UPDATE

Hey everyone,

It has been awhile.  Well, I went to the GI yesterday and they checked my remicade levels and last time they checked them they were at 23.4.  Now they are at 12.3.  I am already at 7.5kg every eight weeks and they are probably going to put me at 10kg every 8 weeks.  I should find out today.  Also, my inflammation markers are triple what they were in April.  So, that isn't good.  I have been feeling ok but my urgency is really bad and two days ago I had to stop and poop in the park parking lot.  I was three blocks away from home and couldnt make it.  My kids were in the car and thought this was the funniest thing ever.  Thank God it was dark out or I would have had to go in my pants.  This is the first time I have had an "accident" since I started remciade three years ago.  I am not do for a scope until Jan-Feb 2013 but they are thinking of having me go for one with in the month but since I also have eosiaphillic colitis they want me to try to eliminate six foods from my diet to see if this makes that at least go away.  I just have it in my colon and most people just get it in there esophogis(sp?).  I am also going to have a scope down my throat just to make sure I don't have it there.  The problem is my doctor is going to be on maternity leave in Oct. until the end of Jan. So, they are going to let me know today if I am going to have the scopes with in the month by someone else or if she is just going to let me wait until Jan when she is back.  They don't like that my inflammation markers are so high.  I am also constipated so I have to do a cleanout and take miralax twice a day until my scope.  Last scope I wasnt cleaned out alot.  I also have to do suppositories and enemas. FUN!!!! Just thought I would post.  Hope everyone else is doing well with this stupid UC.  So, I dont think I will be on remicade much longer.  My scope last time was horrible so if this one is I think I need to try something else but I am running out of options. Well, I at least go three years out of it. 

They are Milk, Wheat, Tree Nuts, Shellfish, soy and eggs. They wanted me to start in June but I couldnt we had three vactions planned and there was no way.  So I told her I would start next week when my kids go back to school.  They want me to cut them out at once.  I am going to a dietitian but I am sure it will take months to get into her.  They don't know if this will work since mine is in the colon not my esophogis.  There is no known evidence that the diet works when it is in your colon it only works when it is in you esophogis.  They also don't know what causes it in your colon. So, basicly they don't know.  when it is in your esophogis it is usually something you are allergic to that you are eatting.  They said it if very rare to just have it in your colon.  Lucky me.  It isnt my remciade or any drugs i am on because I had it in the first scope she did.  Ugh!!! So hard when you don't know what it is.  It is going to be hard to cut all that out!!!  

WIMOMOFTHREE, try not to get overwhelmed with the idea of removing all six at once. Think about it methodically. Eliminating soy and eggs may be the most difficult because they are present in a lot of processed foods. So first thing I would suggest is that you look at your grocery list and cross off anything that's from the aisles of the store. You're going to be doing most of your shopping along the walls, where they keep the fruits, veggies & meat.

For bread, when you eliminate wheat you can probably replace with gluten-free products, but you are going to have to read those labels carefully to see whether they contain soy or eggs or tree nuts. Most of the gluten free bread replacement products are kept in the freezer section of the grocery store. I think for the purposes of the elimination diet you might best stick to potatoes for your starch!

Shellfish is easy to eliminate (says someone who keeps kosher and is also probably allergic).

Dairy should be pretty easy, as there are a lot of replacement products out these days. To be sure, you can look at the label and see if it has a kosher mark (K, OU, etc - check google for a complete description). If it's kosher and contains ANY dairy it will be marked with a D next to the kosher symbol. No D means no dairy. If the product you're looking at is not kosher then you are going to have to read the label very carefully. Whey protein and casein are both milk products, for example. Cocoa butter is not.

Tree nuts should be pretty easy to avoid as many products are labeled now for people with serious allergies.

Good luck and I hope this works for you!

Eosinophils are indicative of an allergy to something. I may be being optimistic, but I think you will see improvement with the elimination diet. Good luck and feel better!