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The Keys to the kingdom are: Religiously Following the Protocol.

From: XXXXXXXXXX@gmail.com>
To: Dr.Albert Snow <drsnow@holisticgastroenterology.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:57 PM
Subject: 30 day check in

Hi Dr. Snow,

I am just over 30 days into the regimen you prescribed and am doing much better. My stools have been forming and I have been going 2-3 times a day for a couple weeks now. I haven’t had any bleeding for a couple weeks as well. The pain is almost completely gone, I get a mild stomachache once in a while, but nothing like I was experiencing before. I do get a tight cramping pain in my lower abdomen right before I pass stool, although this isn’t every time, it does happen often. I am also almost completely weened off of Prednisone, I will be done with it next week, and am weening off of Sulfazalazine, which should be finished in the next few weeks.

I am religiously following the protocol you gave me, and am also doing the 1 tsp of the fiber solution am and pm. Do you want me to continue exactly like I am? Let me know what you think of the progress, and if you want to make any adjustments/changes.

Thanks,

XXXXX

Don’t change anything-Just keep going-religiously!

Health History Form:
Name: XXXXXX XXXXXX
Age: 22
Email: XXXXXXXXX@gmail.com
Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Have you been diagnosed by a Medical Doctor: Yes
If you answered yes to the question above, what was the diagnosis? Ulcerative Colitis of the entire colon.
What are your current symptoms? Bleeding, diarrhea, cramping, fatigue, bloating, abdominal pain, sensitive to touch, nausea, can’t sleep, 6-7 bowel movements a day, weakness, weight loss (17 lbs in 3 weeks).
Please list any prescription medications and nutritional supplements you are currently taking for this condition: 20mg Prednisone 2x daily.
Asacol 4 pills daily.
Alive women’s multi vitamin
Probiotic
Have you had any previous surgery for this condition? No
How long have you had this condition? The symptoms started in Jan 2012
What have you previously tried to fix this problem? -Mesalamine enemas.
-A regimen of aloe vera, probiotic, and slippery elm.
-Digestive enzymes, natural GI formula, multi vitamin, calcium magnesium.
-Gluten free diet for 5 months.

The answer to this question is —-ZERO! I mean how can something that comes out of a human breast be harmful? I get people who are all concerned ask me-’are these probiotic things going to hurt me?’ ‘Has there been any research done?’ Ya—–how about 30,000 yrs worth?

The experiment that is most meaningful is the mini one we are currently in—-50 yrs worth of finding out what happens when we DON’T breastfeed. All hell has broken lose—like the epidemic of inflammatory bowel conditions that has swept over us like a diarrhea tsunami. Pleasant thought huh?

When is the last time you heard of someone hospitalized due to taking PRO-biotics? (FOR-life)

The questions should be about the side effects of ANTI-biotics. (ANTI-life).

The real conversation should be about the side BENEFITS of probiotics—-what else good is it doing for you while it is giving you the initial desired benefit.

Nature provides the ultimate in ‘whole’ istic medicine.

While fixing your diarrhea they are bolstering your immune system & preventing those pesty UTI’s or sinus infections.

Remember that infamous study where they spent millions to prove that breast milk was good for babies?

For those of you who can’t nurse your baby for one reason or another-it happens—there are baby probiotics that are an exact replica of healthy breast milk & as safe as.

Remember-remember-remember—always pop some colostrum in your mouth too—and you just breast fed yourself-was it as fun as the 1st time?

Did you know that when you pull a nice organically grown vegetable from the ground that is coated with probiotics—until we power wash the s— out if it. See anybody keeling over from eating carrots?

Prebiotics in your probiotic? Sure-why not—nature provides that as the lactose in the milk-she’s kinda got this thing figured out.

Just to re-affirm something I have stated before—-your immune system IS the probiotic bacteria—-can that be a bad thing?

Stop drilling the poor teenage kid at GNC and turn your questions to your drug pusher.

There is a tremendous amount of misinformation about crohn’s out there. Here’s the scoop.

What is crohns disease? It is not a disease—it’s man-made.

Difference between crohn’s and other IBD’s? Crohn’s is what happens when you have UC and you sit on your hands & don’t get the proper treatment. Are you getting that treatment? Time to look around?

Crohn s disease causes? It’s not your immune system—-but the antibiotics in your food-drinking water & those funky pills you were prescribed. Yup—you’ve had em.

