Many thanks for your replies, it's put my mind at rest a bit. It's hard trying to deal with UC, infection, recovery and new hrt all at once and trying to work out why these symptoms are happening....
I very rarely need to post on here as my UC has been quite well behaved for a while but at the moment I'm struggling. In May this year I had surgery to remove anal polyp, hemis and skin tags and got...
Hi Guys, I have a few questions that I need help with, I think im fighting off a flare at the moment as i've been feeling a bit fluey over the last few weeks and my BM's have been looser although no...
Thanks Quincy, I will ditch the Echinachea for now and start taking the Codeine, I was hoping to not need it 'cos it makes me constipated etc but I guess I need to give in! Regarding the Predsol......
Hi, I am in need of some advice, for just over a week now I've had a nasty achy pain at the bottom of my back and have been using heat pads and a heated bean bag to help to ease it. Last Thursday I...
Hi, I'm sorry you are struggling with this, you're scenario sounds so similar to mine. I was diagnosed with Proctitis in Sept 2006 and then 5 weeks ago discovered this lovely disease has spread much...
Re my post from yesterday, Sorry for my delayed response,but it all kind of went to pieces yesterday afternoon! Thanks for all your replies especially Brandon you made me laugh during an extremely...
Thanks guys for all your help, squash is water diluted cordial here in the uk,I guess it's not called squash in USA?. I called the hospital and they said ok to use lemon squash as it's not coloured....
I am having a colonoscopy tomorrow to see how far the disease has spread. I have just started to take the 'Kleen prep' solution and its vile!! I have had picolax and citrameg before which have been...
On the South Coast of England, this is by far the best UC site i've found, we don't have anything nearlly as good over here....
I have been on Colazide since my last flare in Jan 08 but they've always seemed to agree with me. Previously I was on Pentasa and they were ok. The only one which was awful was Sulphalazine and that...
Hi Guys, I posted in mid September asking for advice on new symptoms, I took your advice and saw my consultant who did a sigoidoscopy which found that the disease has spread a lot further along the...
Thanks all of you, its good to know that other people understand where I am at. I am just in shock at the moment, I assumed Proctitis would remain Proctitis and it would stay the same...
Hi Guys, I saw my consultant yesterday and had a camera done! The disease has spread a lot further into my colon now and I am booked in for a full colonoscopy in October. He didn't want to go any...
Thanks for your replies I have a feeling this is stomach flu but I will contact doc to get symptoms checked out. Quincy- I have been using rectal meds since Oct 2006 (pentasa supp 1x twice weekly),i...
Hi guys,I am in desperate need of advice, I was diagnosed with Proctitis in Sept 2006 and have had 2 major flares since then although constantly struggling with daily symptoms. During my 2nd flare in...
The only thing I would say is make sure you drink loads, I thought I was taking in enough fluids after usuing Picolax but dehydrated badly and felt awful.You just need to make sure you replace all...
Thanks for that, I am taking rectal meds,I just forgot to put it with my other list. As a rule its 1 Pentasa suppositorie twice a week unless symptoms get worse then its 1x predsol and 1xPentasa...
Hi All, I've been following this site for about 18 months now and found some great advice and help, although only decided to join today as I need some extra help. I live in the UK and was diagnosed...