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4/25/2011 4:17 AM
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Kefir = great results!

Kefir Milk has kept me UC free for 10 months. 2 cups a day!...

11/15/2020 7:11 AM

Lyme Disease
Probiotics?

I tried all those pills for a few weeks each and they did nothing for me. All these big numbers on the front saying 5 Million organisms or whatever mean nothing. Then I discovered KEFIR MILK (has 50...

11/15/2020 7:05 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Kefir Milk is amazing!

I actually even see a difference between the brands. The 365 brand does better for me then the Wallaby. I had ot hold my nose at first but now I look forward to it every day....

2/23/2020 4:08 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Kefir Milk is amazing!

This stuff truly is amazing. 9 years with UC and I have tried dozens of alternative therapies and some worked for a week, some for months, but this one has been simply stunning. Fighting a flare for...

2/23/2020 12:44 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Does Shire make a generic lialda?

What is wrong with Apriso? I am convinced changing from lialda to Apriso along with some chinese herb and boswellia is what got me into remission after a 4 month flare. I am pretty sure the apriso...

12/17/2019 6:08 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Boswellia and Turmeric

Just started Boswellia 3 weeks ago with qing dai and got a 4 month flare into 100% remission. Also changed form lialda to Apriso. I have no clue which pill got me into remission or maybe it was all...

12/14/2019 8:08 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Fecal transplant

@colitis91895 so the stem cell therapy didn't hold?...

11/18/2019 6:21 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Gi fecal test missed 2 infections

I have had UC 7 years. Always got my flare under control with minimal effort. Last October had an unusual flare where the left side on my colon felt like I had an internal hemorroid, Gi ordered a...

6/11/2017 5:15 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Blood Type? Is there any connection?

O+...

5/30/2017 4:36 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Oregano oil... zero meds, huge change

How is it going now 25yearsw/colitis?...

5/6/2017 2:52 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Zico Coconut Water and SCD

Stay away from coconut water on SCD. I literally just went through this. My nutropath said it's a simple sugar and not SCD legel and the very next day after stopping it i started to feel better....

5/4/2017 7:21 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

Congratulations on stopping your flare!!! btw, how do you get sunflower butter that is SCD legal since we are unable to eat anything processed? Just curious about that one.[/quote] I didn't know it...

4/18/2017 3:36 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

UPDATE: it doesnt work anymore. No clue why. I started SCD diet super strict and that got me out of my flare. I ditched LDN, only taking 2 lialdas and i did like 2 canasas per day for a week to get...

4/18/2017 7:57 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
SCD diet works for everyone? need help with diet

It seems to be working for me. I had to cut out fruit and chicken though. Been on it a few weeks with great results. I eat the same food daily. homemade yogurt (avocado, spinach, no sugar sunflower...

4/18/2017 7:55 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Diagnosed with UC beginning February, still waiting for my first hospital appointment :(

What country are you in? This is very strange. You had a colonoscopy and the GI that did your colonoscopy couldn't just write you a few scripts? Do you live in India?...

3/5/2017 7:07 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

Did you try taking it on an empty stomach in tablet form?...

3/5/2017 6:59 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

Oh and yes I have to take it daily to maintain remission. Maybe in a few years I will try to stop, but it's going so well now why risk it?...

3/5/2017 5:11 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

I don't even take the full 4.5mg i take 1.5mg and it works great. I even stopped taking my lialda. Don't even need it anymore. My gut is 100% perfect and i can eat anything I want now. Just had...

3/5/2017 4:16 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

What fascinated me about LDN was how it worked within about 16 hours. I went from pain, blood, mucus, loose stools, to totally well formed, no blood, no mucus, no pain. I also read somewhere if it...

3/3/2017 9:38 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

I have mild uc near the end. I think they called it proctitis or something like that. Left side mild proctitis? But it was bad enough to put me in the hospital for 4 days when i first got it....

3/3/2017 9:07 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

UPDATE! The pharmacy that sent me the first month of pills lost their license to ship to my state so the Doctor gave me another compounding pharmacy to ship to me. They sent me the pills in capsules...

3/3/2017 8:48 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

It's the pills I take. They are so small and They go down easy....

11/24/2016 3:46 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

I think it was around $200 for the Dr to give me a 45 minute consult on the phone and the script. Then $50 for them to send me a 3 months supply....

11/16/2016 7:33 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

It was ldndoctor dot com I ate a chocolate chip cookie, sushi with wasabi and soy sauce, peanut m&m's and potatoe chips over the past few days and it has no effect on me. Any one of these food items...

11/15/2016 9:33 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
LDN success so far. Only been on it 2 weeks but felt I had to share.

I have had UC for 5 years. Went into remission for years off 1 Lialda per day then some relatives came to town and the dentist told me I have to go on antibiotics for some tooth infection and started...

11/9/2016 11:02 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Got into remission after fillings were removed?

I will be 40 in January. I got most of them in my teens. I had very bad teeth....

9/10/2013 6:04 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Got into remission after fillings were removed?

Just got back my Toxic Element Exposure Profile from a hair sample. Just as I suspected Mercury was at 90th percentile while all other metals were right around 50% percentile or lower....

