After 3 long years in a flare I am pleased to announce that I am in remission!!!! By the grace of God I started reading a book titled "What Would Jesus Eat?" What a fantastic decision! I started...
Day 4 of Zithromax for bronchitis. ZERO blood after day 2. I have been in a flare for about 8 months. I started searching the net because I was curious if anyone else has seen improvement. Really...
Interesting enough I have experimented with this. I typically am quite regular in that I am a "morning person". I found information that it takes Lialda 7-12 hours to reach full potential. I had the...
I have been in a flare for roughly 8 months. I have been taking Lialda daily with little to no improvement. I used Colocort 100mg for a month and it seemed to control bleeds a little but as soon as I...
I am really interested in finding out how it goes. Also, it seems that after a week of 30mg Prednisone my flare is starting to subside (bleeding) but gas and mucus is another story. When does that go...
Of all the information I have found, it seems that smoking doesn't cause colitis but rather protects the colon thereby preventing flare ups. On the other hand, there is also medical information...
I completely agree. I absolutely loved smoking. I wasn't happy about quitting either but I can say that overall I do feel better. If I could go back to it without the health issues I would in a...
I guess the best thing with this is the fact that I am not alone. I was in a bad place last night as I was depressed to see that the blood had returned after 3-4 of gradual improvement. I did fight...
Hello all. I just recently stumbled upon the smoking link and UC. I had never had any issues with UC and didn't even know what it was. I was floored to find out that quitting smoking may have had...