/community/emoticons/smile.gif Hi - I don't know if juicing veg can help or not, just wanted to let you know that carrot juice is delicious! Carrot and orange juice is my favourite as carrot seems...
Hi Memmie I'm in England, God's own county of Yorkshire! Have you thought about changing your GP? I'm having a bit of a nightmare having only been diagnosed by my GP and waiting to see a consultant...
Hi Lambkins I had Uveitis 3 years ago and my doc thinks that this may even have led to UC, I waited a few weeks for a diagnosis and wasn't told how serious it could be. Even now if I am particularly...
Hi I have aches in my shoulders, elbows, wrists, and knees, occasionally fingers too. The toes on my right foot have joined in today! Does this happen to anyone else?...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif How wonderful to hear some good news! It's awful that you are suffering right now, try and hold onto the thought that you have so much to look forward to... I wish you...
This thread has just reminded me to get a new seat for mine! It's broken... I've always liked a gamble, spent my life lurching from one crisis to the next but right now, not only do I not know...
Still waiting to see a gastro specialist! Have had problems for about a year but as the pain and bleeding lasted only a few days (no D) I kept trying to forget about it. Finally went to docs in jan...
Hi Damo - I googled villi as I had never heard of them! And it seems that it is celiacs who can suffer damaged villi as a result of the gluten/lactose intolerance. The damage occurs in the small...
Come on guys... Football? Prefer the big strong men with the odd shaped balls personally... /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
Hi Dave Thank you for your reply - I get the blood results on Friday and the GP is chasing up the referral for the colonoscopy so it's a waiting game for now. This site is so helpful in learning...
Hi Thank you for your replies and kind welcome. To answer you Judy, I think I must have been a really bad person in a previous life! And potty girl; great user name! I know that when I do finally get...
Hello everyone! I have a UC diagnosis from my GP and first blood tests tomorrow. I have everything from constipation to the runs with blood, constant tiredness, aching joints, rectal pain and stomach...
Hi Memmie I read recently of a successful claim for Incapacity Benefit for a UC sufferer. From what I remember, it is decided on a points system, eg urgency wouldn't score as highly as incontinence....
This might be too late for your walk as I'm new here. Good on you for doing it! I'm in England where nobody seems to have heard of UC, had to suggest to my boss that he Googled it! How about "nunquam...
Hi RichardUk I'm waiting for a colonoscopy for the first time too. And I first went to the docs with anal fissures - they are complete agony!!! Like passing a very large hedgehog... Proctosedyl helps...
Hi - thank you for the reply. I've been back to the docs today and seen a different GP who I basically just wept at! Anyway, booked in for blood tests on friday and he is chasing up the referral as...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Hi Everyone East Yorkshire in England...
Hello Everyone /community/emoticons/smile.gif I'm new to this - my GP has diagnosed UC as I have every single symptom but weight loss (sod's law or what?) I just wondered how long it took to get the...