Marty
ok i know i have only been taking this for a few days but already i am seeing an improvement in my symptoms. I had been having really nasty pain under my ribs coming from my stomach ulcers and i can honestly say that last night was first night i didn't wake with the pain. I haven't had any pain in that area all day today either. The pain i have been having when i have a bm has eased too. I'm still passing blood and mucous but this has been best 48 hours i have had in 4 months of this flare. Heres hoping it continues.
Marty
Marty
Hi Marty -
That's great!
Your other post got me thinking, since I'd taken it last summer with some success. I'd been having increasing symptoms lately, so.....
I started slippery elm again yesterday, and today there's hardly been any blood, and the eating-run-to-bathroom response is gone - !
I hope you have continuing and increasing success in recovering!
What form of slippery elm are you taking (capsules, etc), and how much?
Age 53. Diagnosed UP 1983, Azulphidine
Diagnosed UC 1986 Prednisone almost 2 years
Asacol - 16 pills/day, Rowasa
Metamucil - 2 doses/day since '86
once a day, with one dose Metamucil per day
VSL#3, Ultimate Flora Critical Care
Vitamins, Calcium and D, Flax Seed Oil
Bee propolis, melatonin, slippery elm
homemade yogurt each day
Ryzolt for arthritis pain
That's great!
Your other post got me thinking, since I'd taken it last summer with some success. I'd been having increasing symptoms lately, so.....
I started slippery elm again yesterday, and today there's hardly been any blood, and the eating-run-to-bathroom response is gone - !
I hope you have continuing and increasing success in recovering!
What form of slippery elm are you taking (capsules, etc), and how much?
Age 53. Diagnosed UP 1983, Azulphidine
Diagnosed UC 1986 Prednisone almost 2 years
Asacol - 16 pills/day, Rowasa
Metamucil - 2 doses/day since '86
once a day, with one dose Metamucil per day
VSL#3, Ultimate Flora Critical Care
Vitamins, Calcium and D, Flax Seed Oil
Bee propolis, melatonin, slippery elm
homemade yogurt each day
Ryzolt for arthritis pain
I'm taking one heaped teaspoon of the slippery elm powdered bark,I mix it to a paste with some water and then mix it together with hotmilk and sometimes a little honey.
I take it first thing when i wake in the morning and last thing at night. You have to take meds either an hour before or hour after as it can reduce absorbtion of meds.
I didn't like it with yoghurt
I take it first thing when i wake in the morning and last thing at night. You have to take meds either an hour before or hour after as it can reduce absorbtion of meds.
I didn't like it with yoghurt
Marty that is awesome! I hope things continue to improve for you :)
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Great news...Thanks for sharing :)
-Colleen
35 yr old mom to 4 yr old daughter & 18 month old twin boys
diagnosed w/proctitis 2003 & minimal left sided u/c in 2007.
Emerging from an on-going Flare started Oct 09'
current med is asacol 400mgs 3xdaily, prednisone taper from 40mgs, Librax 3x daily, canasa daily in the morning
take -daily multi-vitamin, Ultraflora Plus DF 15billion x3, ginger (when needed), calcium mag, & vitamin c
altered diet to exclude artificial sweetner, gluten & carbs & casein in moderation (don't really want
my kids to eat to much of these things so why should I!)Never anything "mono or Dygliceride"! Eating steamed veggies alot more & less raw (man, I miss my ceasar salad!)
Last remission was 1 yr 3 months
-Colleen
35 yr old mom to 4 yr old daughter & 18 month old twin boys
diagnosed w/proctitis 2003 & minimal left sided u/c in 2007.
Emerging from an on-going Flare started Oct 09'
current med is asacol 400mgs 3xdaily, prednisone taper from 40mgs, Librax 3x daily, canasa daily in the morning
take -daily multi-vitamin, Ultraflora Plus DF 15billion x3, ginger (when needed), calcium mag, & vitamin c
altered diet to exclude artificial sweetner, gluten & carbs & casein in moderation (don't really want
my kids to eat to much of these things so why should I!)Never anything "mono or Dygliceride"! Eating steamed veggies alot more & less raw (man, I miss my ceasar salad!)
Last remission was 1 yr 3 months