Good Morning & Evening if you are doing that:)) In the ongoing effort to keep us all informed about colitis related topics, and since so many have a personal interest in diet (OK, not everyone, but quite a few), below are the Study Titles, as well as their associated links so you can read the entire study background and results. Please send these on to… Read More »Diet Related Colitis Studies Published Recently
Putting a title on a post before it’s written is like trying to predict the outcome of a game that hasn’t started yet. I prefer to let things play out so the name can reveal itself organically. When I do that, I never feel confined to the parameters of the title and I can go anywhere my imagination takes me. My first gastroenterologist tried to… Read More »The Death Sentence
Hello fellow colitis people. Quick update on me…still flarin’ big time…veered away from SCD for a little while seeing I was just getting more ill and losing a ton of weight. I had to…but I have the intention of going back if and when I ever heal up. I’ll give it another whirl if that ever happens! Still on prednisone (can’t seem to get off that… Read More »“Extraintestional Manifestations”
(I’m a 25 yr old mother of a tornadolike 1 year old and Diagnosed with Indeterminate Colitis in January of 2010. (marker’s for chrons and UC present, they left diagnosis open so insurance would pay for any type of meds that work). Went off of Apriso to try SCD.) My SCD progress has me very frustrated at the moment and I need some advice and/or… Read More »I’ve Got SCD Blues
I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis May 2010. One Colonoscopy, two endoscopies, one sigmoidoscopy , two abdominal wall injections and will have 4th Remicade infusion. Fighting fungal infections,etc…. Placed on 20 mg Prednisone today. I am struggling with being able to eat/and am down to 110. My gastro is concerned about risk of stroke and heart attack.(I was basically a healthy female until March of… Read More »Faced With TPN