Ulcrative Colitis(UC) and vaping

[oplholik]

UC, also known as the "Quitters Disease" can happen when you stop smoking. Smoking keeps it suppressed, if you have it, and when you quit smoking it can rear it's ugly head. I know there are some here that are afflicted with UC, so I'll try and not get into the details at this point.
I quit smoking and started vaping March, 2011. I started vaping at 18mg of nic, and had worked my way down to 4mg. February2012, I was diagnosed with UC with most of the colon involved. Since then I have been on medications to try and get into remission. The meds haven't been doing a whole lot of good, except to allow me to be somewhat functional. Since then I have gone up on my nic level and have been vaping 10-12 mg's
Fast forward to June 26, 2013. I was in for a checkup and the Dr. says he wants to do another colonoscopy to see what's going on, as he fears this is going to need a more drastic treatment. I decided then, that I needed to try something I had been thinking about. One plan was to smoke 2-4 cigs a day to see if that would be enough to help clear this up. I really didn't want to go that route unless as a last resort. The other plan was to go back to 18mg of nic. This is what I have done.
I mixed up one of my flavors @ 18mg, and started vaping that frequently throughout the day along with my other mixes. Yesterday, the 9th of July, I had my colonoscopy. The Dr. was surprised, and amazed, at what he saw. The UC has cleared up, except for a small portion of the bottom of the colon. I have a follow up appointment next week to discuss what else we may need to do. Until then he told me not to change anything I'm doing.
I wanted to share this, in hopes that if there are any of you suffering from UC, going to a higher nic level may help you. It may not work for everyone, but apparently it has helped me, and as you can see, it didn't take long.

 

[krijmo]

I would also read Wheat Belly by Dr William Davis. Colitis is an inflammatory disease. Wheat causes inflammation. Also, some flavors can have wheat gluten in them, like caramel. Soy & corn can also affect colitis. Try drinking some aloe juice. It cleans your digestive system and is a natural anti inflammatory. Google herbal remedies for colitis too. My friend has it too and these things have helped her.
Im only saying this bc nicotine is a natural diuretic, which may be whats helping. Its better to make your own juice too, and its super easy and super super cheap!
Oh, and raw honey. Its a natural healer. Hope this helps!

 

[oplholik]

Thanks for the info krijmo.

I do make my own juices, and wouldn't you know, I use caramel flavoring in a lot of my mixes. I also eat wheat cereals for breakfast, what else is there besides wheat and corn?

Where do you get aloe juice, a health food store?

At this time I am doing the enemas, and feel like the colitis is about done for, and going into remission. Sure wouldn't hurt to try some of these other things tho to help keep it at bay.

 

[krijmo]

Chex is gluten free im pretty sure. Protein is awesome for breakfast.
Natures flavors and newport flavors are all natural. I dont get digestive probs from caramel, but i vaped it for a while and i had to stop. I was coughing worse than with analogues. Then i remembered reading about the wheat connection from wheat belly. I am not totally wheat free, but i eat a whole heck of a lot less of it after reading that book. Theres a wheat belly blog online too to read about peoples stories.
I get my aloe juice from ethnic grocery stores, but yeah, health food stores have it too. Vitacost.com is the shiznit. They have tons of natural stuff for way cheap.
There are also some threads on here about natural juices. I love ry4 asian. I dont get the caramel reaction but i get the caramelly fix. Hope ive helped. I have the stomach of a hyena, but ive seen others suffer...