my symptoms are bloody mucus diarhea, sometime more blood than poo. going about 5 times a day rather than just once in morning. stomach pains, nausea quite a lot, and im anaemic again so dizzy and no...
thanks I will do! no im on 3 x 800mg asacol. i didnt know you could get a flare in control with just asacol and eneams. do you's think I should up my asacol dose myself just now? Ive upped it to 4...
first got symptoms this time last year was diagnosed and got flare under control with pred and been taking 3 x asacol everyday since. now in my first flare since diagnosis and i phoned my specialist...
yeh a might do that, im hoping 2.5mg is such a low dose that it wont make a difference if i come off it but you just dont know . so i tink il do every other day then stop thanks. im on asacol 800mgx3...
hi been on half a pred tab (2.5mg) a day for over 2 weeks, the last time i spoke to GI doctor i was told to taper 5mg every week, i shouldve came off weeks ago but decided myself from 20mg to taper...
yeh was scary, was in by myself. thanks i hope so too xx...
hanks for your replys guys:) my friends dont really have a problem with it, they just are used to me being out everyweekend and being a bit of a pisshead before all this. i have great friends thought...
Done :) Thanks Xx...
thanks girlzilla jst a lil bit scared and want to enjoy my hol! il giv e it aa go tomoroow night & se how i go.. hopefully il be ok!! il be gutted if i bring back my symptoms ater all this hard work!...
i ask because id hoped people would reply with there experiences and maybe give ma bit of advice so i could get some enjoyment out of live!! and 'if you have to ask your already know the aswer if you...
hii ive not had a drink since i had my first flare and diagnoses at the beginning of the year. im going on holiday to amsterdam on monday (week today) and i want to have a few drinks when im away, im...
Lol I'm working it! Another reason I want my meds sorted,n workin sunday, monday but I'll enjoy a wee day off 2mro thanks, u have a nice weekend too! :) xx...
Aww I see, thanks very much for ur help I'll give em a call 2mro, I remember hearing an emergency num when I rang up once before when it was shut, Thanks Xx...
Yeh I was going to go to another but my prescription is in the chemist that's shut, and my doc is shut all weekend.. Xx...
Hi, I was told to phone chemist 3 days before I needed my asacol so they could order it in. I put my meds out for the week on sundays, so I did last sunday as usual realised they ran out on the...
hi, ive caught the cold at work and want to take cold and flu capsules before it gets any worse. any one recommend if there ok or not? i done a search of past posts but mostly was all about flu jabs...
can i ask you guys is it just like you suffer for a couple of days if that? has anyone like, flared up because of it orr had long term effects? #x...
hmm, thanks for your replys! also im not coming off meds i wont ever, as i said i meant once im tapered off pred. i wont be drinking until i know im in remission after im off steriods. just hoping i...
hmmm, yeh i drink apple juice a lot these days since diagnosed. didnt think of mixing it with vodka. thanks x...
p.s by fully off meds i just mean preed and see how i go if i flare again or what. i know im on asacol for life x...
anyone still able to get drunk with UC? if so what do you drink, vodka and cranbery or orange juic best as its not fizzy? just curious as im still on med for y first flare and dont know if i can...
pred worked for me the next day too. ive stil to see final results though. im tapering and at 25mg this week x...
yeh am not taking it for anaemia im on iron. im on biotin or hair growth reasons only. no im in uk. ug is microg. its 1000th of a g. im just hoping my hair loss was due to anemia and not asacol coz...
so i should take 16 a day then next time get th larger dose pill? or just like 4 a day n get the bigger ones next time, do u think? ah i am anemic see, i hope it is because of that then, i didnt even...
im on asacol and pred and starting to lose my hair. i want to do something about it before it gets to bad so ive bought biotin and a hair loss shampoo. i know theres past posts on here about both, im...
anyone eat crunchie nut cornflakes? lol x...
exactly. Im more of the kind of person that would see how it goes for me instead of following diets and cutting out things unneccesarily. but thats not to say I wouldnt try in the future if my way...
aww goood glad to hear it, maybe I will be ok with most foods too, im hoping so. i couldnt give up what most people on here do x...
yeh im keepin a food journal, have since this started. But i havent had much trouble except the other night. i dont even no if im flaring or not. hoping my symptoms stay away as i taper. but in my...
yeh was store bought. i think il stay away from artificial things ive a feeling its things like that. aw e number of things lol. i take it its a british thing to refer to them as E numbers to answer...
yes ive been on enemas before. they worked the first course then didnt. was just double checking yes thanks I am doing reasearch. I am not long diagnosed. infact still waiting on my biopsy results to...
p.s E numbers like artificial adiditives and preservatives x...
which are? i dont no much x...
well am ok today, i was up all night with stomach pain though, and its first ive went to toilet during the night since Ive been on pred. nothing like when i was off it though. am i still technically...
hi, been syptom free for 2 weeks, on pred. taperin, at 30mg now. last night woke up sore tummy 2BM's first signs of anything since ive had it and on steriods. only things i ate different before last...
congrats!! glad to hear someone with good news!! can i ask do you still stick to a diet or do you pretty much eat what you want? xx...
was on 10mg a day for about 4 weeks by GP before GI got me sorted onto 40mg tapering 5mg a week. im on first week n my UC symptoms hae dissappeard. is this normal and just wondering in ur guys...
no one willing to tell me what happens at your first specilist appointment??...
me again lol after puttin up with symptoms for 6 weeks, ive finally got an appointment with a specialist next week on thursday. was told a had to wait another 5 weeks from now but doc moved it...
aww thanks for all ur suggestions. i think people in america are thinking im talking about pickled gherkins? i do love those too, but im talking about pickled onions. lol mm think il try one tomorrow...
i love me some chippy pickles!! im too scared to try them jst now while im flarin. anyone recommend i stay away or what? i know there a raw veggi so think ther not too good. i just love them!!! xxx...
im in the uk yes, scotland. yeh i couldnt take imodium, thought i was the only one. il give this other one a try i think. have no choice. thanks for the advice! p.s i dont think i could stop eating...
really?! see i dont no anything either, the funny thing is though today the doctor thought my pills should be running out, but i stil hav another strip with 28 x 5mg, so maybe thers a mix up with...
nope nothing like that. i dont think my doctor really knows much. just waiting to diagnose me and waiting on an appointment with GI specialist. ive been on the steriods about 2 weeks now, and take...
hey thank you. i should be there more than just the funeral and rosery but i have been unable to make it out. thanks nanners, the only thing is the doctor prescribed me imodium and it made me sick,...
what kind of pain meds? and am i ok to take them while on steriods? thanks for any advice laura x...
p.s im only 21 and so it she. so shes really needs me and i just feel so useless & guilty not being able to leave the house xx...
hi , my best friends mum has died and Im not well. the doctors suspects i have crohns but im still waiting on an appointment to get a colonoscopy to be diagnosed properly. im on steriods and steriod...