Don't try and wean yourself....my story is just like Eva Lou's. For the last 3-4 years I am in and out of flares. Nothing keeps it under control and I am taking now 12 Asocol tablets a day, in...
I am going tomorrow to get all my tests, TB, Blood and Xray's. I am just so tired of the constant flare. I am scared of the risks of Remicade...I had a sarcoma in my arm years ago and am worried...
I take Lacto-Flam-X. 18 Billion/capsul. 2 capsuls/day. I see both a conventional doctor and a naturopath. Of course, my conventional doctor doesn't want me taking any probiotics at all, because they...
Wow...really great posts. Like PB4 & Judilyn, I made a vow several months ago to try to ease up on things. Just let things happen they way they do and try not to get all worked up over things I...
I am going to try out the Spinch thing. I had been doing really well up until this last Sunday. I didn't know anything about the Spinich, but had been eating Spinich salad's at least 2 -3 times a...
Just curious.....and this may have been in a past post, so forgive me if this is a repeat, but I am curious about personality traits of people with UC. I'll start... Strong Type A personality...
Thanks for all the words of encouragement. It helps to talk to people who "really" understand. My husband is such a wonderful man and he tries to keep me optomistic, but deep down I just get sort of...
I think I need to learn to keep my mouth shut when I am finally feeling good! I have been doing so well over the last 5-6 weeks. No blood, no mucus, hardly any cramping or pain and very few trips to...
I agree with you 100%. I have tried just about everything and it took a long time for me to understand I wasn't directly causing the issue by what I eat. I have always been a healthy eater and so it...
I was on antibiotics in February of this year and by the end of March I started bleeding. I don't know if the antibiotics triggered it or not, or if the stress of the Holiday's had an impact on...
I am certainly not new to UC. I have been living with it for nearly 10 years...and I do understand that everyone is different. I understand food doesn't cause it, but can aggrivate the symptoms. I...
I have joint pain every time I have a flare. I almost always know when I am going to start flaring because, I get horrible lower back pain which just never seems to go away. This is usually a few...
I am also in the process of trying to taper down from 30mg of Prednisone. I have been on it since May 5th. The last two times trying to taper down, by the time I got to 20mg...I started to flare back...
I don't know if there is any truth to this or not, but as you all know when you get to a certain point in your illness, you are willing to look into and try just about anything. Anyway, I heard about...
Thank you for the posts. I haven't had a chance yet to go through all the older threads and read through prior discussions on this particular drug. I am just so frustrated this time around. I can't...
I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in 1999. I went 4 years with out any issue and had a flare which only lasted a short time and was easily taken care of by increasing my Asacol and adding...