I used for this one a Canon Rebel XT-- not the best of the best but a very fine camera, indeed. However, the real quality in a photo is the glass through which the light has passed!!!! My lenses...
Hi all-- This week's contribution. An HDR (high dynamic range) photo of San Diego on my trip there in March. It is a lovely city-- taken at sunset....
I'm experiencing a bit of a set back in terms of my UC. This past week I have experienced increased gas and some cramping and mucus. I have gone back onto rowasa nightly (on the third night now) and...
Last I heard there is no generic-- hence the high cost of Canasa. Once when I was trying to get my rx filler outside of my health care network's system and they quoted me over 300 dollars for a 30...
Hiya-- I'm relatively new to the orchid scene-- but yes, they stay in the home. This particular one was already in "spike"-- meaning it was growing the flower stem-- when I bought it. However, I did...
I currently do not have any Spring photos-- because Spring hasn't sprung here yet. I work by Nature's clock....except in one case. My newest plant obsession (sad as it may seem, I really really love...
I've never had remi but I'm on humira. So far so good. You take four pens at the beginning and then depending on what your doctor thinks is appropriate you may take a pen or pens weekly, bi-weekly or...
Em!!! So glad you like it. I am SO sorry to hear you had to sell your camera :cry: How are you? Back on your feet?...
All-- if you hit "post reply" instead of using the quick reply, a set of tools will show up at the top of the text box you use to write your reply. One of those tools is a button on the left that...
Emily said she liked my photo of the week I did a long time ago... so here you are Emily-- just for you (and anyone else who likes them!) A little something to brighten up the day... her name is...
When I was young I would often have bad stomach aches.... as in colon issues sort of stomach ache. I didn't have it every day or even every week but every month or so I'd have a pretty angry stomach...
Hi Em-- I am still on temporary disability retirement with the AF. So yes, I have been getting near-yearly physicals in San Antonio. Sometimes I feel fine and then other times I get the flare and it...
Hi Tom-- So good to hear the Humira is working for you, too. Also great to hear that Tricare gave you no issues about using it! You can't beat this insurance-- at least in my experience it has been...
heathd-- are you currently on Humira, too? What is your experience? I personally have not tried my insurance yet with the Humira. My doctor, how he did it I do not know, gave me loads of doses and...
Hi All-- Its be ages since I last posted an update and wanted to share my experiences since I last posted. Since the last post I believe I have entered full remission. I still have issues with some...
I'll have to check this out, too, as I have a few things I could do without. If you're in Denver, look me up, yo! (email me, that is)...
How do you sleep at night? I ask because I toss and turn a lot and it leaves me feeling pretty thin on the rest in the morning. Also, I workout quite a bit- even at my worst flare I still managed...
If I'm not mistaken, such a thing is not possible-- for the safety of the public, you can't give your meds to anyone else. Though your intentions may be perfectly nice and reasonable, it would take...
I suppose it is possible that you cut yourself but that isn't as likely to happen than say, the natural progression of your condition. I know sometimes when I use my enemas it is not comfortable at...
I used the Canasa and I took it at night before bed but I wasn't able to hold the enemas anyway-- so when I finally could I used enemas at night and then in the morning,...
I personally never had an issue retaining these things except when the flare went really bad once and they believe the UC infected an area to consider it proctitis, too-- so sensitive and it hurt...
Has anyone suffered the flu or a cold while on Humira? I ask because my stomach has not been happy for the past few days-- D and cramping every day-- gassy, too but I don't think it is my UC playing...
Thanks for sharing that... I had to laugh when she described the things she delighted in so much that everyone else calls normal. For me, it was the first time I headed to the bathroom and pee-ed...
Some people use them on an as-needed basis. Many are tuned into their bodies enough to know when a flare is looming and will begin using the rowasa as preventative-- in this way I think it works very...
You throwing up and then being diagnosed with UC doesn't make much sense to me. Have you ever displayed any symptoms like loose bowels or blood when you go to the bathroom? This urgency you had to...
