Re: Ulcerative Colitis..........a bit off topic.

[Guest guest]

Lorraine,

I am another person who has UC. I also have chemical senstivities and

sensitivities to pollens, molds, etc that affect whether I bleed or

not. Also, I have developed some sensitivities to a few legal

foods..........

Right now tree pollens are really high where I live in north Texas and

I have ben bleeding again even though I am SCD for three years.

I hope that you are not like me.......however, I was shocked to learn

that tree pollens do this to me because I do not get typical allergy

symptoms from pollen......just the UC symptoms.

So there could be other triggers...........and perhaps looking for them

could be an answer.

I follow pollen levels on pollen.com If that helps. Also, I would

rotate my foods for a bit and watch for a pattern. A food stays in your

body for four days. If you remove it for about that amount of time and

then re-eat it you can sometimes experience symptoms that you are

otherwise masked to.

Hope something here can help. If you have an further questions please

contact me offlist since this is approaching or is offtopic. Michele

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> Hi All,

>

> It's been awhile since I posted. I was diagnosed with UC in 2001.

I was doing very well for about 2 years, not having a problem with any

legal foods. However, at the beginning of this month, I started with

the bright red B again, no D, yet. The doctor will be starting me on

Canasa suppositories today. I am hoping they work, because I don't

want stereoids. Has anyone with UC experienced this before? I have

been on the diet since 2001 and have just recently cut back on raw

fruit and vegetables and a few other things, to see if my system will

heal. I hope it works. I think I just needed to vent and to have some

support. Thanks for listening.

>

> Lorraine

>

[Guest guest]

I also have UC and have been having very minor problems since June. I

have been on SCD for about 5 and half years. Symptom-free for several

years, so it has been very frustrating to have to deal with even

minor symptoms. It has been a very stressfull year and I think that

maybe a contributing factor plus in June I ended up with a SCD

illegal substance in my food. Resteraunt lied and said they had not

prepared something with sugar when in fact they had. Unlike some

other SCDers I have never been able to come off medication

completely. However, I was able to reduce the dosage considerably to

once a day versus 3 times a day. Now however the dosage is back up

and like you I am also on the Canasa supp. So long story short I feel

your pain and know how frustrating it is. You get so used to being

well that any set back is disheartening.

UC 12.5 years

SCD 5.5 years

A

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> > Hi All,

> >

> > It's been awhile since I posted. I was diagnosed with UC in

2001.

> I was doing very well for about 2 years, not having a problem with

any

> legal foods. However, at the beginning of this month, I started

with

> the bright red B again, no D, yet. The doctor will be starting me

on

> Canasa suppositories today. I am hoping they work, because I don't

> want stereoids. Has anyone with UC experienced this before? I

have

> been on the diet since 2001 and have just recently cut back on raw

> fruit and vegetables and a few other things, to see if my system

will

> heal. I hope it works. I think I just needed to vent and to have

some

> support. Thanks for listening.

> >

> > Lorraine

> >

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