Update to Flare of 5/18

[Shar76]

I apologize if this gets posted twice, but not sure I put the first one in the right place...so here it comes again.


***Update***

Good news, folks! I wrote about my flare on 5/18, and since that time I have been very faithful to a bland, GF EF DF SF diet, I wanted to let you know that I'm much improved with even a few "normans" in the mix; Frequency is much decreased, 1-2 BMs/day; and foul odor has left the building. Needless to say, I'm thrilled, but will not even begin to take this for granted. MC is always lying in wait, and I promised myself not to mess it up this time. I will proceed much more slowly with any additions as you suggested, and actually plan to stick with the bland until "norman" becomes the rule of the day.

As an aside, I went to my PCP for a routine appointment and mentioned the Flare and that I'd had D for a month. Her solution......antibiotics because, as she said, bacteria is what causes the colitis....quote: "it's inflammation, you know". D'Oh, really?!! I explained to her again what actually causes the inflammation of MC and that I was taking steps to remove those causes from my diet. I also told her I was much improved from a month ago and that in no way would I take an antibiotic w/o her first ordering a culture and O&P to prove that an abx was even necessary. She was unwilling to do so, saying we should try the antibiotic first and if that didn't work....THEN a culture, etc. Ummmmm, no thanks!! Honest to God, these people scare the cr*p out of me and I feel for those w/o medical knowledge and/or access to this group.

Thanks you all SO much for sharing and caring!


Shar in MS
xoxox