G-man gets crazy emotional, angry, and teary. He also gets glassy-eyed, fatigued, often jaundiced or ashen looking and sometimes a low-grade fever. Plus most of his joint pain and eye inflammation...
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Unfortunately it's not always an option to just change doctors. I think a large portion of people are limited by their insurance coverage, incomes, geography, etc. I know we have to drive almost 6...
You're also talking about two different kinds of sugars, the sugar in fruit is complex sugar. Way better for you than a candy bar!...
Mangoes are high in prebiotic dietary fiber. Pineapple contains a proteolytic enzyme bromelain, which breaks down protein. Kiwi has high levels of dietary fiber. Trying to see how those are bad...
Garrison gets pain in his knees, ankles, feet, wrists, hands and neck (its mostly the major joints though). His eyes also get extremely inflammed. It's usually painful enough that he's screaming...
I have become quite fond of my "punch them in the face". In fact, I'm visualizing it with every article/website I read. Fun times!...
Just a thought but blood that's not mixed in with poo can also be from constipation......
I don't think the slickness of the drug companies bothers me quite so much. Simply because they are obviously in it to make money. I don't really expect too much else from them at this point. Okay,...
It's weird. He'll get up and try to open the front door. I'll ask him where he's going and he says 'to the bathroom'. Or he'll wander around the kitchen and go over to the computer. He always says...
In the months prior to his dx, my son started sleepwalking, during which times he would lose control of his bowels. He still does this. Anyone else experience this? Or any other sleep problems?...
I am sorry too. I'll be good. Kinda. Mostly. I think....
Of course doctors know little about diet. That's why we have nutritionists and dieticians. I dont expect my general practitioner to preform heart surgery. It's kind of a given that it's beyond their...
Thats so good he was able to talk about it! My husband still has a hard time talking about our son's UC and its mostly for the same reasons. He's afraid of what might happen but thinks that if we...
Maybe he got re-cured? Is that even a word? /community/emoticons/confused.gif ...
I was asking about the 6mp just because that's been suggested for him. I just wonder about the raw foods because usually if you're put on a neutropenic diet so everything is homogenized, processed...
If a little moon face keeps my son from another hospitalization I'll take that any day of the week. Congratulations on your remission....
Well, I have a hundered million questions but I'm so trying to limit myself here just to keep things straight inside my pea sized brain. I know everybody here is doing all sorts of different things...
I know we were talking about 'slick salesman' and everything....but I think he's missed the slick part....
I second the permanent vacation in Scotland!!...
Thanks for the reference to Dr. Hoffman's site. Already off reading it. I'm having a hard time understand why diet is considered alternative therapy though...It's not just his GI that avoids it...
Thanks for your input Princesa. I don't usually get quite so worked up, but I feel like we're at a crossroads regarding my son's treatment. He's been flaring for almost two years solid now and his GI...
The reason I sited the study was simply because she had it posted. Even if Patel Thompson has a marketing firm and there are other people involved in her site, her store, etc., you would think that...
[tr ][td class=tx vAlign=top colSpan=2]From Patel Thompson's own site selling her book: [tr ][td class=tx vAlign=top colSpan=2][i]If you've been looking for a very detailed, step-by-step plan that...
Thank you for bringing this up! As the mother of a child with UC (we hope its UC anyways) there is nothing more demoralizing than people trying to sell me 'cures'. I honestly feel that everyone is...
Not trying to be an alarmist but UC can cause hypercoagulopathy, where your blood clots more easily. My son had a stroke six days after his UC dx at the age of seven. This was caused by a clot that...
Geez, why didn't I think of that for my 8-year-old? Completely kicking myself now.... /community/emoticons/rolleyes.gif ...
You know you have UC when you laugh during rectal exams, suppositories and enemas. (At the age of 7!)...