Red- it certainly is a great feeling to not have any worries. It's like my body knew I needed that trip. Juju- yes I did gamble. Unfortunately my travel buddy lost a lot of money and couldn't handle...
Hey everyone, Thank you all for the support in my pre-trip post. I just got back from Las Vegas and had a great time. It's crazy how far I have come with my UC. I was able to walk up and down the 4...
Thanks guys! Good news, I don't have to take the train anymore-I will be driving to the airport and back so I just have the flight, which should be no sweat. PHEW..... I plan on bringing immodium....
Hey Everyone! It's been a while since I've been on the site, but I have an issue I'd like your feedback on. Tuesday I am going to Las Vegas for 4 days. The trip itself is super exciting as it's the...
Welcome Fordfan83! That was the longest post I've ever taken the time to read on here, but it was worth it. I'm glad you had a successful outcome after your surgeries and no longer have to deal with...
Thank you so much for your reply killcolitis. It's nice to get some perspective once in a while. Sometimes you just get wrapped up in your disease and your problems and you don't think of how lucky...
All great advice everyone thanks! I love being able to talk about this with you guys since none of my non UC friends can relate. Side Note: For the attorneys and law professions people on the board,...
I just recently started eating breakfast and find it helps me more than hurts me as far as my UC. It allows my system to start and helps me poop a few times in the morning and then I'm good all day...
LOL sounds great. Thanks for brightening up my day. ;-)...
Elephantpipe-nope sorry I live in Northern California. :-) Sorry to hear your last 2 boyfriends were jerks. At least you found a good one now. Journeytohealth/Ellen-hmmm I wonder if the reason he...
Good point. LOL. But if we got married/lived together, we would make sure that there was always at least two toilets/bathrooms....
Keep up the great advice everyone! I'm loving it! Malkavian- I agree with you on the older man theory. I'm almost 21 so ideally someone 25-28 would be good for me. Also, movie dates are ok if I...
Thanks Queen, Judy, and notsosickly girl for the great advice! Thank you for the warm reception back notsosickly girl. :-)...
Hey all, It's been about 5 months since I posted and thought I would pop in and say hi. Happy 2010 to everyone and hopefully it will be a healthy year for us all. So, I'm about 6 weeks shy of my 21st...
I took accutane for 5 months when I was 14 for severe facial cystic acne that I even had to have a quarter sized cyst removed surgically from my left cheek. I still have the 2 1/2 inch scar and...
Thanks fruitgirl. I'm hanging in there. I actually didn't see your post. I haven't been on healingwell for weeks. But Doors12 sent me a message saying there was a post about me so I came on to check...
Thank you....
Decided not to start birth control yet. Thanks for all the input and I will talk about birth control when I go back in two weeks....
Hey All, I'm going to the OBGYN shortly and am going to talk to them about Birth Control pills. I was wondering if anyone has any good experiences taking Lialda and BC? Does the Lialda affect it at...
I'm sending good thoughts your way and hope your colonoscopy goes well. Hopefully all you will have to do is up your Remicade. Humira does have insurance issues sometimes, maybe you could call your...
I would think it would be giving you some relief by now. Maybe if you increase your dosage? Or try humira? Do you want the surgery instead?...
Oh no! I'm so sorry. :-( How many infusions have you had done? Surgery is such a scary thing to have hanging over your head....
Hello festeris101 I had left sided UC for about 4 years before it grew up into my entire colon. I was on Remicade for 3 years and was in a complete remission for about 2 1/2 of those years. I was...
That's interesting that Prednisone does that. Hopefully you can stay on a low dose or taper off completely. But it's good to know that if you do go on high doses of Prednisone you should get checked...
Congratulations on starting Remicade. It was a miracle drug for me while it lasted. I was on it for three years and then out of the blue it just stopped working and I couldn't take it anymore. Now...
I have had UC for 4 years and was on Remicade ( which also severely depletes your immune system) for 3 years. During the last 2 and a half years I got 9 tattoos done while mildly flaring and on the...
Hi Rey, So sorry to hear about your daughter's troubles. I am your daughter's age and have had UC since 2005. Remicade recently stopped working for me so I was switched to 5-ASA the Lialda 4 pills...
Old Hat-thanks for the agreement. I will post on Rey's thread....
Old Hat- I read Rey's thread and feel for her daughter. However, I think she should exhaust ALL her options before surgery. Why take out a colon that can be saved? I believe that rectal and oral...
I used to think that Canasa was a waste of time and never consistently used them. However, since growing resistant to Remicade and only using the Lialda 4 pills once in the morning I decided to use...
Sherry- Dan Brown's new novel featuring Robert Langdon is available for pre-order on amazon.com it's called "The Lost Symbol" and comes out on September 15th. I'm so excited for it....
Like many of you, I love to read as well. I'm a huge fan of the Harry Potter series, the Twilight Saga, Angels and Demons as well as The Da Vinci Code, and am currently reading Julie & Julia before...
Thanks guys! I'm off to the airport. Aloha!...
Thanks for the tip thatfield. Now I'm off to Maui! Aloha!...
Adam: I'm from California. I like to ask the younger people with UC where they're from because I haven't met anyone close to my age near me in California. I know what you mean about having the lower...
Hey Everyone, So I posted about my worries for the plane ride to Hawaii but it's now occurring to me to ask if being in the sun swimming and tanning will be affected by my Lialda? I take 4.8mg daily...
Thanks for the well wishes, advice, and funny stories! I'm leaving for the airport at 11:30am (in about 3 hours) so I'll be checking this until then. I'm flying standby with my Aunt and Grandma...
Hey Adam where are you from?...
Hey everyone! I decided to be spontaneous and accept a last minute invitation to go to Maui tomorrow for a week. So unlike me to do that, especially with UC. I'm super worried about the 5 hour plane...
Good news. I went back to the eye doctor and he performed more tests and it looks like I'm ok. The other doctor got me all worried for nothing. Thanks for your input and I'm sorry it didn't work out...
For me, if the food is really a bad trigger it will only be a couple of hours after I eat it that I will have terrible cramping and pain or immediate D. However, some foods can also kill me the next...
Lialda has a special offer on their website. When you join the patient assistance program they send you a coupon to redeem one bottle of 60 1.2mg pills as a free trial that you can redeem through...
Interesting. Thanks for sharing your experience. I don't lean toward wine and definitely not beer. The drinks that look appealing to me are the fruity cocktails-Pina Coladas, Daquiris, and flavored...
Thanks to the original poster of this question. I found everyone's input very helpful. I too lost A LOT of hair while on Prednisone and don't think the Remicade helped either. Now that I'm off both...
Great Sherry thanks. I don't drink because I'm not 21 yet and am not a partier, so I haven't experienced any negative effects from my UC. Why does Alcohol upset our UC? Does it happen to everyone?...
Out of curiosity, will I be able to drink alcohol in the future while I am on Lialda? I know some meds say don't drink while on this medication and I was wondering if Lialda is one of them....
Thanks for starting this post psycho colon. I have been losing a lot of hair/ not growing back for the last 4 years and I miss my long thick hair!! Is Biotin safe to take on your own or do you need...
Darn it was still high. Well good luck at the ophthalmologist and hopefully all you will need are those eye drops. Wish me luck for my tests on Monday!...
Hmm strange. Well I don't know what to make of that. I've had 7 scopes and the ones during my flares have painful cramps afterward for a few days but scopes when I'm in remission or very mild don't...
That's a funny combination. :-)...