Re: Need advice about husband , Barney

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>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:19:10 -0000

>From: BTVC-SCD (on behalf of " bkg0303 "

)

>Subject: Need advice about husband , Barney

>To: BTVC-SCD

>

>We have been on scd for 3 wks . First two wks he improved , but there were

days when he still had 3 to 4 sm loose bm some not liquid. a day.

>Some days only 2 in day time 1 at night.

>Success , I weighed him this morn. and he gained 2 lbs. ( really good supper

last night) BUT, Hello, something happened this morn thats not happeded in 3

wks. small amt of Blood in toilet. x2, that was this morning , now, at 1:00 pm

just now, he made a formed stool. wonder of wonders But what about the Blood?

HELP.

First, don't worry too much - with UC that can happen from time to time and you

guys are really doing great on improvement.

Second, did you introduce some new food in the last two or three days?

Third, he might very well have had the blood because he had the formed stool

firming in his intestine and the intestinal walls are still not all healed and

passing that stool caused some bleeding - the way a scraped knee can get

scraped again on the way to healing. Ask him if he had any gut sensitivity last

night/this morning until he passed the stool.

Mara

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Thank-you Mara S. for getting back so quick, I crying, its a thank-full cry,

feels really good to know I can ask really embarrassing stuff. and people

understand. He said he did not have any problem with gut hurting to pass stool.

this afternoon. I made meat loaf last night. beef , cheese , and egg. grass

feed. 90 lean.

and I made squash pie. I can't keep giving Barney chicken soup and purred apples

and pears I gotta push on " gently " he is 6ft 2 and lost 40 lbs. I got dr.s to

face in about month or less and he lost 10 lbs since last office visit. because

thats just it you are gonna lose first two wks living off the basic stuff.

thank-you to all of you very special people , who knew there was still good out

there in people. after messing with dr.s you just get so hopeless.

>

>

>

> ---- Original message ----

> >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:19:10 -0000

> >From: BTVC-SCD (on behalf of " bkg0303 "

> )

> >Subject: Need advice about husband , Barney

> >To: BTVC-SCD

> >

> >We have been on scd for 3 wks . First two wks he improved , but there were

> days when he still had 3 to 4 sm loose bm some not liquid. a day.

> >Some days only 2 in day time 1 at night.

> >Success , I weighed him this morn. and he gained 2 lbs. ( really good supper

> last night) BUT, Hello, something happened this morn thats not happeded in 3

> wks. small amt of Blood in toilet. x2, that was this morning , now, at 1:00

pm

> just now, he made a formed stool. wonder of wonders But what about the Blood?

> HELP.

>

>

> First, don't worry too much - with UC that can happen from time to time and

you

> guys are really doing great on improvement.

>

> Second, did you introduce some new food in the last two or three days?

>

> Third, he might very well have had the blood because he had the formed stool

> firming in his intestine and the intestinal walls are still not all healed and

> passing that stool caused some bleeding - the way a scraped knee can get

> scraped again on the way to healing. Ask him if he had any gut sensitivity

last

> night/this morning until he passed the stool.

>

> Mara

>

[Guest guest]

I'd try making him a hearty meat soup with beef or veal

bones instead of chicken soup. You can add meatballs to the

soup as well. It's a good change of pace from the

chicken soup. Also, how about some grape or cider gelatin from

grape juice or cider. The more gelatin the better in the beginning.

It's such an easy food from a digestive POV, not to mention the

fact that it is also healing. Also - the pumpkin

pie filling from the book is very good.

Also, is he eating bananas? That's

a good source of weight - give him cool weather smoothies with bananas and

yogurt and diluted juice and water and ice, or a savory one with

yogurt and tomato juice and avocado, water salt, pepper to taste,

like a cold soup. You could also add in chicken broth or chicken

meat to that one and blend it all up.

And for next week, if you

have pecans, I'd try grinding them into pecan butter - that will

help with weight, and once he can eat that w/out suffering symptoms,

there's a lot more he can eat. But go slowly with that one, since

he may have a reaction to that.

Mara

---- Original message ----

>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:01:45 -0000

>From: BTVC-SCD (on behalf of " bkg0303 "

)

>Subject: Re: Need advice about husband , Barney

>To: BTVC-SCD

>

>Thank-you Mara S. for getting back so quick, I crying, its a thank-full cry,

feels really good to know I can ask really embarrassing stuff. and people

understand. He said he did not have any problem with gut hurting to pass stool.

this afternoon. I made meat loaf last night. beef , cheese , and egg. grass

feed.

90 lean.

>and I made squash pie. I can't keep giving Barney chicken soup and purred

apples and pears I gotta push on " gently " he is 6ft 2 and lost 40 lbs. I got

dr.s to

face in about month or less and he lost 10 lbs since last office visit. because

thats just it you are gonna lose first two wks living off the basic stuff.

thank-you

to all of you very special people , who knew there was still good out there in

people. after messing with dr.s you just get so hopeless.

>

>

>>

>>

>>

>> ---- Original message ----

>> >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:19:10 -0000

>> >From: BTVC-SCD (on behalf of " bkg0303 "

>> )

>> >Subject: Need advice about husband , Barney

>> >To: BTVC-SCD

>> >

>> >We have been on scd for 3 wks . First two wks he improved , but there

were

>> days when he still had 3 to 4 sm loose bm some not liquid. a day.

