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Ulcerative Colitis

LegacyUser · 2005-12-20 12:49:49

was just wondering am I the only ulcerative colitis patient that can not drink milk and my consultant wants to do surgery as I am young it was devasting to me but i suppose as I am missing so much school I am going to have to consider this option.

20-12-2005 12:49pm

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was just wondering am I the only ulcerative colitis patient that can not drink milk and my consultant wants to do surgery as I am young it was devasting to me but i suppose as I am missing so much school I am going to have to consider this option.

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#2 20-12-2005 2:19pm

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Hey,
No you are not alone (I sound like the guys in LOST ) I had UC for 9 months and I went to see a doctor in Kildare <modsnip>. in a few months I was cured. I bet you went to see a consultant in Mullingar. If you want you can PM or email me and I can share my experience.
Good luck
Fred

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#3 20-12-2005 4:17pm

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I was diagnosed with "moderately severe" UC. I dont think im supposed to drink milk or eat most cheeses but I do anyway. It seems to be ok. I just dont go overboard. By the way, can you drink- Im finding that part of it very frustrating. You can pm me too.

Surgery!!! Have you tried different meds or has it gone too far already?

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#4 20-12-2005 8:45pm

chump

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http://www.the-ia.org.uk/

and

www.j-pouch.org

And Fredo how could you be cured from a chronic disease I don't quite know (ie. ignore Fredo)...

<medical advice snipped>

Best o luck.

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#5 20-12-2005 9:55pm

Gordon

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chump, as much as the advice may be helpful please don't give out medical advice such as you have done.

Fredo - please don't use this board as a doctor's advertisement surgery.

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#6 20-12-2005 10:32pm

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why don't you delete above advice Gordon? Can't believe someones advice is to take 4 anti **** pills a day whether it's good or bad advice..... EDIT: Doctors are the ones to advise that sort of thing.

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#7 21-12-2005 7:46am

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Good point Canis Lupis, cheers.

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#8 21-12-2005 3:27pm

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OP - are you a guy or a girl, just as a matter of interest. My girlfriend has ulceritive colitis and can't drink milk or eat cheese. She also can't drink alcohol. So you're definitely not alone there. It can be a very uncomfortable thing to live with but can be managed with diet. Consult a dietician perhaps.

What sort of surgery does your consultant want you to have?

Fredo - did you maybe have 'an ulcer' that went away. That's not the same thing as ulceritive colitis. I don't understand how you were cured of something to which there isn't a cure - only treatment.

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#9 21-12-2005 3:47pm

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From what I was told by the nutritionist the reason you are not supposed to eat milk or cheese is because by the time it is in the large intestine it becomes acidic, and acid foods are something you should stay away from and you have to think of your intestine as an open wound and think about what would hurt it, acid foods, fibres, nuts and seeds.

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#10 21-12-2005 6:11pm

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I am the person who started this thread.I am a male.I have treatment.I can't drink.

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#11 21-12-2005 8:40pm

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first of all to to orignal poster , i feel your pain , i have suffered from uc for the best part of 24 years , i have been on the same meds for the last 20 ,anti inflam
tabs called ' salazopyrin " , combined with watching what i eat i rarely get bad attacks any more , surgery can sometimes work but all it really does it cut out the infected part of the intestine , and it can return again
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=221667&highlight=Ulcerative+Colitis
another thread on uc and another condition thats similar called chrones
and some interesting new treatments

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