During my visit to India on vacation in October 2015, I caught an infection. The GI in India told it is normal infection and was prescribed antibiotics for a week and Prednisolon suppository. That...
It was a horror movie with little comedy. A girl's spirit taking revenge on people who did bad for her when was alive....
No I wasn't eating or drinking any. But whenever there were scary scenes, I had some shaky feelings especially for the scary music. You people are right, I had some awful dreams especially about the...
How does your gut react to thrilling movies? Yesterday I watched one it has aggravated my flare. How about your gut>...
@quincy, you are absolutely spot on. There has been some mild inflammation and this lactose solution caused a mess in my GI tract. Yesterday morning the stool was mashy with blood. And today morning...
Thanks for your reply Judy2. I just had a watery diarrhea. I forgot to ask the nurse the name of the lactose solution I was given to drink....
Hope everyone is doing well. Today I went for lactose tolerance test. I was given a lactose solution to drink. After an hour from drinking the solution, I had mild cramps and felt the movement of the...
I'm getting married on 8th of June. I have been in a mild flare since I tapered off the pred in Jan'14 for the flare in Nov'13. Since Jan'14 I have been using Entocort enemas every night. But the...
I'm also taking Pentasa granules 4g (2g after breakfast and 2g after dinner) Entocort nightly before bed....
Today Morning after 40 mins after having a normal BM (there were no visible blood), I felt to release gas and when I tried(Strained) the gas expelled with a little watery stool which made my...
Ok, yesterday there I saw red mucus on the toilet issue but the bad smelly gas was no more through out the day. But today I didn't see any redness on the toilet tissue but the stools were unformed.....
@PamSmith, Probably you are right. The inflamed rectum is what is causing it. But what I'm wondering is today morning I had a normal BM but the smell started while having my breakfast. For dinner, I...
Oh God, this awful smelling is increased now and I think I have mild rectal/sigmoid inflammation - awful bloating. On Sunday I ran to loo twice after a regular BM. Thosw two times(after a normal BM)...
Thank you quincy and pluot. I think you both are right that pelvis pressing the sigmoid and the rectum. @quincy, yes I have mild erosions in the rectum and little redness....
Yes, I'm flaring and I'm using Entocort enema. I just start flaring as soon as I stop Pred. So frustrating :devil: I take the psyllium in the afternoon after meals (around 1 hour later). Because I...
Today I had a regular checkup and I asked my GI why I pass smelly gas even though I try to maintain a good diet to keep my bowel healthy? How the bad bacteria increase even though I take are easily...
I always feel the gas trapped in the bowel which doesn't come out especially when the bladder is full. When I empty the bladder, the gas just comes out like a jet. So I'm just wondering if there is a...
luna89, My GI still thinks I have got UC. He thinks so because the patches were continuous. The rectum was severely inflamed when I flared for the first time(Oct'12). And because of the delay in...
I have been on it since 2 months. I have been having joints pain(all the joints). But I still have symptoms - rumbling and roaring and blood coated on the stool. It seems to me the disease has...
Can anyone shed some information on the symptoms of the right sided colitis and caecitis? I have been noticing blood in the stool since I stopped Pred on 5th Jan'14. I had the sigmoidoscopy(till...
@geeker, I have the same story. My gut rumbles like a thunder especially the left side so far but now the beginning of the transverse as well. I found out that the gas is causing the noise and the...
I was on 40mg Oral Pred + 2g of Entocort steroid enema. It depends on how long are you going to be on them....
@Conquer UC, Thank you for asking. Unfortunately I'm still flaring. Symptoms returned as soon as I stopped Pred. I've been using the Entocort enema since the day I stopped Pred but it just helps a...
I still see blood in the stool but not like diarrhea. Today I saw my my GI and he said the frequency matters not the blood. He said it might take a little longer to heal, so he said I shouldn't...
