HI, One way to have your proverbial cake and eat it too - almost -- is to use an insulin pump where you can program a dual bolus -- insulin up front and the slowly dispensed over 3 hour or whatever...
Greetings: I too have UC induced arthritis. It occurs with or without a flare. My understanding is that since uc is an inflammatory disease anything that can get inflamed does. In any event, I've...
So Yes I too had night sweats when I was flaring and on high doses of Pred. They all but stopped after I finished with the pred. While the sweats were happening I kept a pile of quick dry tee shirts...
Greetings: I just found out that my doc has left private practice and is now doing research. What a loss for patient care but good for the overall field. In any event, her office seemed to miss me...
greetings i am just about two weeks out of the hospital after a 5 day hospital holiday for my UC flare. Actually it was my third stay in 10 months -- once back in March for UC and then one in early...
Greetings: I am in the middle of a Huge flare that really started October '08. I had been in pretty good remission for at 10 years prior to that. at any rate, I was hospitlized in March of '08...
Thanks for the support -- this is a great site....
Greetings; I am a pump user and I am currently taking medrol -- a cortisone -- for a Uc flare. does anyone out there have experience to BS control while taking steriods? By the same token does any...
greetings; It seems that many folks take prednisone; does any one have experience with medrol? after about 15 years of being cortisone free I am back on the evil drugs. About three months ago I took...
Thanks to all who replied. I took all of your advise -- I packed some, checked some, got a letter from my doctor listing all of my meds, I also put the enemas in a clear bag with the rx label...
Biscuit. Ah yes along with joint pain DVT's are another little talked about aspect of UC. About 8 years ago I was hospitalized twice for DVT in my leg. The docs believe that my flaring uc and birth...
Greetings: What a wonderful resource this is. I am new to the forum but not to UC -- I've had it for over 30 years. At anyrate, I am in the middle of a flare after being in pretty good remission for...