>> >Some days only 2 in day time 1 at night.

>> >Success , I weighed him this morn. and he gained 2 lbs. ( really good

supper

>> last night) BUT, Hello, something happened this morn thats not happeded in

3

>> wks. small amt of Blood in toilet. x2, that was this morning , now, at 1:00

pm

>> just now, he made a formed stool. wonder of wonders But what about the

Blood?

>> HELP.

>>

>>

>> First, don't worry too much - with UC that can happen from time to time and

you

>> guys are really doing great on improvement.

>>

>> Second, did you introduce some new food in the last two or three days?

>>

>> Third, he might very well have had the blood because he had the formed

stool

>> firming in his intestine and the intestinal walls are still not all healed

and

>> passing that stool caused some bleeding - the way a scraped knee can get

>> scraped again on the way to healing. Ask him if he had any gut sensitivity

last

>> night/this morning until he passed the stool.

>>

>> Mara

>>

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Thanks, I am infact making beef soup today with cube steak and squash,

made my first homemade beef broth. He doing great only one bm today so far and

that was formed. rather small but ok. I baked acorn sqash and butternut. make

fresh purred apples. made egg and avocado grill cheese sandwich. I would go on

but I have way too much cooking still to do. lemon yogurt chicken calling .

Thanks again sweet lady. OH, he won't eat bananas had bad reaction to eat . or

so he thinks. I am sad over that one. Don't worry I am going to fatten him up.

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> ---- Original message ----

> >> >Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:19:10 -0000

> >> >From: BTVC-SCD (on behalf of " bkg0303 "

> >> <bkg0303@>)

> >> >Subject: Need advice about husband , Barney

> >> >To: BTVC-SCD

> >> >

> >> >We have been on scd for 3 wks . First two wks he improved , but there

> were

> >> days when he still had 3 to 4 sm loose bm some not liquid. a day.

> >> >Some days only 2 in day time 1 at night.

> >> >Success , I weighed him this morn. and he gained 2 lbs. ( really good

> supper

> >> last night) BUT, Hello, something happened this morn thats not happeded in

> 3

> >> wks. small amt of Blood in toilet. x2, that was this morning , now, at

1:00

> pm

> >> just now, he made a formed stool. wonder of wonders But what about the

> Blood?

> >> HELP.

> >>

> >>

> >> First, don't worry too much - with UC that can happen from time to time and

> you

> >> guys are really doing great on improvement.

> >>

> >> Second, did you introduce some new food in the last two or three days?

> >>

> >> Third, he might very well have had the blood because he had the formed

> stool

> >> firming in his intestine and the intestinal walls are still not all healed

and

> >> passing that stool caused some bleeding - the way a scraped knee can get

> >> scraped again on the way to healing. Ask him if he had any gut sensitivity

> last

> >> night/this morning until he passed the stool.

> >>

> >> Mara

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

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Thanks, I am infact making beef soup today with cube steak and squash,made my first homemade beef broth. He doing great only one bm today so far and that was formed. rather small but ok. I baked acorn sqash and butternut. make fresh purred apples. made egg and avocado grill cheese sandwich. I would go on but I have way too much cooking still to do. lemon yogurt chicken calling . Thanks again sweet lady. OH, he won't eat bananas had bad reaction to eat . or so he thinks. I am sad over that one. Don't worry I am going to fatten him up.I just want to say that you sound like an amazing wife. The diet is a lot of work, and it sounds like you're really working hard to try to make food that is easy to digest by still tastes good. You only joined this group a few days ago and you said you aren't very good with the computer, but you're just jumping right in! And I'm so glad Barney's feeling better! Formed BMs are wonderful things =) Cheers!Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Prednisone 10 mg 1x per day (trying to wean!!!!)

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It sounds you you are doing quite well, really, and so is Barney. I

know blood gets scary. I have IBS so that's not a consideration

usually, but a couple of weeks ago I actually go a bit C for a day or

two, and ouch! I saw blood. Don't know if I annoyed a hemmorhoid or

if it was a little fissure but it healed in a few days. But for a

couple more days the first time I went in the morning, a little more

blood. It always seems a bit crazy to me that both C and D can annoy

things and you'll see blood sometimes.

Good luck,

[Guest guest]

At 01:18 PM 8/13/2010, you wrote:

HELP.

Two steps forward, and one step back, and repeat and repeat and

repeat.

Have you introduced anything new in the last couple of days?

Also, it's possible that since he had formed stool forming in his

intestine and the intestinal walls are really tender, that

passing that stool caused some bleeding. Sort of like (ouch) re-scraping

your knee and taking the scab off.

There will always be regressions, but they should gradually get fewer and

fewer. Regrettably, bleeding is often one of the last symptoms to

go.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

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You bet you need to push on gently! Man that size needs

calories!

I have another post which shows how to figure out how many calories you

should get down him.

<g> And yes, all of us have been there and done that, and we've all

had embarrassing questions to ask. It's good to know you aren't

alone!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle