Thank you for your responses! Good news! My dad does not have cancer! I am soo relieved!...
Hello everyone. I am a 25 year old female med student. I'm currently studying for my national boards in March. While studying, I came across poor muscle tone "hypotonia" and googled it. The term...
Thanks quincy. My UC is throughout the colon. This is my first time taking rectal meds. I find that the 4 tablets a day and the supps do help. I don't notice as much bleeding. I will see how it goes....
Hello. Pink Grandma, my dad is not experiencing any symptoms except for fatigue. Shadowsghost, do you know which hospital in Florida this man got his surgery done? Thank you to all of you for your...
Thank you to both of you for this information. Hep93, I am glad you are so much better! This gives me hope! David, I hope you are ok now!...
The blood is usually bright red. I found out when I saw my doctor a few days ago that I need to be taking 4 Lialda pills instead of 2 Lialda pills a day. So now since I'm taking 4 pills, I do take...
Hello. My dad was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and cirrhosis about 6 years ago. He will be 60 yrs old next month. He is a family doctor and got stuck by a needle during his residency (which at that...
I have been on Lialda for almost 2 yrs now. I don't usually bleed (maybe once every other month). When I do bleed it's not much. Usually I bleed the day after drinking beer or wine when I go out with...
Hello everyone. I notice in times of stress (such as now since my final exams are coming up) I have really severe headaches and I feel extremely weak to the point where I feel kind of dizzy and don't...
Thank you for letting me know. Have any of you read the book: Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet? Here are the reviews on the link below:...
Right now I feel really bloated, feeling like I need to go number 2 but all I have is mucus. Is this normal? I hate this feeling. :-(...
Thank you for your responses. I am feeling a little better. I went to the gym and also took Pepto Bismol. I am sorry both of you experience similar symptoms. I am not on Prednisone. I am on Lialda. I...
Hi everyone. 2 days ago I started having nausea, bloating, diarrhea and fatigue. It's a little better today but I still have these symptoms. Is this normal during a flare up? My periods also started...
Hey everyone! Thanks for the advice. Out of my finals all except 2 went well. Out of the 10 classes I had this semester I passed 8. I am really sad because I just have had a week to prepare for the...
So I'm crying right now. I got in another argument with my bf. He asked me to go to a baseball game with him and his friends but I didn't go because I needed to study. When he got home I asked if I...
Hey everyone. It's been awhile since I've been on here. For those of you who I've talked to before, hope you all are well and had a happy Easter! I'm stressed/anxious because I have 8 finals coming...
Hello. I'm a second year optometry school student. I am on Lialda. It's been almost a year (about 11 months since I was diagnosed with UC). I notice my symptoms get worse when I have exams coming up....
Hi. The Lialda coating is a light brown color. I have recently been flaring. I think it's because of the stress starting my second year in optometry school. I've been feeling alot more tired than...
Hello everyone. Sorry for the gross details. But today I noticed some pink mucous (looked like pink gum) in some of my stools. Is this normal in someone who has UC? Have any of you experienced this?...
Thanks everyone. I am so happy with my new bf. He's really sweet. However, my ex is not. He told me when I first told him that he was happy for me. Then when I talked to him yesterday.. I told him...
Hi Raniah. Thanks for your support. My counselor basically said the same things you did. She said that my parents were acting abusive. She also said she would advise me not to visit them for awhile....
Here is a copy of a new e-mail from my mom. I seriously don't know what to do. I need advice please. I'm so sad. They can't just step out of my life just because they don't like that my bf doesn't...
Thanks for your support. I just don't know what to do. I'm sad. My parents haven't contacted me all day....
Hello. I have an appointment with my therapist on Monday. I will know what she thinks about this behavior then. I am officially dating this guy. I'm starting to feel chemistry with him now. I texted...
Thank you all for your support. I'm too scared to file a police report because my dad is ill. But he did apologize to me after not talking to me for a few days. I'm still upset with him though. He...
