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Date: June 18, 2009
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John M

My UC is really bad in the morning Date: June 18, 2009
I am having 6-7 bm's a day but I seem to be really bad in the morning. I seem to go a lot from 7am-10am , 10am-noon ( better but usually 1-2). After I eat in the afternoon I usually go maybe 1-2 until I go to bed at 10-11pm at night. I just had a my doctor look again and said I look good but there is some irritation on the low portion of my colon. I am overall happy but I find myself nervous in the morning and reading more about the lower portion I probably do have fears that I will soil myself. I am in outside sales and I do my best with it but just looking for some advice or any one else out there with the same problem. I try and not let it effect me but I constantly think about it and get really nervous in situations where I know there is not a bathroom not readily available. Like I said in the afternoon I really do very well and the tension goes down alot.
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Jeff W
PA
Strict Diet Helps Date: February 5, 2009
Over the last few years I have found that being very structured with what, when, where I eat helps manage my UC. I stay to the same basic schedule of food using the same recipes each time, I also have worked out dishes at local and a couple of chain restaurants that do not contain triggers for me. It took many months of logging everything I ate, where I bought it, etc but it has given me a very valuable tool in managing my UC.
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Carol S
Largo, FL
Mother and daughter with Ulcerative Colitis Date: January 30, 2009
My story of Ulcerative Colitis started many years ago, when I was 10 years old my Mother died of Ulcerated Colitis. Her Doctors were unable to get it under control and she only weighed 87 pounds when she passed away. Many years later while on vacation I became very ill, I was bleeding plus very dehydrated that when the paramedics arrived they said one more hour left untreated I would have died. During that hospital stay I had a colonoscopy plus other tests and I was told I also had Ulcerated Colitis, in fact exactly 45 years to the day of my Mothers passing is when I left the hospital. It has been over 5 years now since I was diagnosed, I did have some flare ups but working closely with a great Gastroenterologist, and along with diet control I am able to lead a normal life styIe. Modern technology has come a long way and it is up to each individual to take advantage of it along with your Doctor.
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