Yes. I wait until the maximum, but it can take a few days to a week for the blood to disappear. I also remove caffeine and sugar from my diet. The sugar seems to aggravate the cramping the most....
I really hate to give advice, because I really hate when people without UC give me advice, but I will let you know what I do to control bleeding. I have suffered with UC for over 10 years so I have...
I just bought my second box of VSL3 and will gladly be purchasing more. My remission is continuing after a brief mini flare (no thanks to a trip to Chicago that included deep dish pizza and a beer)....
Yes. I had a prescription, but my insurance would not cover it. I was able to get the pharmacist at CVS to order it for me (no prescription). It was $100, but worth every penny in my opinion. You...
As an update, I have been taking two packets of VSL3 a day. One in the morning and one in the evening each on an empty stomach. The results have been amazing! I am now gone from flare to remission! I...
For anyone who has had success with VSL#3, what is the dosage you take? I am in active flare, but with no blood....
I have noticed that eliminating caffeine, sugar, and alcohol greatly helps reduce my flares. Cheese and milk produce a lot of mucus in the body and are good to reduce as well....
I take Syntol, 2 pills at a time. It is one of the few things I have taken that I can feel the impact within 30 minutes after taking it. It seems to break the gas up so it comes out of my mouth...
Hi Vangirl, I was having terrible cramping about a month ago. To treat the cramps I started smoking small amounts of marijuana. Most of the time it had an almost immediate affect of eliminating the...
Thanks! It seems like you named most of the ingredients of the Lentils (except the salmon). She either is really light on the chilis or does not use them in what she gives us. I am surrounded by...
I am on Lialda as well, but I think the Lialda may be contributing to my symptoms. Lialda never got me completely back to normal (only at about 90%). The last time I quit the Lialda and was just on...
Have you had any luck finding these pills? They seem to be helping me as well. My wife ordered them a long time ago, but I only have been taking them for the last month and a half. Now I need more....
I have insurance (Aetna). I also have a deductable, but per the insurance company agreement the doctor has to reduce his rate. The $1200 includes the site charges, the doctor charges and the...
I am coming off of a pretty bad flare up that happened between November 2010 and February 2011. During the flare up in January I had a colonoscopy. The GI confirmed I had moderate to severe UC, which...
cpaarchie, I am a year younger than you and my mild symptoms started in November, after being in remission for 9 years. It started with the mild diarreah and a little blood this time around and...
Zucchini, That is great news! I am feeling better and better each day. I don't know anything about TCM, but the accupunctrist I saw gave me a list of "six poisons" to avoid. These include Sugar,...
Peety, Stress is absolutely a contributor to my UC. I have been working for the past couple of months to reconize and control the stress. Without a doubt, the relaxing portions of the accupunture...
Not so sickly, I was not wild about the needles either, but they are very tiny. In general, you don't feel them. I kept my eyes shut most of the time and never looked at him inserting the needles...
I am new here, but have been reading some of the posts over the last couple of months. I was diagnosed with UC about 9 years ago, when I was 27. I had a flare up for many months that I could not...