Thanks all. Something bad happened yesterday. After dinner when I went to my room after the mean comment my dad made, the greek guy called me and we talked. Then my mom knocked loudly on my door and...
Thanks. Today I had dinner with my parents. I'm leaving to go back to FL tomorrow for school. I told my dad I'd pray for him every day. He said he'd pray for me too everyday.. and I said why? He said...
Thanks so much. I just stayed with them for my 6 week summer break. I'm going back to school in FL on Friday. I'm on loans. I agree with you. I just hate disappointing them....
Hey everyone. I have some good news and bad news. Good news.. I met a guy on eligiblegreeks.com. He seems really sweet. We've been talking online on facebook, texting and calling each other. I've...
Hello Butterfly girl. I am so sorry to hear about your autoimmune hepatitis. I also have this condition. I was diagnosed when I was 19. I do not know how I got it either. No one in my family has it...
Thank you. Yes. I have learned. I'm not going to sleep with anyone unless I've been dating them for awhile....
hello everyone. thank you all for your support. here is an update on my dad. i just got back from the hospital. i was there all day for my dad's surgery. it went well. the docs burnt the small...
Thank you for your support. I just feel like me not giving him the space he wanted is the reason he called me those names. I feel like it's my fault....
Thank you all for your support. My dad goes in for surgery tomorrow. I'm going to go to the hospital with him. I'm just praying everything goes ok. As for Isaac, I know I shouldn't have but a few...
Thank you for your support! The reason I have to get a colonoscopy done every 6 months is because I have mild UC and my doctor wants to take biopsies to check for dysplasia every 6 months....
I've never had an abnormal pap. Today I found out I do not have dysplasia! I'm so relieved! :-)...
Thank you so much! Good news is I found out today I do not have dysplasia! I am so happy and relieved. I'm worried about my dad though but I'm praying that we get good results on the 27th when he...
Hi Hep93. Yes. He's had treatment for the hepC but his platelet count was too low after it so the doc took him off. He has never had banding of the varices. Thank God. I'm just really scared because...
Thank you. I'm not holding up well at all. My dad is sad. His surgery is on the 27th. I'm sad too. I'm only 24 yrs old. I was diagnosed with colitis this past December. I have been taking Lialda for...
Hello. I'm 24 yrs old. I was diagnosed with colitis this past December. I have been taking Lialda for it . I had my second colonoscopy today. The doctor took lots of biopsies and told me I might have...
ok. thank you for letting me know. i'm happy to hear you are doing better. i'm sad because my dad is always tired and he complains of leg pain alot. i know he has portal hyertension as well as an...
I've been so sad. Each day is getting harder. I don't like seeing my family sad. I don't like seeing my dad like this. I hope he gets better. And I hope once they remove the tumor it never comes back...
Thank you so much. I know. I deleted his number from my phone so I'm not tempted to text him again. It was difficult to do but I know it was best. I gave his number to one of my guy friends who is...
Hey everyone. Thank you for your support. I talked to my psychiatrist yesterday. She said that I have some symptoms of depression/anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder and Dependant Personality...
Thanks everyone. My dad is sick but I keep getting in arguments with him. It makes me sad. Like today for example we were eating dinner and he took the chicken wings away from me when I was going to...
Thank you so much for the support Connie! I'm so happy to hear that you are cancer free! May I ask you did you have cirrhosis as well? My dad has cirrhosis....
Thank you so much! I have my phone upstairs and am forcing myself not to even look at it until before I got to bed. I haven't contacted him. I hope he contacts me again. I miss him. I don't think he...
Thank you. I just heard that my dad scheduled the surgery to remove the tumor for the week of May 20. We won't know what type of tumor it is until they remove it!...
Thank you! I heard that he scheduled the surgery for the week of May 20. The doctor said we won't know what type of tumor it is until they remove it with the surgery....