I've been on 20mg of Predfoam for just inder a week now and have seen some big improvements. Mucus gone, blood under control, stool very well formed. However I get these gas attacks where I have to...
For the time being my doctor said to remain on 6 a day and when the flare is over he'll assess the Asacol again. As for prefoam he had me at 40mg for 3 days, down to 20mg for next 3 days and if...
My inflammation was rectal and low left colon based. The rectal steroids seemed to have done the job in amazingly fast time....
I wasn't very impressed when my doctor put me on 20mg daily predfoam rather than 20mg oral pred. But a few days later and the rectal steroids seems to have worked 3 times faster than oral pred plus I...
Thank you for your support on this comment. Whilst I don't mean to inflame opinion on this matter the best person to judge whether a bag is as Old Hat puts it is not me, not Old Hat but the people...
There was an post of the UC website by a person describing a bag as "Who wants to have excrement coming out the front of them into a bag that has to be glued onto the skin & can therefore itch,...
I'd like to very much disagree with the comment of "Who wants to have excrement coming out the front of them into a bag that has to be glued onto the skin & can therefore itch, leak, or break". That...
My doctor did a blood test and my inflammation markers are a bit high indicating a flare. Most of the damage seems to be rectally based as my stool quality is actually quite good. He's put me on...
I find it a bit weird that my immune system isn't as good as it was when I didn't have UC. I thought that UC meant an overactive immune system and that you would have even less problems with the...
I think surgery is a perfect option for people who have come to the decision that surgery will give them a better life than living with UC. Also whilst the small intestine was never meant to take on...
I noticed there was a lot of talk about stress on the site today so I thought I'd ask a follow on question on a different thread. Has anyone a) brought a UC flare under control by greatly reducing...
I've read that the actual cause of UC is a genetic related issue with the immune system and that this triggers the potential to have a flare up. Can stress then be one of the factors that causes a...
Since about the time my UC first got triggered I've noticed that I get a lot of mucus in the back of my throat, especially at night when I'm trying to get to sleep. Could this in any way be related...
Can a Nexium tablet be halved or is it not a good idea to break it up? What's the best time to take a Nexium? Morning or Night? Cheers all....
When I'm flaring I find that my first BM is the best and it is the subsequent BMs that produce more and more blood. Goes to show how much UC symptoms can very from one person to next. Strange disease!...
If you somehow take too much good bacteria then from what I've read the body just eliminates what it doesn't need. No issues. It takes a lot of poor eating and poor food choice to cause the bad...
Hello. I've been in remission now for over a year since diagnosis but recently I've noticed some new symptoms. I wonder could anyone shed some light on these for me. I experience the following now...