When I saw my doctor last week, he said that within the first year, if you don't take maintanence meds you've got a 50% chance of getting another flare. In the second year that drops to 25%. I don't...
Couldn't have put it better myself! :D...
Adam - there is a reference to it in House, in season one. A guy comes in with IBD complaining none of his meds work, so House tells him to start smoking. Of course you should believe him! If it's on...
Add me to the list of avid readers! I love mysteries too, but my favourite is alternative history. I'm a nerd - we have to write an alternative history essay on an event for my American Politics...
Apparently the people who are most likely to get swine flu are young healthy people. So many having a pre-exiting condition could be a good thing...
My flatmate used to try and tell me that I didn't need to tkae meds, and "if you don't think your sick you'll get better". I just told him that if I don't take my meds I start pooing blood. He hasn't...
Hi, I'm in remission and have no problems with cafeine or alcohol. I know I'm one of the lucky ones though, so you'll probably have to try it out carefully for yourself....
The only nutrient you might get low in is iron, but apart from that you should be getting everything, especially as raw fruit & veges tend to be better for you than cooked ones...
Try taking painkillers with cafeine. That's generally what the 'strong' or 'rapid' type of painkillers have with the normal ones to make them work faster or stronger...
I'm on pred at the moment, and have had a cold for the past week. I've never had colds for this long before, usually I'd get them for a few days and then they'd go away again, so I'm guessing it's...
So what's in it? I wonder why they don't have an ingredients list.......
I had the same issue, but my point was 15mg. I just couldn't do it. Eventually I got down to 14mg, then 13 & am now down to 5 :) Just take it slow. It seems like such a pain at the time but you will...
Lucky! How did you get off so fast?...
I was in hospital for 5 days while they worked out what was wrong & got me on meds. I was put on 40mg of pred, with enemas twice a day. The pred started to kick in immediately for me, but I was still...
Apples are meant to be really good at waking you up, maybe try those?...
I'm not sure how it works in other countries - but in New Zealand there's a choice between public and private. People that can afford it will go private for opperations and things like that because...
I get these all the time. I asked my doc about them - apparently they're nothing to worry about. He gave me some complicated explanation about fluid & weird things, but I think basicly it's like when...
My doc told me that quiting pred cold turkey can actually kill you if you quit from too high a dose...
Here in New Zealand they won't let me give blood. I tried to find out why, but I'm still not sure if it's the disease itself or the meds that's the reason, but they clearly say that people with UC...
Heh thats awesome...
If they were just observing, rather than actively participating under a pretence I wouldn't have an issue with it. But as they are using their findings in research, they then need consent before they...
Thanks for your feedback guys :) I don't know if this was a real example or not, I'm guessing not (I don't think they'd be able to get the research published either, they'd have major privacy &...
Hi everyone, This is very off topic, but we were talking about ethics in my psychology class yesterday, and this question was given to us by the tutor: A psychologist who conducts qualitative...
I got really bad nausea when I was flaring - it was worst just before I went to the bathroom and I vomited heaps too. I was in hospital and they kept giving me injections to try make it go away, but...
If you decide to start a craft then you could also sell the results. My aunt does this. She stays at home with my cousins, & makes cards, then sells them at craft fairs...
Enemas aren't as bad as you might think. I was quite wary of them & had a bit of a bad experience at the start (every time I took them I'd throw up). But I've worked out the dosage & they do help....
I heard that stronger abs & stomach muscles can help digestion - which in turn could help UC I guess. If everythings digested really well by the time it gets to the colon, it might not cause so many...
I've been getting pains in the same region - but I'm newly diagnosed & this is only my first flare so I don't know if it's a normal thing for me yet. It's quite a sharp pain...
Garlic, olive oil, turmeric, cinnamon, cloves and green tea are all meant to be anti-inflam too. Are you trying any other kind of diet (like SCD or low residue) as well? Many foods that I've found on...
Thanks - this is all new to me, so it's good to have somewhere to ask about these things, esspecially from people who've really know what they're talking about from experience...
Since I went down from two to one a day I've found that thay're easier to deal with. I'm on oral Pentasa as well but seem to be fine taking those...
Hi - just wondering if anybody else finds that enemas make them really nauseous? I can't seem to deal with them very well. I'm on Pentasa enemas once a day now (down from twice after I taked to my...
I get lower back pain when flaring too - very uncomfortable. Nice to know I'm not the only person that gets this though!...