If you hold the shots in your hand for about 15 minutes and warm them up you wont feel the injection so much. Trick is to get it as close to body temperature as possible right before you inject it. I...
I was on pred for over six months at 10mg because when i tapered i would flare. Once i started on a biologic i was able to finally stop taking it. It took about 6 months but all the nasty side...
Junk in junk out. Eating good healthy unprocessed foods that are rich and dense in nutrients can only help your body to recover, whereas eating processed junk food that is full of chemicals will...
I kept a food log for two years when i first got sick. Some things will trigger cramps when you are flaring. For example, Apple juice will give me cramps within minutes after drinking it. Its...
Dont take it personally. I have been ridiculed many times for trying to share my lifestyle change and how much it has helped me. I refuse to believe that medication alone will resolve all my...
Took me almost 2 years to get remission from the cimzia shots along with a bunch of other meds. After a year and a half of remission my insurance company switched my meds and sent me back into a...
I had remicade infusions for 6 years and Cimzia shots for two years during my last flare and the only side effects i had was headaches from the remicade. The shots did burn for a few minutes but then...
I would call your doctor and tell him your symptoms are getting worse. I know how bad things can get. My doc is now seeing me monthly since I'm improving, but it was weekly before that. Collazol and...
I eat only farm fresh organic fruits and vegetables. Any meats i eat (no beef) are organically fed from local farms as well. My diet is 80% fruits n veggies and 20% meats. I juice every morning to...
Steroids are really cheap but have side effects that increase over time. That's as close to ulceris as you can get for cheap....
My doctor has been able to give me samples of ulceris for the last few weeks because my insurance wont cover it. Ulceris is a steroid only released in the colon and doesn't have the same side effects...
I went from 6 years on remi to humira 1 month...to cimzia 2 years which put me in remission for a year and a half. If this new flare continues simponi is next but things seem to be calming down....
Looks like you are on the right track. It may take more time or stronger medication to get things to calm down. I was on several biologics for years to get things under control, but i had fulminent...
Ive been on it about a week and I'm slowly improving. Are you on other meds as well?...
I was on remicade for 6 years and it was very effective at first, but over time my dosage had to be increased until eventually it lost its effectiveness. I was switched to humira and then cimzia...
I've had quite a few quick sig scopes over the years and they are mostly just annoying. For a full colonoscopy I've always had iv sedation. Its just a lot easier....
After getting a quick non preped sig scope today, my doc says I'm not too bad and should be on the mend soon. If not i get to start shots of simponi. If i hadn't been here before i would prolly be...
Pretty much. The symptoms just kept getting worse even though i knew what it was. By the forth week it was beyond what i could do holistically with foods. Thanks i know you understand all too well!...
Neither is covered at this point. I'm running on samples and my doctor is very helpful knowing i spent 8 years on the biologics to get things under control. Sulfazine was the only covered medication...
Yes ulceris...lol! i was in remission for so long i didnt think a few days on the pentasa would really matter. Live and learn... I have enough samples to get me to open enrollment, when i can change...
So apparently after a year and a half of wonderful remission, my insurance company decided that they were no longer going to cover my one lialda per day. I had some leftover pentasa that i took for...
I just spent over a year in perfect remission with no symptoms at all. My insurance company decided that they no longer were going to cover my one pill a day lialda. After three days on the...
It took me 8 long years to get in remission. You can see by my signature that I took a lot of medications to get any relief. The lifestyle change helped the most! Unfortunately I tried to stop taking...
Yep. In life there are no guarentees on anything. In my case i would rather eat good food and feel great than take injections and still be sick everyday. Not to mention all the side effects i had to...
Organic bananas helped the most for me Even though i feel great now i still have one everyday for breakfast. Stay away from processed anything....
Here is another reason to stay away from GMO http://rt.com/usa/156272-epa-dow-agent-orange-herbicide/ These toxins build up in our bodies and cause all kinds of problems! What costs more medications...
Its certainly not easy finding good organic food but well worth the effort when you do. I spend a bit more money for it as well, but i now save alot of extra money on medications that i no longer...
I say the proof is in the food. I know my local organic farms food is grown with less pesticide and better care. It doesnt look better, it actually looks worse. All my apples are different sizes,...
I can eat fresh corn on the cob but i have been in remission for over a year. Id stay away from canned or frozen anything. I only eat fresh organic non gmo food, and that seems to work for me. I...
Fresh beets are great too. Sugarsnap peas, rainbow carrots, parsnips and butternut squash are all at the top of my list!...
Wow! I was just trying to get a good discussion going. Most junk food has gmo in it. Look up all the things they use gmo corn for and see its in almost everything because its cheap, subsidized and...
We are passionate about food because its what can make a good day or ruin one. I dont need to convince you that gmo's are bad. Your mind is made up, mine is open to the evidence. The revolving door...
I eat bread. I make it myself from organic ingrediants. No added yoga mat in my bread. :turn:...
Once its labeled you can choose to eat it all you want. I wouldnt eat mcdonalds or ice cream. Lol! After reading many of these posts i dont feel so extreme now....
I' m trying to say at least in my case it was the trigger, and still is. If i deviate from my wholesome diet the symptoms will start to come back. Its slow but i know the symptoms real well. So i...
So as long as you dont eat it for more than 90 days....youre good! If its organic its not gmo for sure. But cross contamination is getting worse as time goes on. Organic farmers need larger and...
Lol..."Nestle" ....sent me off on a tangent. :-)...
I think in 20 years it will be the new ciggarrete. But i guess even those arent being banned in most countries yet. I can tell you what super market corn on the cob would do to me the next day. The...
I was eating alot more factory chicken and most of my veggues were canned for ease if digestion. Any veggie i ate fresh would make make sick (just regular supernarket crap tho). Preserved food is not...
Its funny in that article how they interview Nestle...A company who practically steals water from communities drains their lakes and spring for almost free (a one time fee) then sells the water for...
Thnx! I only take one lialda (1.2 gm) in the morning but i do tend to forget more as time goes on. Im certainly not here to push my views on anyone, but i know when i was suffering i would have done...
Lmao! I get called extreme all the time. I bought a rooftop solar system last year and now enjoy a 7$ electric bill (minimum cost to be tied to the grid) almost every month. When i bought it everyone...
World hunger is the lamest excuse for it... We already produce enough food right now, its just a matter of greed. Selective breeding is not even in the same category. There is no way a mouse would...
I am in no way discouraging people to discontinue taking any medications with consulting their doctor. Without the medications I would have never been around long enough to discover my panacea. All I...
Im glad to see that people are finally starting to see things as they truly are rather than what the corporate sponsored media would like us to believe. The information is out there its just not...
Thanks to all who appreciate different views! I think "silly" is eating food that is sprayed with toxic chemicals that would normally kill it. The chemicals kill bugs, weeds and almost everything...
Some of you know me well, others not so much... I just watched another documentary called "seeds of death" and it pretty much reinforced what i already knew about the poisons we are being fed. Its on...
Im not sure why they were weekly. It was one pen though. The cimzia was one big needle every other week. Spacing out the shots seemed to help better. With the remi i felt better for the first few...
As you can see by my sig i was on three different biologics. The cimzia was the easiest. I did an injection every other week. Remi wasnt bad just took half a day at the chemo room(tuff to deal with...
Gotta stay away from as many chemicals as you can. Its all cumulitive in your lifetime. On a good note, organic bananas have naturally occuring tnf in them! And to think I used to pay tons of money...