooo hard. It'll defineatly be interesting to see the results though...
I have to agree with you notsosickly girl. Other people always say their tired or something is wrong with them. I think people try to make a lot of excuses about things. Like for example, i play...
I usually feel good. My UC symptoms are mainly bloody D so other than doing the deed and getting depressed at what I see I generally feel good enough to tell people I'm good if they ever ask. I do...
I had the same type of thing happen to me once. It hurts because you feel you need someone there to nurture you more, but in all actuallity, you're better off in the long run without that person b/c...
Callalily, I wasn't trying to say anything about your diagnosis just pointing out the fact that the name ulcerative colitis implies ulcers. i'm not disputing there is also colitis (without the...
I would think if you aren't bleeding then you don't have ulcers then it isn't exactly ulcerative colitis, but i'm not sure about that. I bleed a lot during flares. I have been able to control the...
I went to buy my parents a new microwave yesterday and saw the high end ones have Inverter Technology. They claim that after cooking with this method that the food contains more nutritional value...
You live and learn from life experiences. Of course i don't want to have UC but I can definately say I am glad I got UC because: 1) I appreciate and understand the human body more, and 2) My 4 year...
Thank you for continuing to post here. A lot of new people probably check in and don't go back to older posts. Plus it can be real depressing when people are newly diagnosed and one of the first...
I believe, (Got 2 believe), this one instance is a miracle. Of course, antibiotics or other treatments known to man for colitis are not cures because then we wouldn't have this website,,, we'd all be...
This is a true miracle. Rejoice in the wonderful blessing your daughter and family experienced. Hailey may be the only person in the world to defeat this so called uncurable disease. She is a...
This is a very interesting and important topic. Thanks for posting it. My UC is severe and affects my entire colon. It came on suddenly and I have had it for 5 years this month. (WOW, can barely...
If your medications are working like desired then you should be able to eat anything. While on prednisone I can eat enchiladas, tostadas, salsa, hamburgers, etc all day long without any ill effects...
I know how you feel. i stayed at my older brother's house a couple months ago and he made me angry when he said I need to ask everybody if they need to go before I go. I know I've told him before...
This is a stupid test with stupid results. How do you measure hope? Hope in what? "Others were told that the colostomy was permanent..." and this group was considered "the one with out hope." They...
Thanks for your replies everyone. I know it's hard to go against mainstream ideas and methods for anything especially medical treatments. I just find it hard to believe that everytime I tune in to...
I know I shouldn't compare my UC to any one elses and that I should treat mine so that I can be as healthy as possible but I have sort of a dilema. So I am curious how most of you all feel your UC...
It's funny b/c everywhere I go people find out how I eat and try to eat healthier. I really don't want to talk to much about food to them so they don't realize how much I really know about it but it...
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My UC can be horrible at times and has never caused acne. But when I was on prednisone I got acne on my face and all over my back. The only other thing that gives me pimples is when i touch my face...
Jakula, do you have any tips like when you juice or if you drink the juice with meals. What other foods do you eat? I saw a nutritional councilor once and she told me the majority of each meal should...
1. Blood type: A+ 2. Vices: dairy gives me problems now. sugar too. 3. Notice symptoms: 25 4. Soothing foods: chicken and veggies. 5. Family members: Not that i know of. 7. Stressful time: A little,...
Have you ever bleed before on any other flares? That's strange you have a sister-in-law in medicine with a husband with colitis. Sounds like a good resource for you. Let's hope you just have UC...
What kind of bloodwork is this? So you think a lot of your success is due to your diet?...
I found that when toilets don't lock they usually want to be open and it's too hard to try and do your thing with one hand holding the door so i like to jam a little piece of TP between the door and...
Thanks for the replies guys. It's just a weird statement to me and I see it way to often with my UC.lol I like seconder's statemens so much better. And i've never had to flush more than once...