Gracie Capelle should have been looking forward to her first year at Texas State University.
Instead, he won a fall in Ulceosa Colitis (UC).
“I had never heard of ulcerative colitis,” Capelle said 19 -year -old in The Post. “It took me a long time to understand what was happening inside my body.”
Capplelle was diagnosed with chronic disease in the summer of 2024. He spent his first year eliminating dairy and fatty foods from his diet, not easy as a college student, hoping to manage his symptoms, as there is no care for the UC.
It is believed that one million Americans have UC, the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease. Experts are not sure of what causes the condition, but they think it is related to the abnormal reactions of the immune system.
Inflammation and ulcers are developed in the colon and rectum coating, often causing stomach pain, bleeding diarrhea and frequent intestinal movements. Crohn’s disease is similar, but it can affect any part of the GI treatment.
UC is more often diagnosed with people from 15 to 30 years old. Adults of between 50 and 70 also are at higher risk.
Capple did not realize that something was fine. Sometimes he realized blood in the stool, but he thought it was not a big deal.
“At first it was not bad,” Capelle recalled. “I looked at it a couple of times, and the only two things that would arise were internal hemorrhoids or colon cancer. And I liked,” Okay, I have no colon cancer, so it is probably only internal hemorrhoids. “So I didn’t worry.”
The bleeding intensified to the point that happened every day, and it was precipitated in the bathroom more often. A colonoscopy was scheduled for two weeks before leaving for college.
“I literally left my colonoscopy and my doctor told me I had it [UC]”, Said Capelle.
Needed to review his diet immediately.
Individual triggers vary, but UC patients often experiment with fat -rich foods, spicy foods and insoluble fiber foods.
Alcohol, caffeine drinks and sugary drinks are often not.
Before diagnosis, Cappella usually had a breakfast yogurt, a sandwich with cheez-it for lunch and ground turkey, chicken or steak with potatoes or rice for dinner or fast food.
“I definitely did not eat well,” he admitted. “If you wanted [Raising] CAINS OR CHICK-FIL-A, if I wanted fast food, I would go for fast food. “”
He made the first spicy foods, including his beloved Chetos Flamina ‘Hot cheetos and hot sauce, soda and gluten.
Unfortunately, his stomach pain did not disappear immediately.
“I was trying to eat whole foods, but that is obviously difficult, especially being a freshman at college,” Capelle said. “You live in a bedroom so you really don’t have a kitchen.”
He returned home in the area of Grand Houston in December, cutting dairy and alcohol from his diet and increasing his exercises routine.
He also started working with a therapist and Entyvio’s infusions, recipe medicines that are addressed to intestinal inflammation.
His stomach pain and bleeding disappeared, and he plans to return to Texas in August.
“I think it will be easier this year, because I will have an apartment and my own kitchen,” said Capelle.
“It’s hard because you can’t necessarily eat what everyone else eat. But for me, personally, it is not worth eating like this, knowing what could happen if I eat like that.”
He has been sharing his trip to Tiktok, hoping to connect with the people who face the same challenges.
“The most difficult for me [is] Feeling -so alone, “Capelle said.
“I really just want to put the message, you are not alone in this and you can improve and improve.”
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