Thanks for the support. I am just under 5" and maintain around 123lbs. I don't look obese for certain, as I said just uncomfortable with it. I try to just keep up with my exercise and do my best to...
I am an older woman diagnosed during my second pregnancy 22 years ago. I have been through it all. Several surgeries for adhesions and dissection-resection and countless colonoscopies. Happily for...
I just had my colonoscopy today and read my paperwork. The doc wants me to start on Humira when I go back for my follow up. Reading the websites and all of the side effects are really scary!!! I have...
When I was first diagnosed more than 17 years ago, I was pregnant with my second child, and had to be given Vancomycin because I was having such a bad flare that I was only 76 lbs at 6 months. I took...
I have been diagnosed for over 17 years and have had 3 surgeries. about 3 years ago I lost my insurance and could not keep up with the cost of the meds. At first my GI was giving me a ton of the free...
After several scopes of taking the prep and phosphosoda and throwing it back up, I still to this day can't even think about drinking that stuff without my mouth watering in that gross way. Any way...
I have not had any trouble with coffee, I will have one or two cups a week though. I drink iced tea but I get the decaf, my thing I can't live without is Dr Pepper. I have to have at least one a day...
You could also talk with your doctor, when I lost my insurance for a brief period, I explained to my doc and he loaded me up with all the samples he could of my medications. Of course I have an...
I was diagnosed during my second pregnancy, had to have a colonoscopy, then put on heavy duty antibiotic vancomycin, then sulfasalazine, this was 16 years ago. I was 76 lbs and 6 months pregnant when...
I have most of the symptoms listed daily, fatigue, pain in the lower right abdomen, gas, sleeplessness, (could be the pain causing it.) heartburn, nausea, mouth ulcers,-sometimes so bad I can barely...
I have been diagnosed now for over 16 years and I can recall having mild symptoms years before that. I too have noticed that before I have a flare up it always starts by my left eye becoming swollen....