Re: Re: Continued blood loss with UC on diet - how long is normal?

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Kat,"Does the yogurt help with candiditis?"Yes the yogurt will help with that. Sometimes, though, if it has been going on for a long time, something stronger might be needed. If you find that you still have issues, I would read over the Candida files on this group's site to help you with it. I also know that s. boulardii (a beneficial, non-colonizing yeast) is really for Candida as well. I know it seems odd a yeast fighting a yeast, but that is what it does! AmeliaHusband UC 9 years, SCD 20 monthsLDN 3 mgTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Mon, February 22, 2010 5:28:02 AMSubject: Re: Continued blood loss with UC on diet - how long is normal?

Amelia,

Thanks for the info about your husband. It is good to know I am not alone, and that even if I keep bleeding for a while, I may still be healing, just taking time.

Does the yogurt help with candiditis? I'm pretty sure I had it since I had thrush after starting prednisone, and I suspected I had it years ago but no one would diagnose it.

I did start the epsom salt baths, and they do help I think! Aches and pains are reduced a lot! It is wonderful to be able to lay down comfortably for the first time in a long time. The violent thoughts and inability to focus, etc. is all getting better (except certain times of day! I get really angry for a couple hours and then it's okay again).

Thanks so much for your help.

Kat

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> Kat,

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> My husband's bleeding went on for a very long time. I think it was well over a year to a year and a half with only brief periods of no bleeding mixed in. For some, it is one of the last things to go. Sounds like you are already making good progress. I would try introducing the yogurt soon. With all the anitbiotics and the prednisone for such long periods I think it is possible you have a yeast/Candida problem. It also sounds like you are having quite a bit of die-off. Take epsom salt baths (2 cups in a bath of warm water up to your navel) and soak for about 15 minutes. It will help with the detox. http://www.epsomsal tcouncil. org/health_ benefits. htm

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> Hang in there,

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> Amelia

> Husband UC 9 years, SCD 20 months

> LDN 3 mg

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> To: BTVC-SCD@yahoogroup s.com

> Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 3:59:45 AM

> Subject: Continued blood loss with UC on diet - how long is normal?

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> Hello,

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> This is my first post here, so sorry if this is too much detail, but I feel a little lost about what is happening and I dont' know how much information is helpful for anwering my questions. Thank to everyone who reads this!!

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> Here is a brief paragraph about my history. I had painful bloating/distention from 6 rounds of antibiotics in 8 months, then started bleeding after the last round in June 09, at which time I was diagnosed with UC. I tried various dietary changes and avoided medicine until December 09 when I had a blood transfusion and started prednazone and mesalamine. The prednazone didnt' seem to help that much and has caused lots of painful side effects, but mesalamine stopped the bleeding (at that point it was 8-12/day most with blood) and I was very anemic. Turns out I am allergic to mesalamine, so I went off of that in mid-January right after starting to eat only SCD legal foods. I was on allegra for the drug rash, but when I stopped that the bleeding returned in much smaller quantities. I continued to only go 3ish times/day, less urgency, minimal pain by comparison, and less bloating/gas.

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> (I had also been experiencing schizophrenic symptoms that increased gradually since the first round of antibiotics, which I had to mentally turn off, and which have subsided since the transfusion and introduction of the diet.)

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> I just restarted with the actual beginner's diet last week and did that for 5 days (turns out the DCCC I bought for it was not legal and contained sugar). I ate a bunch of bananas for a day, because I was getting really fatigued and headachy from almost no carbs for so long. Then I ate only legal cheese/chicken soup for most of the day to restart the diet and then added in squash and spinach, which seemed to settle with me okay.

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> I realized bananas are not so good for me in large quantities - they cause burning. And cheese might not be good at all (gassy, bloating), so I stopped both, and seem to be doing better today. Mostly formed stools! But still bleeding since mid-January.

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> I was wondering how long it takes people to get better from the bleeding? My gastroenterologist had not heard of the diet - but said I could give her info about it! - and wanted me start another drug, which would take a long time to work and has many side effects. I would like to avoid medications if possible. I am just now finishing my taper with prednazone, and it is literally hell coming off of it.

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> I guess another question I have for people is, what do you experience when starting the diet and/or coming down from prednisone? I have had aches, joint pain, headaches, anger, fits of crying that last up to half-an-hour, inability to concentrate, fatigue (hard to walk up stairs), difficulty sleeping, violent thoughts, feeling feverish, and my planterfaciitis has come back after a couple years without it (thanks to yoga!). If all this is normal, then that's great. I just feel at a loss about what is happening to me. (I read that detoxing by starving out bacteria can cause some of this....but it feels very extreme!)

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> I guess one more question is, in your experience, is eating a lot of red meat (particularly beef) okay for a while in the beginning? That seems to settle best with me, and the fat in it satisfies really really bad fat cravings I've been having. Tried peanut butter once but I think that is too harsh.

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> Thanks to anyone who has any input on one (or all!) of my questions. I have a great naturopathic doctor, but I feel feedback from people going through this would be really helpful.

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> Kat

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> 27 years old

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> Diagnosed UC June '09

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> Meds: end of taper with prednazone

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> SCD foods only: Jan '10

> Restart at beginning of diet Feb. '10

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