Just checking in after another year of still being cured and here to help!

I've read through all the 6 pages. It's all the same story man. You probably are cured, who knows. Not everyone will accept that diet changes and eating right will put them into remission. People are different....

You will never win your arguments in here lol

But, you're welcome to try. :D

You're never cured. You're in remission.

I find myself questioning why you are back here profering more advice and help if you did'nt receive quite the response you were looking for a year ago reading back I find your tone in some of your posts quite evangelical when replying to people questioning you and your definition of cured.
Some of the people on this forum have had long periods of remission like 10 years or more!
I have also been in remission over a year should I consider myself cured I have'nt done any of the things you recommend to achieve this.
Also reading back on some of your posts whilst looking for the (six pages cure ) I noticed one reply from a person who said they did not feel cured even after they had a colectomy ( which is the gennarally acepted cure for UC) which I can understand because it is known that UC also presents in other ways as well as the in the colon it can also cause joint pain inflamation eye problems.
Anyways I'm glad you feel well again and I agree with you that positive belief thought can also help alot.P.S D'ont forget to post here again if you do ever have any UC symptoms again,you may be really lucky and be one of the few who have one major flare and never have it again my GI who I love says there are people like this!

So what diet are you exactly following?

just read your old posts and it's so great you've found something that works for you. i definitely agree about getting rid of parasites. when i worked at a naturopath's office, almost all of the patients we saw had parasites, including myself. it's very common and i'm sure 9/10 of the people on here have them, too.

i'm trying to manage my disease with diet and supplements and get off 6mp, which does nothing for me. still a long road of healing ahead but i'm game.

I had about a year of remission after I was diagnosed, it came back of and on after that, then finally a flare started and is still going for the past 2 years... If I were naive enough to say back then I was cured I was in for a big surprise.

well IBD is not "simple", and I question whether you want to be helpful, and I suspect you just want to troll for controversy. A person wishing to be helpful would not communicate they way you do, would not insist on terms like "true cure" but would instead share information about diet, would not insist thy KNOW something that WILL work for ANYONE, but would share what worked for them - and try to relate that to the growing body of knowledge about IBD.

Yet you choose to provoke. you insist on a rejection of medicine. if you wanted to share information and/or your experience you would find ways to open doors - but you choose to build walls. this is hostile and aggressive.

In my opinion, your testimonial has all the worthlessness and offensiveness of someone coming here and insisting they "were cured by Jesus, and anyone else can be cure too if they have enough faith"

I think one day karma is going to slap the crap out of you!

DBwithUC, I think it would be in both our best interest for me to choose not to reply to your strong and hostile remarks. I would be just as glad to help you get better as anyone else. For the rest of you who may be interested in the path I followed that got me to my current level of health, I am happy to divulge all the details. Let me start by clarifying that I refer to myself as "cured" for a few very simple reasons. The first is that remission by definition is a period of time between flares when medication has quieted symptoms to the point of not being active. I do not believe I am in remission because I do not want to invite sickness into my future and I am also not on and was not on medication to get me to my current level of health. That is the difference between remission and cured in my book. Now to address the diet and anti parasitic remedies that got me healthy... It took approximately six months to get me healed and I was about as bad as possible when I started seeing the nutritionist. My colon was ravaged and I had not eaten in a week. I was 100lbs, down from 165lbs, and could not digest anything. Before throwing all of my drugs away, I can remember seeing the capsules floating in the toilet water looking much the same when they came out of me as they did going in my mouth. I started my diet change after I had had no drugs for about two weeks. I also fasted on just pure fruit and vegetable juice prior to starting the new diet because I could not eat anything solid. Then we started with some very basic foods. This consisted of very well cooked and plain root veggies and plain organic brown rice. The discipline required to do this was a real challenge for me. In addition to the food, I drank some aloe vera juice and started with very high quality probiotics and lots of them. I did this all under the guidance of a certified nutritionist. She also added supplements that helped to support and build up my immune system. Most of the supplements I took were produced by Standard Process. After some time other foods were added like Mana bread, which is made from raw sprouted seeds. Eventually my insides started to heal (which is exactly what the body does when whatever is causing it to become agitated and inflamed is removed from the equation). What causes UC is an imbalance of bacteria flora and parasites and poor western diet that caters to an create and environment in the intestines that promotes the spread of bad bacteria and parasite infestation. That is it. The high fiber simple diet I followed physically collects some of the bad bacteria and parasite nests and helps to move them down and out. It also starves the parasites somewhat since they primarily feed on meat and sugar, which is not longer entering the body. Once somewhat stable, more supplements and foods were added which assisted with the ratification of parasites. This included punkin seeds and punkin seed butter, and wormwood, clove, onions, garlic, and more. The diet eventually built to include all fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, and some lean meats. Today I follow a diet that is 90% vegetarian. Yes, I do cheat and eat cookies and bread here and there, but they are certainly not the primary basis of my diet. I start most mornings with a 30oz shake consisting of frozen blueberries and strawberries, and peach, followed by a handful of fresh lettuce and spinach, pineapple, two chopped full celery stalks, a banana, a scoop of rice protein powder, and a scoop of coconut oil. Then I fill it 3/4 of the way to the top with orange juice and blend it. It is very good and filling and healthy. I know many of you think your problems are more complicated and that diet alone is not enough. Believe me, I was there too and shared those very same thoughts. Western medicine starts by telling you that there is no cure and that your condition is very complicated and that drugs are essential. Question your health care approach and if it doesn't make sense, check out the alternatives. I can completely wrap my head around what happened to me and although challenging, the actions that I took all made sense and showed real quantitative results. Bacteria flora imbalance, parasites (which we all have by the way), and poor diet and stress is the building blocks to disease. As soon as you blame it on heredity or race, you dis-empower yourself from being able to take ownership of your illness and face it head on. Own your disease and beat it. You will soon be looking back at your personal struggle as the greatest learning lesson of your life.

I do take probiotics on a fairly regular basis. New Chapter makes some great products along with Standard Process. I also eat high quality Greek yogurt and raw cheese. I don't believe I need them any more than anyone else, but that being said, I think everyone needs them!

Thanks for sharing your story to better health, something we can all hope for.

I can understand some of the responses, but I appreciate you stopping by the forum again, as I never came across your story before (must have been during my break from the forum).

I'm running out the door to work, but a few thoughts crossed my mind before I go. The first is that I want you all to know I am a real person. My name is Joe I removed your last name for security purposes - we discourage the use of our full names on HW, so find me and friend me on facebook if you'd like. I think putting a face to a name is important and I don't want to be thought of as "trolling" or hiding behind the words I write. Next is that the website we are all contributing to is healingwell.com, not tryingtocope.com. Lastly, I do appreciate that the tone of this thread, although off to an expected rocky start, is looking up! Have a great day everyone!

Post Edited By Moderator (Red_34) : 9/20/2012 6:31:13 AM (GMT-6)

wow, this thread sort of sums up this forum & the attitudes here.
I don't think such hostility and aggression are really necessary from either "side".
Seems to me, many here would rather keep eating donughts and drinking coffee than examine their lives and make changes that might help put them into remission.
I realize how individual this disease is, but what works for one, MAY help others and every success story can be helpful to us all. Personally, lifestyle changes and meds have put me into a great place after hospitalizations, being on the brink of surgery and years of misery. I too have found hostility when trying to get my story out to others here.
Give the guy a chance and perhaps we all might learn something -isn't that what this forum is supposed to be about? Maybe he came on a bit strong, but lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater.