Re: Quitting Smoking with UC

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> Hello,

> I'am not new to scd I've been following the diet for over 3.5yrs,

> and have had great success. Except when attempting to quit smoking

> even though I'am a light smoker it's something that I really want to

> do. Quitting smoking at age 38 is what triggered the disease for me,

> I was mis-diagnosed as having irratible bowel for more than a yr.

> before a new doc I saw finally sent me to a gi. who put me on asacol

> which worked for a couple of yrs. Unfortunetly while working a

> demanding job and doing some heavy home improvement projects I start

> using alot of ibuprofen. That caused me to flair after 9 mns. my gi

> put me on immuran for a while but that didn't work so he added

> prednisone which worked for 3 days. After that I started bleeding

> severly and lost 50lbs. and could barely function, my gi wanted to

> send me to a surgeon to get the cure well I wasn't interested in that

> and started looking I didn't believe that food didn't have anything

> to do with it like my gi kept telling me. And luckily I found a doc

> that perscribed BTVC!!! and felt better immediatly I had been on the

> diet for a few months when I hurt my back at work after my employer

> got ahold of my medical rec. they blamed my UC because my injury

> wasn't responding to treatment and wanted to fast track me out the

> door. With all the stress I was going through I fell back on an old

> friend and started smoking again I didn't make the connection at the

> time but that was when I went into remission. Every time I try to

> quit smoking I flair so I start back, well after 3.5yrs I'am feeling

> pretty good so I try again and actually make to 35 days before I

> start flairing but instead of starting smoking I hold on hoping it

> will pass but after 5 days I'am bleeding. I bought a pack. I checked

> the database at the scd support and found out I'am not alone. Sorry I

> didn't mean to write a book but I was hoping that somebody out there

> had found a solution that might work for me???

> Thankyou

> UC 10yrs

Sorry I don't have an answer. But it is an interesting connection.

My GI mentioned this to me a while back. Apparently, according to

a study I read, marijuana also has the same effect.

I suppose that the

smoke inhibits /suppresses the bacteria/yeast, so that they go

dormant while you are smoking. And when you try to quit, they

start going through their breeding cycle again, and it takes 35

days before they are burdensome enough on your system that

it starts the auto immune response and you flare.

I wonder if you joined Healing Crow someone there or the archives

might have more of an idea of how to work through it.

Mara