- New school, new city, time to find a new pharmacy! Mare sure you have plenty of refills, and a near by convenient pharmacy (24 hrs open even better) where you can run and take care of emergencies. Continue taking all your medication as prescribed, keep a copy, not the original of all your medical records and emergency contact numbers handy.
- After you brush your teeth in the morning, take a balanced multivitamin. Remember, due to the poor absorbtion experienced with the constant bowel movements, it doesn’t hurt to have extra nutrition insurance. Also, taking a daily dose of a pure aloe A.M.P. supplement such as AloeElite can help heal the intestinal lining and improve ulcerative colitis symptoms.
- Keep quick snacks in your room: pretzels, low-fat popcorn, high-fiber crackers, unsweetenend breakfast cereal. It turns out a lot cheaper to get your snacks at the grosery store instead of the vending machines at school.
- Grab a piece of fruit every time you leave the dining hall, and cary it with you for a quick snack on the go.
- Remember to eat three meals a day. It may seem like you can function on caffeine alone, but your brain and body will fail you when you needed the most if you routinely skip meals. It is also not a good combination to be mixing the stress from college with daily caffeine intakes as this can increase your chances of getting a flare up.
