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An update: Still going well. I now attribute Isaac's continued success to the azathioprine--Imuran. Another little guy like Isaac who seemed to suffer nearly identically also had a nearly identical response to Imuran which took almost 6 months before inflammation really cleared up. It so...

Going great still. I know it's only been four months sine Isaac's health turned around, but things are going great and we are really really appreciative. We are continuing the sulfasalazine and Imuran.

Well, I want to carefully report our latest update, which is wonderful and positive in the sense that Isaac is in remission according to our doctor, and for the longest time in the past couple years we are not even scheduled to go back in for 3 months. But I am starting this report under a new...

Well, we are postponing fecal transplant therapy for now. We are in a good stretch for now, which I'll report on a new thread about brainwave optimization.

It seems like for Isaac things that change up his diet help change his symptom level, at least a little, at least temporarily, but we haven't found a winning solution that works for much of a long term. We thought we had by eliminating soy, but then we observed that it wasn't that simple. He...

I will keep you posted of course!

We're getting closer and closer to going all in with this. http://www.expert-reviews.com/doi/pdf/10.1586/egh.11.71 http://fecalmicrobiotatransplantation.com/FMT/home.html

I am from the bottom of Idaho, but nowadays way down in Texas!

Nicola, same sentiments as above. Best,

Our son is on it at therapeutic levels and everything has been fine. At the beginning, you will need to pay attention to bloodwork to check out how your body responds. The scariest medical side effects happen soon but the bloodwork can indicate it and the drug can be stopped. After it is...

or his?!

Our thoughts and prayers are with you!

Diarrhea is a common symptom of UC. Diarrhea itself doesn't cause ulcers. Gas problems come up because of digestive/absorption issues. Inflamed intestines are not an ideal place for our gut microbes to do their work. Loop of Poop, Houston, like us! I might suggest you attend a CCFA meeting...

The first part of your story sounds familiar, and also not that good. But hooray for remission!

microbial diversity I was glad to see this study and I'm looking forward to more like it. http://www.secondgenome.com/2011/07/diet-impacts-crohns/

Oh, this is the first time I have been to this particular subforum, as usually I am on the parents and kids subforum, but Isaac has UC so I'll have to check it out more. From my understanding, 5-ASA (at least orally) doesn't seem to be good at inducing remission. Steroids (like prednisolone)...

Yes, waiting to hear your opinion on your second opinion....

Nicola, my goodness, god speed to the best of health for your little ones and some solace to you! I am curious to hear more of your story. I'm going to look now to see if you posted more details elsewhere! @christopher's mom, hello and welcome! Please start a new thread and tell us more...

We have 5-ASA by way of sulfasalazine, and it's compounded in liquid form. I'm with Mark above that it's so much more benign than other stuff out there. As for effectiveness, ours didn't seem to be doing the trick at a low dose but was upped slightly a couple months ago and so far so good...

http://www.smurfhappens.com/ one more month.