Ok, the calprotectin parameter showed up 400 for the stool sample I submitted which contained mostly the bloody mucus and a small stool. So I don't know what to finalise because the calprotectin was...
suebear, 2years on 40mg Pred? that is really scary. You folks are right, I'll have to call my GI. I have a planned appointment on 28th Nov....
iPoop, are you saying the 40mg should have stopped the blood by the 12th day or so?...
Today is my 12th day since I'm on 40mg Pred, I'm still bleeding. I'm worried because I'm left with just two more days to taper off. If 40mg is not stopping the blood I wonder the lower doses would....
Five people in the Crohn's disease study died during the trial?...
Gonk, So are you saying you won't try CC Herbal again?...
kazbern, Do you suggest to keep the appendix because it helps UC? Well this is in contrary to my GI's suggestion. Because he thinks appendix plays a role in inflaming the colon and triggering a UC...
mindoverbutter, thank you very much for your advice. Actually I read your post after I bought :confused: So I thought let me complete it as I can't throw away because it tastes good. I'm also...
Ok, today the blood has increased. Can't say its because of the Manuka Honey, but I'll see for another two or three days....
DMC, It is Manuka Honey and it claims to have Antibacterial activities and it says total phenol activity of non peroxide and peroxide functions. Where as Normal honey has phenolic acid with peroxide...
Today I have bought 'Pure Gold Active 6+ Manuka Honey from NZ' to start with. But can anyone of you tell me what is 6+ , 12+ etc .. written on the pack? How do they differ?...
@MikeSoCal - The UC symptoms started gradually during the Antibiotics course. I was prescribed 10 courses of Antibiotics in just One year. 2 courses were for the Sinus infection and 8 courses for the...
I took peanut butter and it appeared to be one of the factors for my flare now. Good luck everyone for who the peanut butter works....
hateuC & 'Conquer UC' - Today I have dropped the sample at the lab. In addition to the stool collected yesterday, today I added little sample collected in the morning which contained blood. I will...
I started the extra dose of Pentasa last week. The mild inflammation at the cecum was diagnosed on May'13. This time I don't know I have cecum inflammation or not because they did only sigmoidoscopy....
I live in The Netherlands and I could only manage to get dried leaves of Oregano. I'm planning to add a tea spoon of this dried and chopped leaves in a glass of boiled water. Anyone tried dried...
I'm not surprised to see your reply quincy because it is a post on enema :smile: . But I'm really really happy to receive a response from you. Do you mean even the 100ml won't reach the full length...
Ok, while I was just at the starting stage of the flare(on 16th Oct'13) I was referred for the stool test to measure the calprotectin parameter it came to 27 which my doc said its low and No need to...
I have distal colitis Till which part of the colon can the enema cover? Today my GI said 40ml of Salofalk covers till the full length of the sigmoid and the 100ml covers till the descending colon i.e...
Gary & DMC, That is true. I was doing a search and found this link explains nice http://www.livescience.com/15740-helpful-bacteria-antibiotics.html and a little extract from that page "Overuse of...
DMC, I had been in Pred twice within a year and fortunately didn't experience any side effects. Gary, Exactly that is the reason I'm just stepping back. I'm treating the sinus infection in a natural...
All, Whenever I'm in a double mind to make a decision I talk to my mom; but w.r.t UC I find Healingwell the right place as it has got lovely people like my mom. This year Nov 1st I have been...
UCGuy10, Are you from an European country ? Anyways, sounds like you have undetermined colitis. Initially I was diagnosed with non-specific proctitis. The treatment was delayed, then it spread till...
Does that mean we can't take probiotics? Because the good bacteria can also trigger the immune system to attack? I don't know if I understood properly....
Ok. I don't know whether I'm now lactose intolerant or not. Before being diagnosed with UC I use drink milk a lot - almost half a liter per day :-) After the diagnosis I read at several web pages and...
Nice to hear that. You said you avoid rice. So what do you take for carbs? Do you take yogurt? I too avoid corn. Because they are nuts on my gut. But I eat rice because that is the only carbs I take...