Symptoms of crohns disease–blood & mucus & undigested food in the stool.

Crohns disease treatment- the proper treatment is to use supplements to rebuild the mucus membrane.

Crohns disease diet-low fiber.

Living with crohn s disease? Absolutely unnecessary.

Is crohn s disease contagious? Not if you hover! 

Crohn s disease in children? Yup—-exact same cause & treatment as adults.

Is crohn’s surgery inevitable? no -no- no -no way.

Many of you who are living with UC spend extended periods of time with no symptoms & even believe your are cured or it is in ‘remission’ & then -bam- a flare-up! I want to be clear that unless you have done something specific to heal it—-which can only be done with nutritional supplements that are made for UC and other inflammatory bowel conditions you have zero chance of it being healed & you will be doomed to live a “colitis lifestyle.” This means that you will live a life with limited food choices and in fear of the next ulcerative colitis flare up coming at any time.

Relative to the above & all of the posts on this blog you should pretty much understand my position on prescription medicine’s role in UC treatment. But—-I do also have some additional and I am sure surprising thoughts about the use of these meds – for example when you are in a UC flare up. In cases like this—I love meds like 9mp & prednisone for UC symptoms. Anything that will keep you comfortable while we are seeking a natural UC cure is great in my book. This is a very practical strategy while we are taking actions that will actually heal it. Short term use of these meds do not cause any bodily damage or interfere with the proper treatment of any IBD.

But—to just use these meds w/o the proper treatment-suppressing- but not curing the symptoms is a slow train to ulcerative colitis surgery. Why are people surprised that w/o having done any kind of legit—natural- treatment-while using these meds- that the symptoms come back?

Treatment for UC flare-ups & even if it is in ‘remission’ looks like this.

• If needed to temporarily control symptoms and make you comfortable—-steroidal or even–-again-–the temporary use of immune suppressing drugs like Humira.
• An ulcerative colitis diet—-low fiber—-again-–this is temporary. If you want to get involved with any of the other unnecessary dietary gymnastics— go ahead  & good luck. One example of something that is not a UC cure is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. Ya–that’s cool to manipulate food to kinda control symptoms—but it does not have a chance in hell of healing it--isn’t that right all of you SCD cultist—-how long have you been doing it & doing it & doing it- a permanent juggling of food–is that acceptable to you?
• Rebuilding the colon—the mucus membrane—starting with probiotics & colostrum. S0 yes—there is an effective treatment for a UC cure & yes  sometimes it involves the strategic use of prescription drugs.
• My theory is whatever works along the way to a way to eliminate UC flare-ups and ultimately a legit-permanenet cure for UC.
• The Bowel Golden Rule—-if using these meds you MUST also be using the proper nutritional supplements—otherwise—what’s going to happen when you try to stop taking the meds?—–that’s right—you never will be able to.

Being that all ‘forms’ of colitis as stated in the last post are the same & in fact all inflammatory bowel ‘diseases’ are the same—manmade conditions to the lining of the small & large intestines—-they should all have the same diet—-low Fiber—no raw fruit -no raw vegs -no nuts-no seeds – no corn. Why? This is because your intestines are already irritated so we do not want to drag rough stuff over it. With the proper colitis treatment this is temporary.

All of this also applies to colitis in your children & even your dog & cat. If you have a gastrointestinal tract—you are susceptible to an irritated bowel.

What is the colitis treatment? I know by now it must be getting boring—-but you guessed it—–it is the same as the IBS & crohn’s treatment-only tweaked for the severity of the damage to the exact same tissue. As I have stated my times on this blog—-IBD conditions come a form that is just like 1st-2nd -3rd degree burns. IBS is like a 1st degree burn having the the least amount of damage—then colitis = medium damage & crohn’s the most damage.

It’s all the same tissue—we just need more raw materials—-stuff like amino & fatty acids to fill those ‘holes’ in. Then we cover it with the mucosal lining to protect the tissue—kinda like a bandaid—but permanent.

Done properly this proves that there is no such thing as chronic colitis-as many of you believe there is no colitis cure and at best it goes into remission now & then. When you seem to be playing hide & seek with colitis and may have been told that you have acute colitis-having sudden ‘attacks’ may really be acute diverticulitis.

