Hello all. I was dx'd w/ ulcerative proctitis about one year ago, after having quit smoking. A mild case, w/ no pain, but plenty of blood on stools at first. I immediately went on the SCD diet, and...
Hi everyone, I'm trying to get a bead on why blood comes and goes these past two months I've been on Canasa and the SCD diet. Has anyone out there in UC-land had the experience of being a...
Good morning, all, My gastroenterologist, when she diagnosed me, said nothing about diet/exercise/herbs/etc., but did refer me to the ccfa.org website. I visited it, noted the site's rather losided...
Are we all *certain* that's it's nicotine, and not tobacco smoke, that foils the autoimmune system? I'm not. And Gavin: before you resort to smoking as a last-ditch effort: have you tried radical...
I'll second what Lady-V posted: for me, quitting smoking allowed my UC to manifest, and a nic inhaler and patches don't seem to matter....
SCD doesn't allow artificial sweeteners of any kind, unless the edition I've just read is outdated. I have actually grown to like the taste of my espresso sweetened w/ honey....
Babe, are you suggesting (I'm fine with it, if so) that there are other UC forums out there that pursue healing more holistically, or open-mindedly?...
I don't follow (the Russian Roulette/worst case scenario part)—?...
Thanks, NotSo. I'm sorry to hear about the severity of your UC....
So, just to have a bit of closure on this topic: When my biopsies came back, my gastro diagnosed ulcerative proctitis. She had someone from her office call me: when I saw who it was, on the caller...
Thanks, Ima. (I'm a gardener, too) . . ....
My nomenclature ("ailment") was off the cuff, and not at all meant to signify I don't know this is a disease. But thanks for the reminder to be careful about what I type. What do you hate doing...
"Let me add that since you have UC, you'll probably not ONLY have that...eventually something else will present." What on earth does this mean?...
Hi Eph, From what I've read, it's the cyano-something in tobacco smoke that keeps the UC autoimmune response at bay. If this is so, then nicotine patches I doubt will help. And for what it's worth:...
Thanks, you two. A question for you, NSSG: have you modified your diet?...
My signature is not displaying; no idea why not. Here it is: Diagnosed with ulcerative proctitis June 2011 Strict SCD diet Probiotics, fish oil caps, all local/organic/homegrown produce, multivitamin...
Hello everyone, For various reasons (political and pragmatic) I've never been someone to immediately trust that medicine is always the best first course in treating an ailment. I'm considering not...
Thanks so much. I will try and get a scrip--really want to be doing the very best probiotics, and for now am taking something bought at Whole Foods. My diet is strict SCD for 5 melancholy yet...
Thanks, InSoFla. I'm not on it, but before I buy it, I wanted to make sure from you all it's not yet another some kind of snake oil that will empty my wallet....
Hi all. What specifically does VSL3 have in it (that other probiotics don't) that makes it apparently more effective against UC/ Thanks in advance--...
Thanks everyone. Sara14: my current symptoms are occasional blood and mucous in formed stools. And the past few days, I seem to be aware of activity in my rectum (and I wonder if this is somehow...
Hi all, I'm still combing through the archives, and have already learned a great deal. I'm newly diagnosed w/ ulcerative colitis, and have been proscribed Canasa suppositories nightly (30 days) at...
Is it true what's mentioned by someone in this thread, that UC tends to begin in the rectum and then progress further into the colon?...
I too have MPWE (Mysteriously Puffy and Weepy Eyes). What's odd is that I was just diagnosed w/ UC, having quit smoking in March; however, my eye issues began in October, w/ something that looked...
If you all don't mind: I've been spending time reading through threads, and have two questions before bed: 1) will my proctitis necessarily evolve into something more than just rectal colitis? 2)...
Hi there. I'm just outside Ann Arbor. Thanks for the tip about turmeric. In supplemental form, is it meant to alleviate problems caused by caffeine? If I try to think, off the top of my head, of the...
Thanks, Bookworm. I'll buy it. I just ordered what appears (?) to be the sacred text for many, which is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet book....
Just a note to say that my pharmacy had filled prescription incorrectly. So I've now got Canasa suppositories to use nightly for a month, and then I'll see gastro. Should I be prepped at all for side...
This is helpful. Thanks! The gastro specifically said "Canasa" on the phone, while these are indeed labeled "mesalamine enemas." I will call her now....
Hi all, I quit smoking in March, and now have been diagnosed w/ UC (specifically, ulcerative proctitis). My gastroenterologist did a sigmoidoscopy and biopsied two areas, and called yesterday w/ the...