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Please remember to take some caution as to not breathe in the psyllium....it can cause some lung irritation. q

  subdued said... (I don't think this is the case; otherwise, there would be no difference between good fecal bacteria and bad fecal bacteria. I think the good bacteria help to digest our food. When the good bacteria isn't present, then we can't digest our food completely and the immune system cuts in. This would also explain why people with UC also have trouble digesting their food. I think the above is the case for...

Ooooh, Judy, I have a heavenly peanut butter fudge recipe as well. I'm making it, and chocolate fudge (again, a killer recipe) with one of my coworkers to take in to work. I like the chocolate, but the peanut butter is absolutely my favorite! I know I can't make it and keep it all here at home or I'd have hips wider than my doorways! I also might make a white chocolate party mix, where you coat chex cereal, cheerios, pretzels,...

killcolitis said... LFTC I don't think the diet caused her UC. I've had an email exchange with David Klein ("Self Healing Crohn's and Colitis" by mostly raw vegan diet). He claims the "animal products" (dairy) made her sick. I don't believe this at all. If that were the case, there would be many many more people with IBD then there are. I'm more inclined to believe that the whole...

None of us should take steroids - prednisone in my case - lightly.  We should research and ask about all the other options.  I already knew about prednisone when my gastro doctor prescribed it.  I had problems with a dog that took it and my husband has taken it for COPD a couple times.  I knew what I might be getting into.  For almost 18 months I had bleeding, diarrhea, cramping, left-sided pain, 2...

I understand all that. It's going to attack our colon regardless. Why would putting normal bacteria in there cause it to attack it more and initiate a strong enough immune response to alleviate symptoms? Seems no one with their UC kept in check should take a probiotic if that were the case. Would just cause them to flare, which doesn't seem to be the case for most of us. The diarrhea and gas wouldn't necessarily be an immune...

Hey man, vegetables are good. I like broccoli and asparagus. Also, yeah, that's a really strange diet... I'd also exercise, cut down carbs and things with a lot of sugar (like pop). I also do well on junk food, it's prolly the preservatives or something. I'd prolly also stick with the probiotics to be on the safe side. Eat a good breakfast (I eat rice krispies, activia, and a glass or orange or apple juice). Soup makes a...

This must be where the big brains at the CCFA scoute for fundraising ideas! A Poopathon is so much better than the contest they advertised recently where the prize was a year's supply of toilet paper. I think it was three seconds before they issued a very sincere appology.

The joint pains are almost certainly from weaning off the Prednisone. 100 mg. a day is an astronomical amount; most of us never take more than 40 to 60. The muscle cramps may be from a potassium deficiency, as this is common also with Pred. So the most likely culprit is the Prednisone. It can take time, in some cases up to a year, for the arthritis-like pain to go completely away; the muscle cramps can often be alleviated by eating a couple...

Burli said... I don't see it causing an immune response but rather feeding what's there something to go after besides the good tissue cells (I'm no biologist so I realize I'm using non-technical terms). Remicade attaches something to the immune system's cells in order to "block" them from being able to attack to the colon's cells (dor lack of a better word), imuran and steroids work to reduce...