I've also been doing Weight Watchers to try to lose the 20kgs I've put on in the 3 years since diagnosis. It's depressing, everyone else is losing and I'm struggling just to maintain my current...
What do you mean by environmentally related? I thought it a disease primarily related to having an overactive immune system....
I'm sorry your husband is not being supportive. My husband is very understanding and shows concern but I do feel that it's hard for anyone (including parents, siblings and children) to fully...
I wish you the best of luck. You're brave enough to own your problem and that's the first step to reaching your goal....
It makes you wonder about Doctors. How could he not know that periods even in people without UC can cause diareah. I definitely experience worse UC symptoms before and during period....
I got it in my feet mostly...
Paul, I understand your hatred of prednisone and only a few weeks ago I was saying I'll never ever go back on it again because of all the things you just said. However a week later I flared and I was...
My sister has it and possibly an aunt and a female cousin...
Thanks for your responses. I did try the SCD for about 10 days while I was really bad with bleeding and diahorreah and I think it helped. I pretty much only ate chicken soup and farmers cheese the...
I love how my psoriasis clears up when I'm on pred. Unfortunately it's the only positive I experience, the rest are YUK! The hunger you experience is normal, it feels like you just can't get full,...
I haven't noticed a really strong smell but it might be more of a smell than normal...
I'm still trying to lose the 15kg I put on during the last round of prednisone. So I've been doing a low carb diet which is helping with the weight loss. My question is whether it's sensible to...
I'm taking a multivitamin...
I've just flared after being in remission for almost a year. I've been back on prednisone (40mg) for almost 2 weeks and have noticed that the colour of my urine is much darker and brighther than...