Hello 
...I've just been pre-diagnosed with UC (had flexi-sigmoidoscopy which showed what looked like UC and biopsies taken which haven't had results for yet). And my triggers are dairy (lactose) and I'm 9 weeks pregnant. I got out of hospital 5 days ago after a 14 day stay and have been eating 6 meals a day to put on weight (lost 2 stone in 6 weeks, down from 9.5 st to 7.5st) and I've managed to put on half a stone in these past 5 days. Praise God!!! 
Yesterday, I felt the most exhausted I've felt in about a week; yesterday afternoon I developed a very tender stomach, eggy burps and gone from a 4 on the Bristol stool chart to a 6...is it likely that I overdid it by going to a wedding reception last night and dancing with my husband for about 20 minutes and carrying my 2 year old around quite a bit? But then I also tried a lacto-free version of philadelphia soft cheese 2 days ago but had no immediate symptoms...could it be that? Or a combination of the two? Or was there some hidden milk in something else I ate at the wedding? It is possible... I just felt so awful compared to the day before when I felt the best I've felt in months. Last night I slept awfully, with so much gas and distended abdomen, and I was back to liquid diarrhoea by 5am. Praise God though, because I sent out a prayer request and by 9am, the bloating had completely gone, along with the gas and I haven't had a bowel movement since 9am either! Still getting slight eggy burps - wondering why this is and what I could do to avoid it. I've begun to keep a food diary too and visited my new GP today for a prescription to get something to deal with the gas and painful bloating.
I tried logging on to Crohn's and Colitis forums but it's not really the kind of support I'm looking for...God isn't mentioned anywhere, although I do tell them that God is looking after me and will carry me and deliver me through...so will continue to evangelise and share how Jesus is looking after me. But would rather talk to other Christians in this situation
Anyone out there? x x x
...I've just been pre-diagnosed with UC (had flexi-sigmoidoscopy which showed what looked like UC and biopsies taken which haven't had results for yet). And my triggers are dairy (lactose) and I'm 9 weeks pregnant. I got out of hospital 5 days ago after a 14 day stay and have been eating 6 meals a day to put on weight (lost 2 stone in 6 weeks, down from 9.5 st to 7.5st) and I've managed to put on half a stone in these past 5 days. Praise God!!! Yesterday, I felt the most exhausted I've felt in about a week; yesterday afternoon I developed a very tender stomach, eggy burps and gone from a 4 on the Bristol stool chart to a 6...is it likely that I overdid it by going to a wedding reception last night and dancing with my husband for about 20 minutes and carrying my 2 year old around quite a bit? But then I also tried a lacto-free version of philadelphia soft cheese 2 days ago but had no immediate symptoms...could it be that? Or a combination of the two? Or was there some hidden milk in something else I ate at the wedding? It is possible... I just felt so awful compared to the day before when I felt the best I've felt in months. Last night I slept awfully, with so much gas and distended abdomen, and I was back to liquid diarrhoea by 5am. Praise God though, because I sent out a prayer request and by 9am, the bloating had completely gone, along with the gas and I haven't had a bowel movement since 9am either! Still getting slight eggy burps - wondering why this is and what I could do to avoid it. I've begun to keep a food diary too and visited my new GP today for a prescription to get something to deal with the gas and painful bloating.
I tried logging on to Crohn's and Colitis forums but it's not really the kind of support I'm looking for...God isn't mentioned anywhere, although I do tell them that God is looking after me and will carry me and deliver me through...so will continue to evangelise and share how Jesus is looking after me. But would rather talk to other Christians in this situation
Anyone out there? x x x
