well by that i mean... When i eat at the moment i feel the consequences within minutes. With alcohol i was pleasantly suprised until my colon woke me up in the morning....
i was drinking last night. I had like 4 or 5 pints of lager (don't know if you guys measure beer in pints over there but that's like 4 litres). Everything was fine until 5am when it all went horribly...
Seriously this is pretty bad, I really don't want everyone to start smoking again because let's be honest, it leads to far more life-threatening things than UC. I have started again because I go on...
how many per day? Think i can get away with 1or2?...
I started again yesterday but i really don't like it. It makes me feel crap and smell bad. Suppose it's the lesser of two evils though....
i feel like i'm tempting people to smoke now. I do not endorse cigarettes! Your organs are your friends!...
seriously the foam seems to make it WORSE... I'm gonna finish my course then wait for my colonoscopy to see what he puts me on....
this sucks....
i am on salofak rectal foam 1g, have been taking it for 10 days or so and it doesn't help. Apart from that just fish oil (how much of this does everyone take?) As for the rest, i only got my...
i would note that none of these studies are 100% conclusive....
I've been looking at some studies and the nicotine apparently acts as an anti-inflammatory so i suppose patches would be an option. But there was also something mentioned about the muccus production...
i've actually taken up exercise since giving up too so it would be harsh if i started again. I'm thinking i might smoke in flare-ups and then give up? Might sound naive but it would be convenient...
I forgot to add- cessation of smoking DEFINITELY makes my mouth ulcers worse. I know this is hardly a long term solution but i haven't been offered any meds yet (except some ineffective rectal foam)...
i know there are probably tonnes of topics about this but i haven't been able to find one. I am of an apparently disproportionate percentage of uc sufferers who experienced their first major flare-up...
wow, what a lovely bunch of people. Thanks for all your responses :)...
yeah that's it... That's all i've been offered. I take fish oil and iron supplements but to be honest it's hard to tell whether that really helps or not. I'm more scared about the actual procedure...
Blood was the first sign of my uclerative colitis and i get a lot of it, daily. Doesn't affect me much, but obviously speak to your doctor. I was under the impression that blood in the stool was one...
Hi all :) I'm a 23 year old male from the UK and have been just-about -diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. I believe that I have been suffering for about a year, but have only experienced two...