Thoughts on 2015

Have a prosperous and healthy one yourself! I am excited because we recently moved near a Crohn's and UC center. I feel like I will finally be able to see 'good' specialists!

Happy New Years everyone! If you plan to do anything tonight, remember: no drinking and driving and enjoy all things in moderation :)

This has been one hellacious year for so I'm grateful it's over! Health wise, got pityarisis rosacea, broke my foot, tweaked a rib out of place and the ongoing saga of whatever the heck is wrong with my lady parts. My UC is still in remission so that's a bonus :) But at the beginning of the year my father died, lost a very dear lady that was like a gma to me to cancer and a grandfather of a close friend. Went to 7 grad parties, including my own daughters, then said daughter started college, got married, dropped out of college and moved 1,300 miles away in which we drove her vehicle hauling a trailer all that way and flew back.

So umm yep, I had all the bad stuff covered this year (as well as the good I suppose) so in 2015? I am hoping for a very boring year! Lol

It would be awesome to have a low key year....I need a break from high emotion, drama, crap, bs, and from myself. Hoping to get on track with stuff put on hold for so long....this I'm excited about. I hope my new GI works out.

Wishing everyone here an awesome celebration with family/friends, be it low key or OTT. May you all have a feeling better year....and Sherry certainly needs one!

hugs to all,
heather xx

I hope all of our wishes become truths.

It's rather pathetic when you're glad to have cataracts because that's something that can actually be fixed!

Health, nothing less and nothing more.

Wish you all healthy and happy new year. Stress is a major factor in UC flares..so I hope sanity returns back to the World, terrorism ends, evil quest for world domination and control goes away..and humanity and peace flourish again, economic recession ends and people can trust their govt. again who betrayed citizens by spying on them without their knowledge. In brief, overall stress in society goes down..leading to less stress in everyone and that would help us stay in remission . More natural remedies get discovered and more methods discovered to keep long remissions...power of big pharma decline who wants to push dangerous and expensive meds bankrupting families....That's all I wish..sorry for the long list.

Happy New Year all! May 2015 be your healthiest year yet.

Happy New Year everyone!

I am hoping for a year where my son finally becomes stable and doesn't try to end his life. 2014 had multiple attempts and I don't know if I can handle another one.

I am hoping for continued good health for me and the rest of my family. Hoping my kitties continue to do well (even though one has been getting sick again but she seems to do this a few times a year) and my pup stays UTI free.

Also, planning on getting back on track with eating better and losing weight.

I'm wishing for health for all of is in 2015! With good health we can get the rest done for ourselves

Happy New Year 2015, with improved health to all forum members! Like Sherry I'm hoping to finally get a handle on gyn problem-- after 4th consultation since 2012. (Very annoying, Grrrrrrr!!!!!) Of course hoping, too, that my UC med continues to work because I need to focus on recurring housing issues, which involve plumbing. So let's continue supporting one another because having cyber shoulders to lean on in challenging times really does help ... and we also have some good laughs together. (I happened to find a Website where women reported truly outrageous comments their gyns had made when they really needed comfort & understanding. One said that while she was in labor, she overheard her gyn telling a colleague: "This patient is built like the Midtown Tunnel.") / Old Hat (34 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

Happy New Year, everyone.

Although I mainly lurk, this forum provided lots of comfort and reassurance during my latest flare.

I'm hoping to stay healthy and out of the hospital in 2015, and to forget what its like to have to plan life around trips to the toilet.

I'm also hoping that in April, Vedolizumab/Entyvio is approved for the treatment of UC on the NHS: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-tag450

Thanks, Quincy! It seems like part of the problem came from delayed lab test results, then there was that idiot tech attempting the invasive u/s! My 2005-2012 gyn's practice had changed labs owing to slow results reporting, but the 2nd lab then delivered a no. of false positives. So there seems to be a continuing problem in this region because my latest gyn consult used a combo of large medical center lab + a couple private-practice diagnosticians for 4 tests & it still took about a month to get all the reports. After the holidays I'll phone to ask what my next step should be. Latest gyn (subspecialist in post-M issues) thinks problem is "something treatable that has gotten worse because no one is dealing with it"! (Sigh ...) Reminds me of my 1980 ordeal pursuing GI dx! BTW-- have missed you on HF & hope Jurzi is doing well.) / Old Hat (34 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)