Infection? Usually drs know by a high white blood cell or platelets count that there is some infection. They test to try to figure out what the infection is. If they don't run the proper tests, they...
There's a radio show by a very good local doctor. The June 9, 2007 podcast contains an interview with the author of "The Probiotics Revolution," he's a probiotics researcher. The interview sheds...
I was doing something similar to SCD as well as Asacol and other supplements. When I switched to maker's diet (especially goat dairy products) I saw great improvements. I've never purchased any of...
Hi, I tried SCD-like diet (didn't make my own yogurt), but things got better when I tried the Maker's diet. This suggests switching to goat's milk dairy. This improved my symptoms. I went one month...
On taking fleet: For my last colonoscopy I was prescribed colyte instead of fleet. I was in the middle of a severe flare and already dehydrated, so my dr. opted for colyte because it's less...
I started last friday with a spinach smoothie, which is very tasty. I mixed half an avacado and banana with 5 oz of blanched fresh spinach in a food processor. in the last few days I've done 3 oz of...
Try making a spinach smoothie: I'm starting slow, so I weighed out five ounces of fresh spinach and blanched it for about a minute. Boiled water and put in spinach until it got wilted. I pureed a...
are the instructions posted on a website somewhere?...
the thing that almost killed me was something that my original doctor never considered: cytomegalovirus. it makes your symptoms worse if it gets activated in your gut. i had to get a second opinion...
i'm doing the maker's diet, similar to scd. i think the mistake most people make is to have skimpy and very bland meals when on these diets. make sure you have a platefull of food (even if its just...
therearemiracles: have you considered that there might be a trigger food making you go more times than others. almonds do this to me. i'll have 1-2 bms one day, eat almonds that day, and then go...
Thanks for having the courage to post about food remedies. I appreciate your honesty about the amount of time it took to get better. I, too, hope to get off asacol, but am prepared to wait until...
antibiotic and (a few months later) food poisoning combo for me too. also have cytomegalovirus, pretty common, that turned up in gut after taking immunosuppressants remicade and prednisone......
I recommend Dr. Mary Chan in Menlo Park... She saved my life....
i believe this is how i got UC. I took antibiotics (never had taken before) in Feb 06, which weakened my digestive system like I had never felt before. Finally in May i got food poisoning after...
i've been hearing about this in the news. this makes a lot of sense to me as a cause of colitis: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22771973/...
i had this. when my uc got to it's worst point (twice this year), my tongue became swollen and painful to the point where it was difficult to talk. i think this pretty much means things are not okay...
Hi, here's a link to an alternative doctor's webpage that describes how to get off of steroids. I sort of followed this (in particular high fat and no carbs) and had a relatively easy time weaning...
I heard that keeping meds in the bathroom medicine cabinet is a bad idea. The temp in the bathroom (probably from shower steam) is too warm....
I've had two huge flares this year that have required hospitalization as well as prednisone and remicade. The first time I got out of the hospital I followed a low-fat, low-residue, dairy free diet....
Hi, When it comes to diet, I think everyones different. I've been avoiding grains for a while now, and was basically doing the SCD. Once the effects of my Remicade treatment faded (I was not...
If you're interested in the benefits of Raw Milk, here's a useful link: http://www.realmilk.com/...