Yes I have reached remission. Everything is as before but I now have a strict diet and some supplements that help keep me in remission. I poo normal unless I get a tummy bug which sometimes happens...
They say on your left side and then stay there for 1/2 hour to let it go in I had trouble accepting what I was doing mentally and I used Vaseline or lube to make it easier to insert. I found taking a...
I am so sorry to hear about your mum, but if stress is a factor in your disease then maybe you should level out for a while just to maintain consistency so if you get stressed your body is only...
It was excellent and had lots of ingredients in it. I have been put on a different supplement that does a similar job, but the first one gave me more energy made me feel younger which sounds strange...
My naturopath treats my inflammation daily and I am in remission makes sense any part or organ of the body that's gets swollen and inflamed would cause havoc mum of 3...
When I first joined this site I was new and made mistakes, was very sharing of information. I had been through hell for two years and had almost given up, then I was lucky and started using...
I had lupus years before I had UC...
Thanks coolmom :)...
Hi Delta have just sent you an email...
You are so lucky aguywithuc to be able to have coffee the caffeine sets me off stomach ache the next day and if I had two I would start to get a little mucous so I don't risk it and beef I just can't...
Thank you soy stud. :) Petah I don't think I want to monitor it I can tell by the huge size of my number 2's all is okay there is no sign of blood in stool hasn't been for ages and my first sign is...
Thanks I have never bothered to look up the product that was interesting. Caffeine, sugar, red meat pork, processed deli meats tinned fish and shell fish have all been excluded in my diet also soft...
Petah I have sent you an email mum of 3...
Sorry I wrote ipoop damn auto correct......
Thank you coolman. Prudent peg, iPod and old hat I have been off all meds and in remission since sept 2012 and am on a maintenance natural supplements and drink daily along with diet. I have my...
I revisited what I have written here and it seems like a lifetime ago, but it was just over a year ago, things change so much. One of my supplements was taken off the market by the company that...
yes I did go off meds as soon as I got my supplements....
Have been in remission now again since August September last year, when I spiralled out of remission in June July last year. It was the first year anniversary of my fathers death and I started eating...
I'm gluten free and red meat and pork free, dairy free(drink rice milk), caffeine free, soft drink and huge amounts of sugar free and condiment free. The foods I need too avoid the most which upset...
When I am in a flare I have the following symptoms, have put them in order of when in a huge flare up. Urgency 30+ movements a day Blood sometimes a little stool in it usually just blood Gas...
I can get away with some things ocassionally but then the wrong combination or too close together send my body back towards a flare. Then I just have to remember what it was like and how bad and how...
No I have not read them, but will check it out next time I am at the library love my Vamp novels thank you....
awesome we may all have different tastes but the escapism is great. I also like being human have only seen the english version, twilisght is ok, haven't gotten into the walking dead but am an old fan...
notsosicklygirl you are so lucky but then again so am I at least I am in remission and that is really good as I go out alot more now brought my self some long black boots and some red boots as a...
I am a Vampire Diary fan as I like the actor Ian Somerhalder who plays Damon Hawt-e! My girlfriends got me onto True Blood hmm which is heaps better that Twilight. But also started reading lately...
Conquuer UC I stay away from red meat because thats what my naturopath said and I figure she got from a total full on flare up to remission in 7 weeks. Then after being in remission for 8 monthes I...
/community/emoticons/nono.gif I am on a strict diet and in remission from UC and med free, but had been out since before 8am taking our son to cricket and then onto getting a haircut then onto a...
O/T Twiggs about all that snow! Wow! Have never experienced that much snow, as I live in Adelaide and we are in Summer it was 37% today and we had the airconditioner on it has been high 30's since...
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Petah you should contact my naturopath [email protected] maybe she could help she helped me get into remission even just to make sure you are not mixing the wrong things and making it...
tonight we are having Chicken pastries- free range chicken breas cut into small pieces and gently pan fried, steam small rounds of carrots halfed with cubed potatoe and pumpkin(butternut), fresh...
You should look at helping to stop the anemia by taking some good supplements such as vital greens a teaspoon twice a dayin a rice milk shake of 300mls and a supplement like ultrainflamx 1 scoup...
Is there a disabled toilet you can used to be alone? and I have taken up reading on the toilet I know it sounds weird but when I had my lasst flare up I had trouble keeping in the Pred and salofaulk...
Petah, trying a cleanser and dealing with the acne sounds alot better thatn risking a flare up. I dont used soap on my face never have do used an exfoliating face wash ocassionally but not all the...
Hi stereo it has been awhile, how are you going well I hope! Are you still using diet and supplements? I am hoping you are in remission? Be Well :)...
I eat cherries but only in moderation and when in season I am allowed 2 servings of fruit a day on my diet that help keeps me in remission. But if I over indulge in cherries it gives me more bm s....
Hi JoRose, i really struggled at work too many accidents but I was lucky also not alot of stress at work only the stress of having UC, I did have alot of sick leave there for awhile. Also did not get...
Thank you imagardener2 it has been awhile I have been off enjoying life so much lately. The children are growing up spend more time out and doing things with them like ice skating yes me!!!! With the...
Hi my condition with UC was the last 6-7 inches just before the colon and my 30+ bowel movements a day did not help I lived near a toilet not wanting to leave it but with 3 children 2 at school one...
When my naturopath first put me on my diet I got pimples and lots of flem I coughed up and I am not a smoker I think my body was being detoxes by both the supplements and the diet which took awhile...
I don't know if the chemistry was there and he was really good in bed I probably would but to be honest I just don't know! I am in remission and realise that now is a good time to enjoy being and...
I don't know what plus360 is I live in Australia, yes I have eliminated gluten, dairy, sugar, caffeine, pork and red meat, tinned fish, condiments, soft drink, pizza, citrus fruits and juice. I eat a...
I had an abortion in my late 20's had a lot of guilt and stressful job and got IBS, later after my first child the IBS went away. 8 years later when my father got dementia I felt guilt as I lived so...
I used to have heaps of joint pain I take boswellia which is a natural rememdy for infamation but I have to get them from a naturopath I also have an UltraInflamax powder in a shake twice a day that...
This used to happen to me, this is going to sound absurd but it became like a habit out of stress as I would stress about going to the toilet or if i was stressed while doing something eating just...
Everyone one is different and what works here for some does not work for others but we must find something I also love the music in my iphone i just tune in and at the same time tune out which is...
I read books, now I never used too before I find getting lost in the book, using it as a type of escapism works for me also I am normally either sitting down relaxing or laying on the bed. I started...
lol I agree lying down is a must. when I was using them< I had trouble keeping the salofalk in I had to read to calm myself to forget what was going on lol....
The anxiousness that you get when you know you have to go. I helped to controll mine by reading it calmed me down, took away some of my anxiousness. little by little I began to have more time to get...
You definately did not fail! UC is a very hard nut to crack. I have gone down the diet trail and have a naturopath give me supplements that stregthen and help me with my UC to keep it in check. I...