So—to sum it up-for colitis relief we need to temporarily eat a low fiber diet & rebuild the colon wall—–yes—we  CAN rebuild your colon—-just like healing a broken bone or that 3rd degree sunburn by ingesting nutritional supplements—as stated above that contain the very raw material that colons are made of.

Your poor colon is just sitting there saying—’feeeed me!’

Let me set the record straight & if your gastroenterologist tells you differently-they are wrong. Sounds like language from Neptune doesn’t it? Let me translate-

1. Colitis Types? These 3 are all the same thing!

2. Colitis is Colitis is Colitis. Same thing—just different names.

3. Colitis Symptoms?- Diarrhea – Diarrhea – Diarrhea.

4. What causes Colitis?—Antibiotics- Antibiotics-Antibiotics. This auto-immune bs is just stupid—-no excuse me—-you are for falling for it.

6. Colitis surgery-go ahead—all the neanderthals are doing it.

5. Ulcerative Colitis & then Crohn’s—-now you get to have blood & mucus in your stool  while these guys are trying to figure out which of the above names to call it.

7. Diet for Colitis—–low fiber—-until you are cured.

8. Cure for colitis?—yup—-a natural one- the only way out.

I think you get the message my friends—colitis—-’it is what it is.’

Lastly—been given some other crazy name? That’s ok—just plug it in  & the rest is the same-is the same is the same.

I am always asked how do I know what I ‘have?’ ‘I saw 3 dr’s and they all told me something different.’ ‘They did a colonoscopy and said they could not find anything.’ ‘What are the symptoms of IBS?’

Those of you who have read most any of the posts on this blog know that irritable bowel syndrome – colitis- UC & crohn’s ‘disease’ are fundamentally the same condition. I play the name game as a way to give you a road map that will ultimately get us to where we want to go. These names represent-from left to right – the degrees of damage to the bowel wall and hence the severity of the symptoms.

So to set the record straight here is what I must see to make an IBS Diagnosis.

1. IBS-D–persistent-daily-sometimes urgent diarrhea – up to 5-6 times per day. Anything more than that & you have stepped into the world of colitis .

2. IBS-C- constipation. Some people experience this along with the diarrhea. We call them swingers—back & forth even within the same 2-3-4 days.

Listen to your body—-it is very simple–not the people who want to stick a tube up your butt.

This is the 9th installment of the Truth About IBD Series—-the 10th installment – the other 300 posts on this blog.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not a disease—there is no mr or ms crohn’s-your immune system is not attacking your colon- it’s all a bull shit fairy tale perpetuated by people who have never fixed a colon in their life and fueled by your naivete’.

If you wanna know what crohn’s is not—go back and read what IBS (know what the BS stands for?) Colitis & Ulcerative Colitis are not.

If you want to get healthy read all of this blog & fix it yourself-it’s all here.

This is the 8th installment in the truth About IBD Series.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not a mysterious disease that no-one knows where it came from.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is a manmade condition-injury to the colon.

Crohn,s ‘Disease’ is always created by the exposure to antibiotics ingested in a myriad forms—not only from prescribed medication but from our antibiotic saturated environment—like the food & water you consume-the water you bathe in—how about that chlorine laced pool you enjoy all summer? Listerine? Hand sanitizer? People—stop arguing this point with me—’I've never had antibiotics’-bull shit.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is a condition -along with IBS-Colitis & UC that can only exist when we have had our mucosal lining destroyed by the above.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is just like the above conditions-just a more severe version of the above & like them it has the same symptoms like diarrhea- inflammation -bloody stools with mucus-only much worse.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is degenerative—meaning every single time you eat—you secrete digestive acids and they take a bite out of your colon- the clock is ticking. Did you eat breakfast this morning?

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ can always be healed by reversing the process that created it—–if you don’t wait too long. Read this blog—’the how to’ is everywhere.

This is the 7th installment in the truth About IBD Series

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not a disease!

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not caused by your immune system attacking your colon.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not a separate condition from IBS-Colitic-Ulcerative Colitis. ‘Mr/Ms Jones—you have either / or  / & any of the above.’–Doesn’t work that way.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not good to have – as your stomach acids have cannibalized your bowel wall.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not just going to go away while sitting around on Prednisone.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not incurable-far from it.

Crohn’s ‘Disease’ is not something you want to let slide w/o getting the ‘proper’ care.