9/8/2013 4:55 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Got into remission after fillings were removed?

If mercury fillings are so safe, why have almost all dentists changed to other materials? Also Norway, Denmark, and Sweden have banned the use of mercury in dental amalgam. The more i search the net...

8/17/2013 3:41 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Anyone never been in the hospital due to UC?

Yes, I was in the hospital for 4 days in a steroid IV. MRI or Cat scan (can't remember) showed my colon was blown up like a balloon. That is how I first figured I had it. I had a colonoscopy the day...

8/17/2013 2:57 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Got into remission after fillings were removed?

I found this report on removal of amalgam fillings. Seems amazing to me. It references 100's of studies. http://www.mouthbodydoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Results-Removal-Amalgam-Research.pdf...

8/17/2013 2:43 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Got into remission after fillings were removed?

I drink Organic Tazo tea with cane sugar and my wife bakes me organic gluten free chocolate chip cookies that she gets them from whole foods....

8/16/2013 4:02 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Got into remission after fillings were removed?

OH! I forgot to mention that I have 2 giant ice teas loaded with sugar and chocolate chip cookies daily now....

8/15/2013 4:24 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Got into remission after fillings were removed?

I would normally wait 6 months, but I felt I had to share this. I have been battling UC for 3 years. Never really got into remission unless I was on enemas and lialda combination and even then I...

8/15/2013 3:57 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
wellbutrin

I got UC 3 weeks after starting Wellbutrin 2 years ago. I went off my wellbuttrin 1 month ago and my chronic daily UC (even with enemas and 4 lialda a day) went away. Wellbutrin is known to cause...

6/1/2012 1:11 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Brown pee?

WHAT? go to the ER NOW. Brown pee means your kidneys and liver could be shutting down. This just happened to me in feb. Things can get bad and shut down and you can die....

5/14/2012 4:11 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
protein shakes: an informal poll

I was drinking 3 muscle milks a day and it almost killed me. It solidified my stools which i loved and I thought it was giving me healthy benefits but the protein has to be filtered by your kidneys...

3/22/2012 1:40 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
New Theory on what causes UC

Ok, I have done TONS of research over the years. Here is my latest theory, because I have had this dull pain right where my appendix is for years that comes and goes when i have left side colitis....

3/15/2012 10:26 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Zinc enemas? Anyone tried this?

I had anal fissures and swelling on my rectum for a good year or more. No matter what i tried it would not go away. I finally tried maximum strength Desitin for diaper rashes. It healed up everything...

12/30/2011 3:44 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
My...(gasp!) 'anus' really hurts...absolutely DREADING.....

I had anal fissures and all that for over a year. GI didnt know what to tell me other then trying prep H. No doctor could help. My wife suggested Desetin, It is for diaper rash. Within 4 days I was...

12/15/2011 10:01 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Using Vancomycin for treating UC

I am assuming you tried the triple anti biotic therapy as a last resort before surgery?...

11/24/2011 10:15 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Can someone list all the alternative medical therapy/cures please?

that post is EXACTLY what i was looking for. Thanks notsosicklygirl. Zippy123 thank you also for the info!...

8/3/2011 12:04 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Can someone list all the alternative medical therapy/cures please?

What other ones are there that have worked? 1.triple antibiotic therapy 2.LDN (low dose naltrexone) 3.Rocephin I am going to try them in this order. I am reluctant to try LDN before Rocephin, cause...

8/3/2011 5:23 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Anyone Notice a link between UC and Dog Allergies or chewing tobacco?

My very first UC symptom was exactly 7 days after my wife moved in with her 2 dogs. I feel there is some link between these dogs and my UC. Either its pet dander or they track in bugs with pathogens...

8/2/2011 3:34 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Prednisone sores? Bug bites?

I have been doing a little research and found that bed bugs carry up to 28 different pathogens. They say it is extremely rare to get infected from a bed bug. I got UC a week after sleeping in a house...

8/1/2011 2:22 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Anyone else taken Wellbutrin then gotten UC?

It is one of many theories of mine. A few years ago I was on wellbutrin 150mg ER for about 4 months then i stopped cold turkey then about 45 days later i got UC. My theory is that Wellbutrin raised...

7/27/2011 3:21 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Combo Antibiotic treatment - PART I

hey C_G_K give us an update! I got a appointment aug 10th with my GI. I am so excited to start this. He already said he "might" prescribe it for me. I think I will do a good job convincing him though....

7/24/2011 4:09 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
How do you determine Lialda dosing?

My gi said i have to be on 4 the rest of my life. We tried 2 and it wasnt working....

7/14/2011 3:10 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
Combo Antibiotic treatment - PART I

hey Mudua, are you still symptom free? are you still taking any uc meds at all?...

7/14/2011 3:53 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
I stopped eating anything with aspartame and I seem to have gone into remission

I was dx about 18 months ago with UC. It never got better so my doctor had me on 4 lialda a day. I went away on a cruise for 10 days a few months ago and it got bettter and i couldnt figure out why....

5/16/2011 2:55 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
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i got UC about a month after starting wellbutrin. I think it had something to do with causing it, but I don't know for sure....

5/13/2011 5:38 PM

Ulcerative Colitis
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