Hi, Thank you so much for sharing your story and experiences. My journeyhas been similar to yours. I am curious about one thing in particular....you said that coloidal silver was too hard on your fistulas? I am currently dealing with fistulas and am taking colloidal silver. Wondering if I should stop? Any insight would be helpful. Sincerely, Theresa   [End]
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Hi and thanks for the comment. I tried gluten free several times and it wasn’t enough as i still had flare ups. Although I know several people who had wonderful results just by eliminating gluten.   [End]
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Did anyone suggest going gluten-free for 4-6 wks? Lots of gluten in pizza & fast food bread, well, bread in general, too. Have a friend who had the problem for 10+ yrs. Refuses the G-F idea. Have seen it progress to asthma and heart issues due to the fact of what gluten does to the intestinal tract and the resulting lack of nutrition uptake.   [End]
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This is the original poster. I need to add one more thing - after initial diagnosis I also went on prednisone for a month. After that the scd diet and colazal kept me symptom free for 6 months. But I needed the prednisone to jump start it.   [End]
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Oops-I noticed a couple typos in there. I meant to say 24 or 36 hour fast.   [End]
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I just wanted to share my story in case anyone might get inspiration from it to not give up when you’re healing yourself from an autoimmune disease. There are three things I would like to make clear before I say my story: 1. It took me about 9 years to slowly get to the point of being virtually medication free because I believe it takes time for your body to rebuild itself when you go from the standard american diet to a healthy diet like I did. Also, I did a lot of experimentation along the way. When I was diagnosed, I was in my mid 20s so my immune system was more active than, say ...
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When I started on the probiotics I’m using I felt something the following day. how long does it take? In my opinion if you don’t feel anything major after a week then the stuff is next to useless. Immediately the probiotics should go to war and you ill feel that. There is no way you will restore the balance in your gut without feeling it. Try to find Genestra Brand HMF products Human strain.. works effeciently for me.. I’ve tried many others, none of them worked And people say powder ain’t as good as capsule but mine is a powder and it works like a charm.   [End]
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Just curious what everyones opinions are who’ve used VSL#3 are ?? Just finished my first package (30) and not sure it really did anything yet. I got it from a store that keeps it refrigerated, and I’ve kept mine the same. I went through it in abut 6 days. I know, not really long enough time to ”test” it but just curious what everyone else has noticed while taking it ?   [End]
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What, precisely, IS J-Pouch? Is it a bariatric procedure?   [End]
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