Can you smoke weed if you have an ulcer?

Ya.. helps you die sooner. The above seems like a pat answer to an extremely complex question. I smoked for 25 yrs before quitting only to find my autoimmune system attacking my colon with bleeding ulcerative colitis (UC) 14 months after quitting in 2000. Hospitalized and left to prednizone and remicade infussions monthly, I asked my GI doctor about the connection between cigarette smoking and UC. Because cigarettes are considered taboo in the medical community for reasons understood, he basically told me, yes, there is something in the "smoke" that keeps the autoimmune system from attacking. My choices were quality over quantity. In other Words, by resuming smoking, I could live out my life without my body attacking itself, however, I would most likely shorten my life span. I decided the risk was worth a better quality of life and resumed smoking in 2002. To this date, I have not had one bout with UC and my GI checkups show it remains in remission. Tough choice but it was the one for me. Most people find these stories of smoking actually helping to be a tall tale. But a quick "google" search of the Words Ulcerative Colitis and Smoking will bring back more hits than one would think possible.