Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa
Severe Ulcerative Colitis Flareup. Posted: 02-13-07 16:24pm
Hello,
im a 29 year old female and have had
ulcerative colitis for ten years now and I
have a severly long flareup ongoing for
over 9 months now straight. I have been
hospitalized twice in three months and
nothing is seeming to calm down this
flareup. Ive had flares before but not
this long. I am now taking imuran, and
azulfidine I have been on steriod enemas,
asacol, predinsone, colazal. My symptoms
are worse upon awakening in the morning I
can go 6-10 times just in the first hour
of awakening and I also have mild bleeding
not enough to make me anemic and have been
severely dehydrated. I have been keeping
a diary and maybe once twice a week I go
once or twice in the day. I had a
colonscopy and Dr. Said I have bad
inflammation the first 6 inches of my
colon, but the Dr. Said im running out of
options and my best option is surgery to
remove my colon. I have never had a
flareup this bad before and dont want to
go into surgery. I also have diabetes for
3 years (under strict control) and high
blood pressure (under control) what other
options are left I want to be able to have
kids in a year of two and dont want
surgery because of the fear of infertility
because of adheasions from surgery. I
need to know what other thearpies are out
there.
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joe7074
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 1
So Sorry Posted: 02-18-07 19:36pm
Having been diagnosed with u.C three years
ago,i have also dealt with flare-ups.I
have not experienced what your going
through exactly(ive not had bleeding)and
can usually control mine with fasting.Ill
stop eating all together,keep taking my
medication,and wait for the cramping to go
away and the diahrea to subside(this could
take the longest).Then ill mix up some
7-up and phospho-soda(like my colonscopy
prep)and clean-out my system.Then I
dilengently watch what I eat.No fruit,no
dairy etc......I know that youve probably
heard all this before,but I can only say
what I do.I hope that you get a handle on
it soon and can avoid the surgery,but my
mother probably said it best when she said
its better to wear a bag than be in a
bag.(youd have to meet my mom). Good
luck
joe leonard(septjoevirgo@yahoo.Com)
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HealingLight
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 1
Re: Severe Ulcerative Colitis Flareup. Posted: 02-20-07 13:19pm
sounds like you're very acidic to me. I
have ulcers but no doctor will believe me
I had to fight so I'm on my own treating
myself but I have learned how to cure it.
For sure you need to stay away from
processed foods. Dairy products, wheat,
sugars in any form, corn etc. Any common
known allergy food should be avoided which
includes nuts, seeds and seafood also.
What you need to see is an alternative
doctor who looks at live blood. From
there they can tell you what to do usually
taking vitamins and minerals and a certain
diet.
