Equally glad it hear it for you!...
I have my 4th dose scheduled for March 26 and I am on 5mg pred but since about this past Weds, symptoms have rapidly started coming back - I barely made it to work this morning - had to pull into a...
Well you just blew my theory about adoption right out of the window I'm sorry that your memories are what the are and that is my fear for my daughter I am glad that you have shown the other side of...
I understand the desire to parent and the need to have someone who is yours to love and to know that you'll be loved in return I love my daughter with all my heart but I do not wish any of my medical...
Although, my daughter has always been very kind and considerate, I've often wondered how she really feels about the limitations that my condition puts on her. She's had issues in school and I've had...
My daughter is 11 and every since she was born, my health has deteriorated due to a number of reasons Crohn's being the latest I too did not think I wanted kids for years and unexpectedly became...
I take Wellbutrin and I've never experienced an energy burst from it but I was on it long before I was ever diagnosed with UC/Crohns...
I hope it does too I am so tired of being sick and tired...
Sorry gumby I hope you get to feeling better soon My dog is doing much better but he is so tired of being crated that he has really started talking in the mornings He's also jealous of our cat and...
You know I was told that they don't offer the Carafate in pill form any longer - all I've gotten for months has been the liquid One script gives me 3 huge bottles of the stuff - used to be one big...
Saw my GI this past Friday and she moved 3rd infusion up from 2/8 to 1/30 Hopefully, by moving it up, maybe it will actually kick in She said that as soon as I feel good for a couple of days to start...
I've taken Carafate and it hasn't really helped me that much It coats your throat and into your stomach but isn't much good, at least for me, at coating your intestines and that's where my pain is I...
I take (2) 40mg Prilosec's daily, am on 40 mgs Pred and taking Remicade and I feel your pain My stomach/gut sometimes feels like someone has poured gasoline straight on it. If I have them, I take...
Boy my typing is not very good on my Kindle - note above was for gumby44 and my dog's name is Bobo, not Hobo Started the 40mgs this morning and it has been the WORST morning yet Thankfully my Aunt...
I'm sorry Gunny - I see you on here all the time - I hope you can taper off the pred - I didn't haves any luck coming off it I love boxers also - we had one for 12 yrs and he passed away when our...
He's a 10 month old boxer, who already weighs 57lbs You can tell, I say that with pride, LOL Daily symptoms include urgency, diarreha, some incontinence, gut pain and occasional bouts of vomiting...
I was diagnosed in '08 and I was very complacent about taking my meds till March 2011 I started out on the meds Jan '08 and took them for several months and started feeling fine - stopped taking them...
Had my 2nd Remicade infusion on the 6th and still haven't seen any difference in symptoms Fast forward to Monday, the 9th and my dog is hit by a car Spent all that night and the next day at vets and...
I have Crohn's/UC and have had my second Remicade treatment and have noticed no difference at all I'm still hoping that I will notice some kind of change for positive with the 3rd treatment but so...
Nothing for me is working right now either - Pred, Colazal and have had 2nd Remicade infusion with no changes - Ugh...
Keeping Faith Let me know what the doc says about your sight My eyes are blurry and like burn some Like if I blink enough times, I can clear a fog or something Could just be me needing new glasses...
I have to go back to my GI 2 weeks after the treatment tomorrow I believe she said there was some kind of blood test that she was going to do that should show her how my body is responding to the...
I've started a food diary I have to admit that I have been dragging my heels about doing it for years because I really enjoy the taste of food With this disease, you already have so many limitations...
Well, tomorrow is my 2nd Remicade treatment and I hope that I see some difference. I am now on 30mg Pred and have had 1 round of Remicade and the symptoms have actually gotten worse I call it cycling...
I'm from Birmingham...
That is to funny that we all see docs in B'ham - Who knows we may all end up seeing each other at some point - my Remicade treatments are done at Brookwood Hospital -GI is at the Pilot Building over...
I changed doctor's within the same practice and no one batted an eye I originally called to try and make an appt with my original GI and couldn't get in so the front desk asked if I would like to see...
AngelsmamaDorseysdaughter I hate to hear all that is going on with your daughter but it's nice to see someone from Bama on here I'm in B'ham and recently changed GI's - it has been a life changer for...
Yes, mine has been awful since Christmas Eve...
I'm ready to be back in control - LOL...
Had my first infusion yesterday and it went well - no problems - discovered that I am very lucky to live where I do as half of the people who were there with me were from out of town and had driven...
Allwell Sorry, I wasn't able to respond before now - I believe that the hardness in your vein is from Phlebitis - I've had Phlebitis twice now since I've had UC - the first time was in my leg and it...
Everyone is different but mine went from left-sided uc being diagnosed in Jan 2008 to universal uc w/crohn's now - I try Remicade next week Like I said everyone is different - you may not ever get...
Thanks everyone - looks like I'm going to move back up to 30mg of Pred - all symptoms are back on 20mg - hopefully, it will get me thru the holidays - I really appreciate all who responded who have...
I read the posts daily but have only written in a couple of times. Mainly, because I needed to vent. I am tapering off Pred and am now at 20 mg and it is not going well. I do not want to stay on this...
When I got sick in March with the embolisms and was out on my companies short-term disability policy in conjunction with FMLA, it was my GP who filled everything out and all I did was fax it to the...