Ulcerative Colitis: Dealing With UC, Treatment for UC, Diet Is Important for UC

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Moving Forward

3. September 2010

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Well, after must procrastination, I made an appointment with my gastro doctor on Monday. I got in to see him today, and I’m really glad I did. I must admit, I don’t like going to the doctor – I’m one of those people who “hopes” and “assumes” things will get better. But after a rather [...]

Female Facial Hair, Prednisone Please Stop It!

1. September 2010

Dealing with ulcerative colitis is hard. Also being a woman with facial hair from prednisone makes it even harder. Here is my story.

Jessica’s Day 53 on SCD Update News

27. August 2010

Hello to my fellow UCers! Just wanted to update everyone on my progress. I am still following SCD strictly and i’m currently day 53 of the diet! I still feel great with no symptoms of UC. I can’t even say i’ve had a bad day recently. Everything in my colon seems to be happy! This weekend I [...]

Leg and Knee Joints Sore, Loose Stools, Weight Loss, Colitis?

23. August 2010

I am so glad to have found this site! Although our bodies are all going through a terrible time it is a real comfort to know I am not alone. I was told i had UC after the birth of my second child 6 yrs ago. I was on Pentasa for about a yr and [...]

5 Years with Colitis, No to Prednisone, Hello to SCD

22. August 2010

I was Diagnosed with UC 5 years ago. I work at sea on old wooden boats and was a week away from land when the symptoms that we all are familiar with started. Sailing is very physically demanding and as the week went on, I couldn’t eat, had severe stomach ache and was passing basically [...]

Diagnosed with Crohns Disease BUT Symptoms of UC

17. August 2010

What an awesome page. Adam, you are really providing an awesome service to the “IBD Community”! I just checked “I might have UC, not sure yet” because my official diagnosis is Crohn’s disease, although my symptoms are that of UC and I’m being treated like I have UC. When I had my colonoscopy, there appeared [...]

Checking In

17. August 2010

Since my rather down-in-the-dumps post, I thought it would be best to check in and let you all know how I’m doing. First off, I have to say that I think writing that post was the best thing I could do for my mental state. I really just got my sad feelings out of my [...]

23 Year Old Guy Taking Steroids, Azathiaprene, Topzole, and other meds for Colitis, No Workie Right Now

9. August 2010

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I am a 23 year old male was diagnosed with UC in September of 2008. My condition has not gone into remission ever since. I have been on ASACOL 1.8g 3 times a day. But it did not help at all. I in December 2009 I was admitted into hospital due to side effects of [...]

Continued SCD Success for Jessica

4. August 2010

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This past weekend was a long weekend in Canada called the Civic Holiday! So summer + a long weekend = a road trip! Kind of a no-brainer! Well, if this long weekend fell last month I wouldn’t have even thought about going away! My UC symptoms were so bad, so out of control that I wouldn’t want to [...]

Pity Party

29. July 2010

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You might be surprised that I’ve titled this post: Pity Party. But I have to be honest with you, I’m finding things hard right now. I’ve been in this flare since May 19, tried all sorts of medicine, and now after two weeks of being on steroids, I’m still not feeling much better. I guess [...]

I Urge Anyone Suffering with UC to Try This Diet

27. July 2010

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I Urge Anyone Suffering with UC to Try This Diet

I was diagnosed with UC (pancolitis) last year after 2 years of being symptomatic and progressivly getting worse. I was very unaware about what this disease was and how it could affect your whole life. I am a 25 year old very socially active woman and this disease almost put me in a dehabilited state. [...]

Awesome Colitis Patient SCD Story is Coming Soon

26. July 2010

Awesome Colitis Patient SCD Story is Coming Soon

Hey Everyone, good evening, hi everybody, my name is Adam, and we have a few videos like this, but I wanted to show you what I’m having for dinner tonight just in case you have what I got which is a disease called Ulcerative Colitis. I follow a diet, its real basic, nothing crazy, its [...]

One Year

21. July 2010

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Today marks the one year anniversary of my diagnosis with ulcerative colitis. For me this is not a sad anniversary. Rather I think it is a day for appreciation and perspective. It is not an anniversary that I plan to celebrate with an elaborate dinner and I don’t think I’ll be receiving any gifts or [...]

Nearly SCD Legal Dinner of Beef Kebab, Almost Rated G

19. July 2010

So tonight was a bit different, tonight we had a little bit of cow for dinner. No, but actually yes. We decided to grill up some beef kebabs. If you are anything like me, you eat about 5 or six different meals and that’s about it. Sounds pretty boring right? Well, yes it is. But, [...]

