Kiss520 could you please post some good recipes or give me your email address so i can communicate with you, because my husband who has uc does not like spinach in some of the recipes but i would...
sore guts could you please tell me what you mean by high magnesium/beta carotene diet. what are the things you are taking?? i am really trying to find something that could help my husband and bring...
Chnaged the GI last month. They requested the biopsy slides from the previous doctor/lab. Today when i got the copy of the report it said "Chronic Colitis identical to Ulcerative Colitis, extent and...
when we talk about sugar is it only the sweet items or the fruits too??...
wanted to find out how you get the results from Dr. Amin lab. do they send it to your doctor only or do you get a copy too?? asking this as i know my hsuband's doctor is not in favor of getting the...
How did everyone's experience go with the Dr. Amin's lab in AZ?? How good they are in diagnosing the parasite and yeast etc issues?? Did you guys find them better than local labs?? The only reason...
oes anyone has a different experience?? infact we were thinking to send a stool sample to them but if they are sending the same replies to everyone then its no use. please share if you have a...
Yafit, i would like to try the formula Yunnan_Baiyao you mentioned for my husband but was wondering where do you buy it from?? Also does your son take that regularly or when the bleeding stops you...
D_A when you say that you waited for one year, were you not seeing any difference at all?? the reason i am asking is bacause my husband is on Asacol which he started in first week of march the same...
thanks for all the replis. it is very helpful and amazing to gain so much information so quickly from so many supportive poeple. we will ask the GI to get the stool culture done whether he likes it...
thanks for all the advice. after reading with all these replies i am now realizing that a very bad prominent smell was there which now has gotten better when he started taking hydrocortisone enemas...
all of you right. i am not sure it is diagnosed correctly or not. the reason c diff bothers me is because of hospitalization in jan. that's why i said if theer is some test which i can request to GI...
but how do you know that it is colitis or ulcerative colitis? besides what the doctor sees during colonoscopy is there any way to tell?? can biopsy will answer this question whether it is colitis of...
thanks for the info. i will definitely ask his GI to get the stool culture done, atleast it can help eliminate some of the issues...
thanks but does any one what sort of test is used to classify or eliminate c diff?? is it a blood test or a stool test??...
Is there any test to find that you have C diff or not. my husband is diagnosed for UC after colonoscopy and biopsy. does anyone know if it is good enough. He never had any stool tests etc. the reason...
I also raise the same question that is colonscopy and biposy is good enough to diagnose UC or do you need other tests to eliminate other stuff like bacterial infection etc. My husband was only...
xpsunny you did not mention what ratio of these ayuvedic medications you took for the cure?? Also how many times you took these medications in a day?? In what form liquid or powder etc?? Please...
does anyone know if hydrocortisone enemas and the cortifoam enemas is the same thine or they are different?? which ones are better?? does the hydrocortisone enemas would affect your appetite?? how...
which brand are you taking because on the vitamin shoppe site i did not find vitamin shoppe brand with 420 mg. i would like my husband to try it and see if it makes any difference. is it phospahtidyl...
what form of Nature's Way Primadophilus Reuteri probiotics is better. after reading it i thought that i would order it for my husband but got confused between capsules, pearls and powder. please...
My husband is taking Asacol 2 tablets 3 times a day for the last two months, when he was diagnosed with UC. He has few good days and then few bad days in which he has more cramps and more bowl...
My husband had appendix surgery in Jan08. That too we think was the result of UC but since he did not had any symptoms of UC doctors operated on appendix and he seemed to be fine for three weeks or...
Joan it is an old post but the lab you mentioned can you actually mail the sample etc. My husband's GI and Internist both have not prescribed any any stool tests. They did the colonoscopy and biopsy...
Hi Paulie, yes this is a great support forum. I found this few weeks back when i was very worried about my husband. His situation has not changed much but and we are still fighting flares after every...
Thanks that was a greay help!!...
Thanks for the reply. what is MSM and DHA and how do they help in UC?? Also i read the vit E enema diet but nuts in not included as part of them. Are you still taking them as part of it?? For...
D_A do you take vitamin K along with vitamin E , vitamin C and selenium. If you do is it vitamin K1 or K2?? I am confused with it. Are you taking any other supplements with it??...
I read your posts in healing well forum. Wanted to ask you some questions for some of the supplements you took like their potency etc as they did help you a lot. Also i am very interested how did you...
i will try to search now and see if any email address is available...
thanks for your replies.....
pb4 you didn't answer my question. I wanted to know what potency would be adequate for vitamin K and caprylic acid. Also with vitamin K it is K1 or K2. Currently these questions are part of my...
I read in different posts that vitamin K and caprylic acid helps in th UC cases. One particular post i remember is Snookiebow's story. I was wondering whether vitamin K is K1 or K2 and what was the...
theklep and love4cats , please advise which brand of probiotics you are using...
Evan, what is the initail tapioca recipe you posted before as the link is no longer working http://www.colitisfoundation.com/dcforum/DCForumID13/2530.html Also if you could tell about the cassava...
thanks for the replies. i was thinking to try them out for my husband but he is just seing some progress with his flare and he was just diagnosed with UC in march i would not risk it trying something...
but D_A and Bigphule did you notice any benefit from using it so far (like a week or 10 days etc)?? how long to wait to see any changes...
the link too many items, which ones you are using....
yes i have the similar situation. my husband also wants to try some probiotics after this weekend but we are not sure which is the good option to try....
I see some of the members are using vitamin E enema. It would be good if you people can share your opinions about it like for how many days you have been using it and how is the respose...
Yes he is. His diet nowadays involve chicken/fish and steamed vegetables. Diary products never used to suit him so much so we thought that we will change to soy milk but now after our experience i...
We kind of figured that the oganic soy milk was bothering and he stopped drinking it and two days later he was a little better. So actually he did not start taking pred....
his doctor just didn't prescribed them. when we told him that the blood has not stopped for four weeks on asacol then h prescribed prednisone although my husband asked for enemas too....
Do you have to order the Glutagenic powder from the web or you can get on the wholefood stores, vitamin shoppe etc...
how do you take l-glutamine?? which form and what's the dosage?? same thing for the oregano oil??...
Thanks for the advice. It rally makes me feel better, that people actually recover from this great weight loss....
There are some days when my husband has lot of gas and acid reflux. Today is one of those days. Any advice on handling any of these things....
How i will know that he is back on track or the meds have kicked in?? Your experienced insight has helped a lot.....
i forgot to mention that he takes fish oil 2 tablets as well as turmeric once a day. he does not take any probioics/prebiotics yet. he was diagnosed in the beginning of march and it has been very...
thanks for welcoming me to the forum. also for all the advice i got is very supportive. quincy mentioned retention enemas what are they and how do they help?? As far as his eating is concerned he is...