I would like to thank both shortstuff1, and wishingtohelp, for your replies! :) Wishingtohelp, I was very healthy, about 170lbs, before this illness came about. Which was 3 years ago. I dropped to...
Hello dear friends, I have not written on this forum for a long time. The Remicade has helped me symptomatically quite a bit. I can eat beef, and almonds and other foods high in fiber. But my body...
Hi everyone! I need some advice or feedback on weight maintenance. I'm currently on 40 mg of pred, and 50 mg of Imuran. I just got my 2nd remicade infusion, because when we tried to taper down the...
I wish to thank all of you for your feedback! I'll give it a few more days. It's just D at this point, no blood so far, but I've seen it like this before and the bleeding is usually not too far...
Hi Charlotte! He does not have a resident or anyone covering the phones. That's very frustrating, cause he always wants me to call him before we make a decision about the meds, but he's never around...
Hi everyone! I am really not sure how to proceed at this point. I was hospitalized in Sept/Oct, and when released, kept on 40 mg of pred, then we tapered down to 15 mg over several weeks. I had a...
Hey Gigi! I was wondering how your UC responded to the cigarrette smoking? Did it improve at all? I am considering doing the same thing. I used to smoke from the age of 15 - 22. I quit for 8 years,...
Hey Dawn! Hang in there. I too just increased my Pred from 30mg to 40mg. It's been 3 days. The 1st day things quieted down, but yesterday I had 1 very loose BM and then quite a bit of D at night. So...
This is my first post on this forum! I wish you all the best, and to be honest, I too have been considering surgery quite a bit the last few days. I have only had the disease for 1 year, but it's...