Introduction:
I was diagnosed with colitis ten years ago, around 2002 and suffered some years before that. I am from Serbia where I had tons of antibiotics for sinus inflammations and I think that destroyed my gut. I live in Canada now, in Vancouver where I was diagnosed with it after colonoscopy.
Colitis Symptoms:
Now I have bloody stools which are very loose.
I am 53 years old, a mother of a teenager.
My problems became worse after I had my daughter, I guess the stress contributed as well. I was on Asacol for maybe 5 years and then it was better and I stopped taking them. Half a year after colitis came back so I tried Chinese Traditional Medicine in Chinatown which was very expensive because I had to take a new batch every couple of days. That helped so I stopped again, and of course, colitis came back. Then I tried acupuncture which helped for a bit, but I couldn’t pay any more. So I went back to medication, my doctor prescribed some enemas to ease the symptoms and Sulfasalazine 550 mg, 6 per day. That helped for a while too. I think that whatever I tried (Manuka honey helped for a bit too) it helped only once and not again, so my doctor sent me to a GI specialist who told me to stay Sulfasalazine for the rest of my life.
Then I found something on the internet about GAPS diet and SCD and decided to give it a try as they are very similar. I ordered the books too.
I put my medication in one of the drawers in my kitchen and decided to stop taking them.I started GAPS diet on February 11, 2012. For a couple of days it worked and then I ate some almonds and peanuts, which was too soon, so the bloody diarrhea came back. Then I started eating bone soups and it was fine until I had a lot of garlic with home-made yogurt ( I wanted to get rid of all bad bacteria at once). So now I still have blood in my stool and no idea how to stop it. I used lotus root before to stop bleeding but I am not sure if it is allowed. I am not in pain anymore so something is getting better. I just wish to stop this bleeding.
Then I found something on the internet about GAPS diet and SCD and decided to give it a try as they are very similar. I ordered the books too.
I put my medication in one of the drawers in my kitchen and decided to stop taking them.I started GAPS diet on February 11, 2012. For a couple of days it worked and then I ate some almonds and peanuts, which was too soon, so the bloody diarrhea came back. Then I started eating bone soups and it was fine until I had a lot of garlic with home-made yogurt ( I wanted to get rid of all bad bacteria at once). So now I still have blood in my stool and no idea how to stop it. I used lotus root before to stop bleeding but I am not sure if it is allowed. I am not in pain anymore so something is getting better. I just wish to stop this bleeding.
Does anyone know a herb or anything that might help with it?
written by Biljana
submitted in the Colitis Venting Area
Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2002, but dealt with symptoms for quite some time prior to the diagnosis. I’m originally from Serbia.