Anita, Sorry to hear that your remission came at a price. Do you know if your donor experiences anxiety? I haven't done a FT but I thought the article was interesting....
Hi all, I just read this today. http://www.utahpeoplespost.com/2015/02/woman-becomes-obese-fecal-transplant-overweight-donor/ I think I had read something similar in mice, a long time ago. It wasn't...
Thanks Ipoop and Cavalier9, The bleeding and pooping seemed to get worse as soon as I started the Aza. GIDoc also started me back on 40 mg of prednisone and at first I thought it was working then,...
Hi everyone, it's been a while since I posted. Got off the prednisone early in November and lost the moon face. Still on Delzicol I thought I was doing better but, like some other people here, I over...
oh great, now I have to worry about glaucoma too? I thought it would be a waste of time going to the eye doctor until I was off the prednisone because seems to be a downward slide anyway. If I got a...
VSL-3 had the most immediate results....
Gary, Yes, I agree that antibiotics could cause it, if you don't re-seed the area with the proper flora. In my case, I'm now trying to seed good flora in a very unhealthy environment, so it will take...
Yes, IamCurious, that's exactly what I think we should be doing: using antibiotics to "prep" the area and then seeding the good probiotics to "fix" it. For years, I've avoided antibiotics. In fact,...
Rocker Girl: actually I am taking Delzicol as well and it does seem to help, again, very slowly. When I say I don't know if I have UC, I mean that nobody really knows what UC really is, since we...
I didn't have C.Diff., I had E. Coli.! I totally agree about not wanting to be on prednisone long term, but my point is: What if I'd switched to Remicaid (which suppresses the entire immune system)...
Hi Everyone, It's been a while since I dropped by. Life decided to get busy at the most inconvenient time... I'd love to get people's opinions on my doctor's latest behavior. So, my doc wanted me on...
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Guardian, okay, I fixed my profile, you can email me now. Thank you in advance....
I was thinking about buying it and am wondering if anyone here has found it useful/interesting. It's by Michael Gershon, published in '98, so it's not new. Since then, excerpts have been published in...
Guardian, PM me too!!! I feel awful today. Lots of sick drama in the psychopath house and my gut is feeling like it's going to explode. My appt with my GI is next week. I am going to ask for Simponi....
I bought the tart cherry juice today. Will try it out and see how I feel. Next, I'll try the cherry extract in pill form. The regular red cherries seemed to help....
Bumping this thread to see how cherry extract turned out for people. I've been binging on cherries now that they're in season and it seems to really help, so I've been considering buying some cherry...
Thanks for the great article, Jeanloup. I've also recently read that women who ate yogurt are less depressed. There is NO doubt that, for me, my gut bacteria are really affecting my thinking and...
Meg, I have, IMO, the best GI doctor. But I still argued with him about everything because I needed to make my own decisions and become informed before I jumped in any direction. He wanted me on...
Really bad insomnia and bad reactions to lunesta and ambien before I was diagnosed. After my stay in the hospital, for the first time in my life, I can sleep like a normal person. I sleep all the...
Super, I know you had specific goals for yourself but the universe often has other plans. Those plans give us an education that we never would have chosen but it is invaluable, none the less. I'm...
Y'all ever wonder if our colons are trying to TELL us something?...
wow!...
armstrongek, it sounds to me like your problem is gluten. I'll explain: Sometimes, when you have a food intolerance, you don't really notice it until you quit eating it for a while (perhaps a couple...
Hi Attollo, It's good to hear a positive outcome with prednisone. Still, you've only been on it a month. If you stay on it for longer you might get more side effects. Hopefully you'll go into...
Rbartolo, I was more lonely when I was with the ex for 25 years. He did everything he could to isolate me but I didn't realize it. As Liz said, when we choose one intimate relationship and ignore our...
isotired, I'm in a very similar situation as you are. I'm on 30mg of pred and every time I try to taper I feel horrible. Since end of April, I'm also on Delzicol which is similar to Asacol. It's not...
scarlett, I have a similar scar, though not as wide. It was emergency surgery and it really hasn't faded much since 30 years ago. But I had a great figure for most of my youth so I wore a bikini and...
Thanks Gary, for taking time to explain. That makes sense. Problem is, right now, food doesn't make me go to the bathroom. My "symptom" is bloating and pain. I feel like I'm exploding. Almost ALL...
I ordered Daosin and it arrived today. A nurse friend of mine said that it probably wouldn't make a difference because I'm on prednisone. At these prices (a dollar a pill) I don't want to waste even...
My condolences on the loss of your doctor. I think bad docs are at least 4 out of 5, so when you find a good one, you should kidnap them and keep them locked up in your dungeon. :)...
Wow Scott! Congratulations. I'm so happy for you....
embersglow, I did use heating pads during the spring. It's hot now so I stopped. Never thought about using ice. It's just so hard to tell cause and effect. I can't really tell what is working and...
Blessed, yes he did biopsies but he didn't need to, it was the worst case of fulminated pancolitis (I think those were the words he used) he had seen in 20 years. I used to think that I had Crohns in...
Hi Journey, to make friends I'd have to leave the house...and people would see my moon face and run. LOL. Actually, I do go out occasionally to the store but I imagine that many people do get...
I'm still confused because my symptoms seem different from everyone else's. After a month in the hospital, there's no more bloody poop. For a while there was only constipation. Now I poop several...
Gary, I'm taking 1200mg twice a day of Delzicol, total 2.4 grams. Is that a maintenance dose? As for gluten, there is no doubt that it is a terrible problem for me. Your information about histamine...
good question. I'm on my second month of Delzacol. Wondering how long before I need to switch. I'm considering Simponi....
Trinity, I also have that tightness just below the rib cage. It's mostly when I finish eating, but it can last all day, too. Either my colon is so full that I can't expand my lungs or else it's my...
When you consider that even the meds the docs give us often take 2 or 3 months to get us into remission, it is not surprising that diet alone would take years to work. That's just how natural methods...
Gary, Most GF baked goods use yeast too but they don't cause the symptoms that wheat bread does. But anyway, have you tried the amino acid histadine? It's very effective at reducing histamine...
I went gluten-free in the early nineties. I was very very strict about my diet until 2009. Since childhood, I'd lived with eczema, year round hayfever, asthma, allergies, canker sores, distended...
CanadaMark, I've been googling around and saw that you have already done some of this research. Thanks for that. It helps me to wrap my head around the science when I have more natural remedies to...
Martha, It sounds like your pain is UC related, to me. No I didn't have it when I went to the hospital on Feb 10th. But then I was barely eating before and had D 24/7. Then I was on feed tube for...
And here's a list of natural anti-inflammatories that work against TNF, along with links that back up the data....
Martha, you described how I feel currently, with a water balloon bouncing inside. It really feels like my colon is not connected and it's being pulled around. Pain on the right is lower, and the left...
It's hard to remember all the different drugs, their classifications and what they do (benefits vs. side effects). I'm new to this and get confused. So I found this little article with the "pipeline"...
I'm confused. I thought that Remicade was the big guns and if you develop anti-bodies to it, then neither Humira or Simponi would work? hmm... just read that you can't use humira if you are allergic...
I think I'm too far away to join you, but it does sound delicious!...
chrissy, I can relate too. I look nothing like myself now. I used to look 20 years younger than my real age. Now I just look like a freak. Fat face, 4 or 5 months pregnant and hair growing all over...