Hi All I was diagnosed when I was 16 with UC. Lived a pretty normal life until about 4 years ago. I now seem to be obsessing about bowel movements all the time - mostly worried about when an urgent...
Hey I went 14 months without an accident. Then I had one on Friday. Totally killed my buzz. Just when you think you are over the disease it hits you hard and brings you down again....
Hey Man I know exactly what you're going through. Im 24 and have had UC since I was 16. Some days are better than others. These days I just feel flattened by it. Im also big into gym and training. I...
Hi Everyone I am a 24 year old engineer - I was first diagnosed with UC when I was 16. Since then I have been taking 6 x 400 mg Asacol and a probiotic daily. When I was first diagnosed with the...
Hi Everyone I have suffered from UC since 2005. I am 23 now. At first UC was something I could ignore, being in school it didn't really bother me. But since I got older and things began to be more...
At Quincy: I have this feeling of gas, with like a sort of stomach rumbling before I need to go. Usually it can be controlled if I go before I leave the house. But for some days like today, I just...
No other symptoms. I am 23 now. Diagnosed when I was 16. From 2007 to 2010 it was in total remission. No symptoms really. And just 1 bm a day then....
Hi I am on asacol and probiotics. 6 Asacol 400 mg a day. I take 4 in the morning with a probiotic and 2 before bed. For me its not a flare just a feeling of needing to use the bathroom during the...
Hi When I was younger, in school, I only needed to have 1 bowel movement a day in the mornings. However since I have been diagnosed with UC I have between 1 and 3 bowel movements a day. This has made...
I havent seen my gastro in years. Like I said I thought I had it all under control for the last 5 years while I was at university. Since I moved out and started working I just kep getting flare ups,...
Hi All this is my first post. I was diagnosed with UC when I was 16. Since then I had 3 major flares but overall I managed to keep it under control. Does anyone else become very nervous about needing...