HIGH POTASSIUM LEVELS IN BLOOD

[TREESE]

I DO Remember you telling me that when all this began. But, so much was going on back then that I guess my focus wasn't on that particular aspect of my MC. However, Now I Can focus and I will! Magnesium Supplement it is!

Another Issue well attended to, TEX, Thanks! Couldn't have done it without ya!

Stay Well - and should anything New develop, I will get in Touch!

TREESE

[TREESE]

Hello again, TEX and All - Continuing forward from the previous Post, NOW I am having a pro-longed MC Episode, the first in a good 7 months. It began when I got off the LIALDA after weaning down from 2 pills to 1 pill daily and then to 1 every Other day. It took 4 months to do so.

My stomach flared a week after I stopped the LIALDA completely and has Not really been back to normal yet. No other dietary changes had taken place since I had stopped the Pill, so it seems the Pill may be the cause.

Do you agree?

I also have come down with a UTI as of yesterday. Began an Antibiotic today for it. I am taking Probiotics, too.

So, I am back on LIALDA, 1 pill a day now.

My QUESTION Is.... Do I need to go Way back to white rice and boiled chicken? Or, just avoid certain things, like dairy and vegies? Can I still eat my GF Bread toasted? IOW do you treat a flare-up the same as when just coming down with MC?

Please Advise, TEX (or someone who also knows from experience) Thank You!

[tex]

Hi Treese,

I'm sorry that you're having a flare. The fastest and surest way to get back on track is to do what you did to get into remission the last time. Once a full flare begins, it can be self-perpetuating, which makes it hard to turn around.

Tex

[TREESE]

Hello, TEX - I am feeling so sad at the prospect of starting over again. But I suppose I am not as completely in the dark as I was back when this all began, anyway. I guess I had thought I could joyfully put those days behind me...maybe even forget some of the stuff I had to remember All The Time, wherever I went. But such is not the case, is it? :(

Questions: Do flares mean that the small intestine is Not healed? Does it Ever heal? Is this CC now a part of us forever????

I had an Exam by my Gastro Doc on the VERY DAY the symptoms were just starting to come back, and he had said it was Gone For Good! I guess he was going by my being symptom-free, off the LIALDA, and finally gaining weight again, feeling just soooo good!

TEX, I'm depressed. Guess I have to let myself feel that way for a while.

THANK YOU.... You are the Angel of CC sufferers!

Bless you,
TREESE