I've had UC for 9 years. In Dec I had a flare and ended up having a colonscopy in Jan. My GI took some biopsy and they came back as undetermined dysplasia. I understand it shoould show high or low...
Toano VA, 15 minutes from Williamsburg VA...
I'm on Remicade and have bad night sweats after a treatment....
I was diagnosed with UC when I was 50. I was in remission until 57 and has since had one flare after another. Now I'm on Remicade. I'm not sure I belief the decrease with age thing....
Prior to going on Remicade, I was flaring with 15 or so toilet trips a day. I've had 4 treatments and I'm down to 2 or 3 times a day. I'm usually very tired the day I have the treatments but fine the...
I work for a healthcare system and each hospital and doctor will be different. You should be able to call the hospital where you would want to have the surgery and get them to give you a price, same...
One thing that is concerning is the medication can cause GI problems....as if we needed any thing else. I have a scan last week and I have oste openia in the spine. PCP and GI docs are trying to...
I've had 3 treatments and the only side effect I've had was being very tired. The first day after my treatment, I don't have a BM but after that I seem to be Ok. /community/emoticons/smile.gif ...
I've had two Remicade treatments. As far as working after treatments I really can't it makes me so tired I have not energy. According to the nurse that is not unusual at all. The nurse also said that...
Thanks, my insurance has only approved 4 treatment and so I was concerned about the effects if you had to stop and they restart. /community/emoticons/cool.gif ...
I'm on my 3rd treatment of Remicade and I remember reading someplace that if you come off Remicade, you can't go back on at a later date. Does anyone know if that's correct....
My GI doc is going through the paper work to get approval from insurance for me to start Remicade. What should I be aware of before starting this therapy. I just want to be as prepared as possible....
Guess I'm kind of new to this. I was diagnosed in 1998 but it has been in remission until later part of last year. I'd only had a few flare up before Sept. Looking at what everyone takes has been a...
I guess to stop the diaherra I've had for the majority of the last 90 days....
I have a question. I've had a flare up since Sept. We've tried several things such as adding 6mp to my daily Asacol. Increasing the amount of Asacol and now two antibiotics & an enema for 30...