Fish Dinner with Salad, Pretty Much SCD

18. July 2010

Tonight we made some dinner, it was tasty!: Halibut pan fried in a little oil and a tiny bit of butter, then put in the oven. Also, sauteed some mushrooms and bacon pieces(put that atop the fish once it made it to the plate) And a salad of mixed greens, spinach, cucumber,tomato, pine nuts, and [...]

Trust Your Gut…Even When it Hurts

18. July 2010

I was diagnosed late 2008 by an internist in a town close to home. My bleeding, frequency kept getting worse. He continuously kept switching my “preventative” meds. If I saw the slightest bit of improvement I would think hopefully “ok now I will get better”…only to get worse again. I quickly read a few books [...]

I Ate Some Sushi and My Colitis Knew It

17. July 2010

That’s right. It seems my ulcerative colitis knew I had sushi for lunch today. It was the first time in many a months to have that stuff that I used to eat all the time. And guess what, I surely didn’t have a hard or formed stool to show for it. I was caught in [...]

SCD Experiences So Far

12. July 2010

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When I last posted, I was having some decent success with the SCD intro diet. But the next few days really went downhill. My body seemed to rebel and I couldn’t keep any food in me. And to make matters worse, my energy levels were at an all time low. I really wasn’t able to [...]

SCD Intro Diet Experiences

8. July 2010

Well, as planned I started the SCD intro diet on Monday July 5. The weekend was spent making two batches of SCD yogurt, making the SCD chicken soup and doing some loose meal planning. I must say that this transition to the SCD way of eating came at a pretty good time – I was [...]

Stopping Ulcerative Colitis with Enemas in Cyprus

5. July 2010

I was diagnosed with UC about 6 months ago. As I caught this really bad virus, I started having diarrhea and bleeding. It had probably started one and a half years ago when I started having episodes of diarhhea (lasting 1-2 months) with severe bloating and gasses. I just assumed it was some virus and [...]

Getting Ready to Start SCD

4. July 2010

Well, it is Sunday and on Monday I’ll start the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I’m full of mixed emotions about this decision to go on SCD. Honestly, I really didn’t want to get to this point where I’m no longer able to control my ulcerative colitis flares with a “traditional” diet of clean eating and a [...]

One Vodka and 3 Craps

3. July 2010

Hey Everyone with Colitis, This must be the third or fourth post now on the site on the idea of “What’s the deal of Alcohol being OK for UC” And I wanted to share a quick experience. I have been taking 1-2 symptom free craps for about two weeks now. Yesterday, I drank ONE vodka [...]

Anyone else started UC after a very emotional event?

1. July 2010

My Story : First signes of UC in November 2007, after a very traumatic event. I had been abandoned by my boyfriend pregnant and I had a miscarriage at the 4th month …I had right away a colonscopy….ah, it was painfull!!! sedation not enough ARGHH! ((and no diagnosis possible, because they did not understand what [...]

Is Salad Bad For Colitis?

29. June 2010

I think salad is great for colitis. No, I don’t think salad is bad. But I didn’t always think that way. Ever since starting the SCD diet, a few things are for certain. And one of those is that I eat a whole bunch more salad than ever before. It surely isn’t because I am [...]

Maintaining your Weight With Ulcerative Colitis

27. June 2010

There are quite a few parts of being an ulcerative colitis patient that we just might all have in common. And today, I think its time we had a posting about maintaining your weight while you are in a colitis flare, or while you are in full blown nasty colitis. And, also, how to maintain [...]

How Long Will You Bleed When You Have Ulcerative Colitis

26. June 2010

The UC disease is one which makes its sufferers ask all kinds of questions. This is one that most everyone asks themselves from time to time. How long will the bleeding go on for with UC? It’s a great question. A few weeks ago I received an email from a newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis patient [...]

Big Decision Made

21. June 2010

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For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about and reading about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet… After a particularly tough weekend, I’ve decided to put myself on the SCD diet. Honestly, this is not something I want to do but at this point I’ll try anything. Now if you were to see me, you probably [...]

How to Handle a Colitis Flare

17. June 2010

If you have ulcerative colitis, you very well may have a whole bunch of colitis flares along the way(but don’t you worry). After being diagnosed with UC a almost two years ago, I have now learned that a colitis flare might come up from time to time.(Even when I thought I had found the save [...]

Elite Athlete with Ulcerative Colitis

15. June 2010