I have 2cm of my rectal cuff left and it's definitely gets inflamed. I also get fissures regularly. No pouchitis but I do daily enamel flushes and I add manuka honey if things feel off so I've been...
I had my takedown June 9th 2014 and in the past year I've gained 20 pounds. It came on pretty quickly but for the last 6 months I've been working out 5 days a week and very careful of my diet. I'm...
I've been taking 6 pills a day since Feb 1st and 6 weeks of cortenema. Stool is very formed and urgency mostly gone. I don't constantly feel like I have to go and not waking at night.to go. But so...
Can someone tell me how exactly asocol HD is suppose to work? How do I know its.working? Still have a lot of blood and mucus....
Yes I noticed when I was bc in October and had a terrible flair my supply dropped. My baby is.easily distracted to begin with so I had to switch to pumping since she wasn't gaining weight. Once my...
***nursing my 9mth old...
laughing duck Did your issues resolve? I started flairing again the first week of February and I'm still having problems. I just don't get this disease. I've had weeks of solid bm and I'm down to...
Fevers are common for me with UC flairs!...
When I was first diagnosed my flair was so bad and had gone on so long I had to stay on a high dose of prednisone for several months. I was around 50mg for over 6 weeks and when I began tappering the...
Personally I dont think its so much the coffee as what's in it (creamers splenda sugar ext..). For sure during the worst of my flair I have to cut coffee bc its a stimulant but I also cut just about...
Sounds like someone didn't have their coffee today!...
Some people are new here and don't realize how the threads work....me being one of them. I'm in a current flair and coffee did aggrevate me during the worst of it. I've recently started drinking...
What is a flair to you? Are you just having gas or diahrrea that clears in a week or is it more sever? My flairs are excessive bleeding for weeks on end with pain, diahrrea and excessive mucus. Those...
Thanks Becky. I had to stop nursing #2 when I was first diagnosed in 2010 when he was 2 weeks old and yes I know exactly how that feels. He was born 4 weeks early and so tiny...I had to do what was...
My appt today was amazing and I'm kicking myself for not going sooner but I guess everything happens for a reason. I also realize my previous GI docs were ...well I don't think I can post how I...
What meds are you currently taking Robert? The crazy thing with this disease is everyone reacts diffrently. I've been reading a ton of "this cured me" tips on this forum and tried a lot...cabbage...
Thanks everyone for your feedback. And thank you Robert K. Your comment kind of hit home hard...if you know what I mean. Maybe I'm still in denial that I have a life long incurable disease. And yes...
I am taking 950mg of iron a day. It doesn't seem to hurt my stomach at all, thank goodness. I called a local GI and luckily there was a cancelation and I can be seen tomorrow at 9am. I was able to go...
I could realty use some advice. I'm pretty new to this horrific disease. I was diagnosed in 2010 after suffering for 6 months during my pregnancy and a crappy GI miss diagnosed me with hemroids and...