it definitely worsened my flare. I had a mild flare and it went to an insane flare right after the biopsy....
imagardener2 what diet ended up working for you?...
Yeah soynomore!! Coca Cola Time!! :)...
So this seems totally counterintuitive. I had a fairly long remission period from 2000 to 2006. I relapsed in 2006 and haven't been right more/less in the last 10 years or so. I never even thought...
Out of fear, I have avoided biologics, but it has come to the point where I may need to embark down that path. Curious to hear everyone's experiences both good and bad....
I get iron IVs all the time and have never noticed my flare getting worse as a result. If anything it helps my blood have more oxygen/hemoglobin to heal....
Vitamin D3 is your friend during winter months in northern latitudes....
I know right? Yummy spores for the tum tum. :)...
Has anyone ever tried this type of probiotic?...
My colitis began after a severe case of food poisoning....
Globetrotter what do you think of my latest Ubiome data? Does it fit with some of your findings? https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9Qa2JDtr2JHamtreC1IVUFPbHc...
I think you might be on to something. My experience is the same. When I'm in remission gas is there. When I'm in a flare gas is gone. And when gas starts to come back that's the first sign things are...
What part of the world are you at? That dosage seems a bit low considering what your hemoglobin and ferritin levels are. I would push back to your doctor and ask for a more aggressive dosage. If you...
"yeah, I get it, wish I could throw away all the drugs, go to the bathroom without worrying about the contents of the toilet, doctors appointments, chasing after supplements that might help, worrying...
Blood transfusions get your iron counts up the quickest, but you need to be the hospital to get them. The idea behind the iron IV infusions is you can get them outside of the hospital. And unless you...
And that night time having to run to the bathroom every couple hours, fragmenting your sleep is the worst. I can relate to how frustrating that is....
The hemoglobin counts we are taking about is just where the decimal point is. So 130 to 150, is 13.0 to 15.0 on the scale I was using above. 81 is 8.1 and 96 is 9.6. So you are below 100 (or 10.0),...
Pay special attention to your hemoglobin count. It should be between 13.5 to 17.5. Most of suffering from anemia have numbers way below 10. And take a close look at your ferritin stores. Please let...
I did iron injections for a while, but they are nowhere close to as effective as iron infusions. Plus, the iron injections left me with some semi-permament darkening of the skin around the injection...
It absolutely can. Without enough oxygen in your tissues, healing is definitely depressed. I highly recommend Iron IV infusions to get your blood levels back to normal....
IV Iron is so important and pulled me out a cycle of severe anemia. Oral Iron was just giving my gut fits. In very rare cases do some patients get a reaction, so insist on them using Iron Sucrose...
Did you have c.diff prior to the FMT?...
For me - Apple pectin, psyllium husk, grapeseed extract (thanks Gary), and non swelling bentonite clay. I'd love to hear about what has helped you gain any sort of improvement and relief....
I had negative side effects from FMT. I was so hopeful, but I experienced one of my worst flares ever after going thru the procedure....
Gary low Bacteroidetes is not good, right? Or is it high Firmicutes that is the issue? Or perhaps it the ratio of the two that is the key?...
So I took a Ubiome sample in June (where my flare was so-so, not good, but not super horrible either). And then again a couple weeks ago when my gut went from so-so to worse. Interesting to see. 1....
London happy to help take the stress off of a fellow UCer. If you click on profile you should see my email address. I've made it visible. Anything I can do to help make your move here easier let me...
She is British (she has wicked British accent, and tells me about Bangers and Mash), but got her schooling in the States. Really a good person and a good doc. And absolutely connect with me over...
And London, the best GI i ever worked is actually British. Her name is Janelle Brown-Chang, MD. http://www.pugetsoundgastro.com/our-locations/...
London, I live in the Seattle area. Let me know if I can help in anyway. And Overlake is the name of the group of clinics and hospitals in our area....
Gary, I took my first Olympia Labs Grape Seed Extract pill a few minutes ago. How soon after you started taking the supplement did you notice any sort of change? A couple of days? Week?...
okay my doc said her patients have had good success with cortifoam. i'm going to give that a shot. please butt calm down and give me peace....
Definitely Grape Seed Extract and the brand you recommended. It's arriving tomorrow. Can't wait to get started and give it a whirl. http://i.imgur.com/fvhTWcP.png ...
Has anyone tried this brand of probiotics? Has good online reviews, but I wanted to see if anyone in our community has had any personal experiences with it....
Gary thanks for the actionable info. Based on my Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio, I'm going to give Grape Seed Extract a shot. My ratio (70/26) isn't as off as yours was, but perhaps it will move my...
Gary what steps you took would you attribute as the biggest factors in getting you to 99% remission?...
which ones have you found to be most effective in helping control flares?...
What are the symptoms you are experiencing? A good quality probiotic (e.g. VSL-3) could help with low bacterial diversity issue and repopulate your gut with beneficial bacteria....
So bottom line, take more B2?...
From what I've read, the Nopal water comes from the pads (leaves) and the Nopal juice comes from the fruit....
Is there a difference in efficacy? Are the good results some in this forum have experienced come from just the Nopal water? I just started to try this....
Is it juice from the fruit or the powder from the leaves that is helping?...
I stopped taking my probiotics before (two weeks prior) the sample as to not taint the results, just in case. We have trillions of gut bacteria, and even prescription VSL which has the most bacteria...
Gary thanks for your insight. Less yellow, more blue. I need to figure out why that might be....
I know that raw veggies are a big no no right now. White bread doesn't seems to make a difference, but whole wheat seems to irritate. I just ordered some WOO/Thyme. How is that working for you?...
Thanks for your take Canada Mark. And you are right I've googled every bacteria on this list trying to find some pesky pathogen. I'll see if the lab can give me more information because like you said...
Can anyone help me make sense of the results? https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Qa2JDtr2JHZThJTmE2Y1VaRlE/view?usp=sharing...
I actually noticed a huge uptick in my wellness after Bob's Potato Starch also. I take 2 tablespoons twice a day. Should I be taking more?...
What would help inhibit/kill SRB?...
I've heard about glutamine can help heal the gut. I started on 15g/day two days ago and I've noticed an increase in diarrhea. Is this a temporary side effect that I should just power thru, or is this...