thanks quincy the uc is only in the lower part of my colon it gets really depressing to take all of this meds....
hi i recently got out of the hospital because i needed a blood transfusion because i have been active for over a year my blood count went down to 7 when it should have been 14. The doctor i was...
thank you all for the good advice spoke to doc tonight and he has started taking me off the prednisone i will see what he suggests next the 2 flares that started me was when i ate ice burg lettuce...
i am looking all over for the spinach and seed diet can someone please tell me what it entails thank u...
hi lyn i just finished reading your story. I cried for two different reasons one being the hard life you had and the other for how proud i am of you for not only sharing your story for others but for...
my story started out when i was 19 i woke my mom up while she was having a major stroke. she had had several in the past but this one left her in a fog. Throughout the next 16 years she was rushed to...
hi all i am on this dreaded drug prednisone which making me so weird. I am very depressed i mean to the point where i am giving up on things i usually wouldn't waiting for the doc to return my call i...
hi i tested positive 14 years ago for ana when i was pregant. doc said they thought i had lupus but levels arent hight enough then they said i may have ra and those levels were high enough which i am...
i had this before steroids but much more intense now...
hi everyone i have all year allergies and stopped taking meds they just dont work the only thing that stopped them was when i was pregnant lol my question when it hits i feel foggy light head...
hi all and thanks for the info i am sorry i am taking 50 mg daily at once in the morning. i could deal with the side effects but what worries me is the low blood sugar anyone ever had that with pred....
hi i am on prednisone for about a month now and it has lowered my blood sugar to lower 60's to high 70's i wake in the morning with trembling hands doc doesnt understand says it should be reverse...
hi i have been on prednisone for about a month now and my sugar level has been very low i wake up with the shakes and have it throughout the day when i take my blood level it is in the high 60's to...
hi doc wants me to change to lialda does your mom have any side effects from it...
doc wants me to switch from asacol to lialda says i only haveto to once a day if anyone is taking this for UC please let me know your opinion thanks...
hi petty i started with 6 mg then decreased to 5 then 4 and when i went to 3 i started bleeding again he then put me back up to 5 and i have been on that for a week i am also on asocal 1600mg daily....
hi i am new to the site can you give me more info about the diet that seems to be working for many thanks susie...
hi i was diagnosed with lower bowel us. I am taking asocol. i didnt take it the way i should have and started eating lettuce which gives me flare ups and have been bleeding for almost a year. i am...
Hi I have U.C. for about 4 years and had a flare up for almost a year now. First doc didn't want to put me on steroids new doc did and i am having weird side effects. Sugar, & blood pressure are...