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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Share your Ulcerative Colitis Alternative Medicine Idea and Go to Heaven

14. June 2010

Hey Colitis People, I had an interesting office visit today with a Gastroenterologist office in San Mateo California. I happened to be in the office for something work related and I asked the gastro doctors secretary some questions about the common protocol for their patients with IBD and specifically their colitis patients. She told me [...]

Can You Drink Alcohol When Colitis is Acting Up?

13. June 2010

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Can You Drink Alcohol When Colitis is Acting Up?

Fair enough question right? Can you drink alcohol for your flared up ulcerative colitis? If you are someone like most of the world who enjoys a nice cold beverage, or even a nice alcoholic room temperature beverage from time to time or maybe more than that, and you have uc, surely you’ve asked this question [...]

Colitis is Starting to Flare, A Little Blood, Some Cramps

12. June 2010

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Hey Guys, remember me, my name is Adam. And guess what, I for sure have ulcerative colitis! How do I know this? Well, about ten doctors have told me that it’s true. There are some medical records stashed away in a few filing cabinents somewhere of my nasty inflamed colon all red and yucky out [...]

SCD Friendly Fat Burger Colitis Style

26. May 2010

I think I’ve mentioned it before, so here’s one more time: I have UC. Also, I love eating hamburgers. My favorite hamburger joint is called FatBurger. It’s a relatively small burger chain, many in the California/Nevada areas, and many other spots too. To me, they are my favorite burgers money can buy. Yes indeed, I [...]

I See Blood in My Poop, Is it an Ulcer or Colitis?

11. May 2010

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I See Blood in My Poop, Is it an Ulcer or Colitis?

When I see blood in my poop, that for me means ulcerative colitis. And like most good things, the 8 months of pretty much symptom free living has finally come to a close. Good old colitis man seems to have found a way to make it back into the old colon. But, before I go [...]

Thank You GI Doctors, for looking up my Colitis Hole

8. May 2010

Thank You GI Doctors, for looking up my Colitis Hole

Dear Gastroenterologists of the World, On behalf of my friends and families and all others who have ulcerative colitis, thank you for having the will power to show up for work each day to look inside people like me. I have been meaning to personally thank all of the doctors who have gone where no [...]

Ulcerative Colitis and High Fructose Corn Syrup

25. April 2010

Ulcerative Colitis and High Fructose Corn Syrup

Many people find themselves wondering what they can and can’t eat with UC. Or better yet, what is good and what is bad for their ulcerative colitis. So, the hope is this posting will give you an idea with good old High Fructose Corn Syrup and your UC. One thing is for sure, high fructose [...]

Scared to Take Antibiotics

22. April 2010

That’s right, I am scared to take antibiotics, don’t laugh? It’s weird because antibiotics have worked so well for me in the past. There was the time I had a river water infection from a cut on my shin that got infected and antibiotics stopped the pain and the infection. There was the time I [...]

How Fast Does Remicade Work for Colitis

21. April 2010

Infliximab also known as Remicade is a drug that is used to fight autoimmune diseases, and many ulcerative colitis patients know it rather well. In the drugs early days in the late 1990′s the drug was approved by the FDA to treat Crohn’s disease patients and in 2005 Remicade was also approved to treat UC [...]

Health Insurance for Ulcerative Colitis

9. April 2010

Ulcerative colitis is not a fun disease, and it can be very painful. Nobody will doubt that. But let’s face it, insurance, medical bills, and medicine are not fun either, especially when it comes to paying for all these bills. One thing that is for sure, after you have a few years under your belt [...]

Why does My Colon Bleed, Is it Ulcerative Colitis?

2. April 2010

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Why does My Colon Bleed, Is it Ulcerative Colitis?

From the very beginning, I think everyone who is diagnosed with ulcerative colitis wants to find out how to get rid of the symptoms and get back to a normal life, and FAST. And who wouldn’t? Especially after you have been dealing with the symptoms for probably a long time and seeing your quality of [...]

Ulcerative Colitis, is my life over?

26. March 2010

And what did our survey say…………..NOPERS! Now time to play a game, it’s called ask yourself some questions, and then come up with your answers. I’ll go first: Question 1: Do you have any good friends with ulcerative colitis? My Answer: Nope Question 2: Did you freak out when they put the IV in your [...]

Steroid Acne with my Colitis Please

21. March 2010

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Can you imagine ever taking steroids just for fun? I sure can’t. In fact, prednisone steroids are one of the pills I threw out of the medicine cabinent a few weeks ago, didn’t even want to look at the extra supply anymore. There’s a few reasons for this. If you are suffering from a nasty [...]

Eating Salad with Colitis

15. March 2010

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Have you ever wondered if it’s OK to eat salad when you have ulcerative colitis? I think everyone asks themselves this question. I sure did. For me, salad is a big part of my weekly diet, and yes, I’ve got UC and a colon.(and a colon that knows how to take hard normal craps too, [...]

Food for Colitis Therapy – Carnitas

11. March 2010

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Food is important to stay alive, whether you have colitis or not. If you are dealing with ulcerative colitis, you might be always double guessing if a certain food item works for you or not. If you haven’t figured out from previous posts, I am a big believer that food can help to control colitis [...]

Humira Drug Information

7. March 2010

Some More Details on Humira: I was cleaning out the medicine cabinet today, and besides throwing out some old bottles of prednisone, azathioprine, and hydrocodine, I came across the “Drug Counseling Information” for Humira. This counseling came with the monthly overnight shipment of Humira from the drug company that was contracted to sell it to [...]

Ulcerative Colitis Flare

24. February 2010

When are you having a flare? Here is a video with me speaking the text from below, feel free to watch it or read the full story underneath. That’s a difficult question right? Well, maybe not really. If you are taking 1-2 craps/day and then all of a sudden move towards 4-10, I think most [...]

Colitis Food with Chicken, Bacon, Eggs, Tacos and Salad

21. February 2010

Colitis Food with Chicken, Bacon, Eggs, Tacos and Salad

Hi and thanks for coming to the site to look into diet and how it effects ulcerative colitis. Below you can watch the video version of the past day and a half, with some nice footage of food I ate before it went inside my mouth. This page was created on the fly, but it [...]

Burgers and Fries For Colitis

20. February 2010

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Eating Burgers and having Ulcerative Colitis…? Do you love eating hamburgers? Do you think Fat Burger and their skinny fries with egg and cheese on the burger is the best thing in the world? Are you looking for the Burger King sign when you are driving down the highway, hoping its coming soon because you [...]

Colitis Joint Pains

19. February 2010

Do you have joint pains and colitis? I sure had that. It’s been about six months now since it was really bad, but when those joint pains started, you’re not sure what to do. If you are having joint pains with your colitis, you are definitely not the only one. There are tons of us [...]

Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis

15. February 2010