Probiotic I can't believe you quoted a Seinfeld.... I LOVE Seinfeld. As a UC suffer I can say unequivocally, NO I cannot spare a square. As for the auto flush things-- I hate them too. Denver...
When I was dx-ed with UC I didn't respond to anything and then they put me on the rectal meds and I was horrified. But I tried and they worked-- every time. I don't mean to sound cold or mean but you...
According to my counter on my desk top, I've been on Humira now for 38 days. These are how things stand now... Haven't seen blood in a while now-- probably at least a week perhaps even two. The only...
Mine can be very dark- black even. Rowasa itself will turn black over time if it is exposed to things outside its bottle. When I use rowasa, I squeeze the air out so it doesn't hurt once inside and a...
Thank you so much psAinCanada!!! That answers my question! Sweet!...
Hi all-- For those of you on Humira, have any of you traveled while on Humira where you had to take a dose with you to your destination? I'm headed out to San Diego in March for some R&R with my wife...
LOL Bum rockets... funny cuz I call Canasa butt bullets....
Just a small update but I am told by my doctor to inject one pen of Humira every week until I feel 100% and then a few weeks beyond that. Over all health is still very good (blood pressure is low but...
Tommy-- welcome and make yourself at home here. Loads of great, kind, friendly albeit strange at times, people here with a ton of advice and knowledge. I'm sorry you have UC but you're among people...
I would get up and tell them THEY can wait. We have UC yah know...what if one has a sudden urgency, which is common among UC sufferers, and you're in that thing. You have ONLY to blame yourself,...
My wife, a non-uc'er, is pregnant now and all I can say is good luck. I'm so glad I don't have a uterus. With that said, I love my wife a ton and am thankful she's the one carrying it! Good luck with...
I've used and am using them now. At the height of my flare I couldn't use them because it hurt so much! But yes, Canasa is expensive-- and from what I hear, no generics so they make it very...
Your colon isn't like a big cavernous space where the meds will stay on the bottom due to gravity. Unless you have gas or stool in the colon at the time, the medicine will fill in up the left side...
Unclebubba-- Nope-- not related. I moved from Hershey when I became an officer for the USAF. Moved all over God's green earth but then settled in my wife's hometown, that being Denver. Sweetpea-- if...
Supersaw-- yeah what Sweetue said...and you don't have to hold the plunger down, just hold the pen down. Seriously, it isn't complicated. Just watch the video on humira.com and it should clear up any...
You press the red button while firmly hold the pen against your skin. Wait for the yellow to appear in the window and youre all done. Seriously, watch the video-- it shows you everything you can...
supersaw--- The injections are waaaaay easy to take!!!! I numb the area with a little ice pack clean it with the alcohol swabs and inject. The sound of the pen going off isn't very loud at all and...
Oh! I can answer this one.... what I do is I take it and then make a b-line for the bed where a heating pad or my bed buddy (its like a long bean bag that you heat up in the microwave) awaits me to...
Yeah definitely call your dr. Humira makes it a point to say not to take the medicine if you are really sick, since this stuff is suppose to kick your immune system down a notch. It could worsen your...
1. I remember having terrible stomach aches (more like colon aches) when I was quite young-- some of my earliest memories. And I often wonder if they were part of this whole mess. I was diagnosed...
New to Fitness-- Please don't be offended-- but the way it came off, one might think you were soliciting the forum-- which happens way too often. So no harm was meant only that it came off as a...
pb4-- what is your take on other mesalamine (hope I spelled that right) oral meds. They are designed to remain intact until entering the colon and there the meds do their work. It is the same as...
emory-- I'm not sure any of what I have to say will help much-- but I take rowasa (and supplemented by canasa as needed) nightly during a flare, which I'm in one now, and I have noticed a few things....
New to Fitness-- How much do you get with this? It doesn't give a size or quantity in the item description....
I use EAS's version of whey protein. Not a bad taste, although it does have some artificial sweetener in it, which bothers some UC patients. I've had no issues with it. You might want to add a...