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The most popular posts that have been written on the iHaveUC site since it began in 2010. Of course all the stories are ulcerative colitis related, but sometimes they are full of comedy, humor, and all sorts of other interesting aspects we all should learn about.

Q&A About My Experiences with the SCD for Colitis

Below is an email I received from Sarah who also submitted her story in the Colitis Venting area a few weeks back.  I wrote her to ask how things are going, and she had some questions.  After she agreed for me to answer them with a video response, I shot a quick video for everyone to see.  The video part is two short movies you… Read More »Q&A About My Experiences with the SCD for Colitis

Microbial Gut Bacteria and Antibiotics Part 5

Video 5 From the Interview Meeting with Les covers: Ecoli and Inflammatory Bowel Patients Good bacteria in IBD patients The immune system reactions to good/bad bacteria Bacterias that can actually talk to our immune system and turn them down Probiotics Les: There are studies which have used techniques similar to the ones I’ve used which have compared basically patients with either Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative… Read More »Microbial Gut Bacteria and Antibiotics Part 5

Has anyone had success with other diets other than SCD for colitis?

I know SCD is supposed to be the cure-all, but I’ve been on it now since April, and had to go back onto prednisone, and am still in a flare now. I have tried my hardest, done the intro diet at least 3 times… this week, even, all I’ve eaten is chicken breast, pureéd butternut squash, pureéd carrot chicken coup, home-made jello made with welches’… Read More »Has anyone had success with other diets other than SCD for colitis?

Gut Bacteria and Antibiotics Part 3

Here’s Les again going into detail about what gut bacteria feeds on, how it thrives, and how the antibiotics affected it. He talks towards the end of the the video about some of the effects the antibiotics had on the patients’ gut bacteria.