Last year I was trying to find a way to get over my flare, the first one I'd had since 2001. It had gone on for months and my doc had put me on prednisone for the first time, which I hated. I tried a...
I had my second colonoscopy on Dec. 4, 2008 after a break of almost 16 years between tests to give you an idea of how I felt about it. For the first test in early '93, I drank the gallon of Golytlely...
Well, I had terrible headaches, lightheadness, and some "roid rage" (just ask my husband!) when starting pred. I'm desperately trying to taper completely off of it now. I'm getting close. I've been...
Cajun cutie, so far my taper schedule is working well for me. I went down to 2.5mg/day 2 days ago. Hope everything continues to go well with no side effects. I feel like I can see the end of the...
I tried it back not too long after I was diagnosed, about '93-'94. I had heard pretty much the same thing about aloe, but it didn't work for me. You never know - it might work for you....
dakotagirl, thanks so much for your feedback. I really appreciate it. Even though I'm married,I feel all alone dealing with my UC. I know my body pretty well, but dealing with prednisone is totally...
I've been on prednisone for 7 weeks for what I feel is a fairly mild UC flare. I have a different dr. than I've had before because my previous dr. retired. Anyway, this dr. put me on 20mg./day at the...
TraciZ, thank you for your post! It gives me a lot of hope. I researched phosphatidyl choline 2 days ago. It sounded so promising I went to the health food store that afternoon and bought the same...