Yes, that was me that made those posts....doc switched me to apriso, and it did work better. i ultimately had to switch to remicade and am doing pretty good with it. hope it works out for you...
i think it caused it with me. not 100 percent sure as i was on pred at the same time. but i did not see so much hair in the tub the other times i was on pred. so, i think it was the apriso.....i'm...
christine, yeah i still have some symptoms of uc, have really since being on remi. the difference is, they are very liveable. I still don't have very formed stool, but not going real often, and i can...
i agree with everyone....i have had pains at times in elbow i think from pred. pred can do so many things. I'm glad the remi is working for you....
are you on any 5 asa drug? If it were me, no symptoms means remission....so, no need to talk to the dr. that's just me though. It is your body and your life....
look forward to good report...
SCD-hard...."The Maker's Diet" by Jordan Rubin much better....
"The Maker's Diet" by Jordan Rubin.....get the book...
I recommend a book called "The Makers Diet" by Jordan Rubin. It is not too hard too follow and I think has a lot of benefits....
gotcha. I no longer take the 5asa as they did absolutely nothing for me....
yes, yes, yes to all of the above. I def. think stress will agrivate your symptoms. It is know that even people without UC can have GI issues during times of stress. Some people get diaharrea and...
yeah, def be taking iron if you are losing blood in your stools....take with vitamin C to help absorb. Only about 10% of iron you take is actually absorbed, so ask doc how much to take....I was...
thrombosed hemmies can be EXTREMELY painful. I had to have one removed this year as it was beyone unbearable. It was however the size of a golf ball the doc said. They do not neccessarilly bleed....
Saw a news report a while back, forgot to post about it, just remembered. They say low dose aspirin can aid in treatment of colon cancer. I thought that was curious. Wonder if it helps prevent colon...
Don't worry about cancer. They will monitor you. If you have no symptoms, just enjoy it. Why let the fear of what could be ruin what is. I used to worry so much, and I think it caused flares. I have...
yay glove....another remi success...
yeah, i agree with some of the others....maybe you are anemic.....and your body is still healing....wounds take a while to heal. this is especially true with prednisone. It slows down the healing...
sorry to hear you are struggling. This disease can be viscious. I would reccomend a book call "The Maker's Diet" by Jordan Rubin. I think it has some great benefits and not too hard to follow. I hope...
what a great doc...
yeah, no blood is a great sign....it takes a little time to heal up and for the colon to start absorbing fluid again.......
hooray for the first infusion....just remember if the inflamation was bad, it can take a few days to start seeing improvement just because even when the immune system stops attacking, it has to heal...
awesome news.....just remember all that inflamation and ulceration has to heal.....you should get a little better each day.....wonderful news....i really believed it would work for you....you are...
Hey, lotta people been having great results with the remi, and we will believe you will be no different....been a life saver for me only 2 weeks in.......
Sweet....things should just get better and better or gooder and gooder whichever you want.....glad you had some laughs....
As some know i started remi 2 weeks ago, just had my second infusion today. I have done well with it, Pretty much in remission now. But anyway, 2 weeks ago, as many are, I was a little unsure as to...
Hope you respond as well as i did. I had almost immediate improvement which was a miracle for me. The nurse told me today that the doctor told her that my colon looked like a hand grenade had gone...
i have quit a bit unused and have stopped 5asa cuz i'm now on remi and 5asa's do no good for me.....hate to pitch it....
We will keep praying for a quick result.....It may take a few days to see improvement even if it is working.....when your colon is wounded and ulcerated, even if the immune system quits attacking, it...
let us know how it does for you......
i can't find the seed powder, just the seed here........
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif great news Christine. Our Church is doing a day day fast and prayer tomorrow. I will be Praying during meal times for the next couple days, so I promise I will be...
It has been so long. I so missed mexican food. I'm so thankful to God for remicade. I won't make it a habit of eating things like that, but it was nice to do so without fear.....went the whole night...
Sounds exactly like my flares. I often would pass stool with little or no blood, followed by a gush of blood. The amount of blood always varied with me, sometimes it would tun the whole stool very...
Let me suggest a book for you. I saw a story on the 700 Club about a young man who had crohn's and has avoided meds by following this book. I purchased it and have found it to be very good and much...
Just keep thinking that by this time next week, you WILL be symptom free. I hope and pray you will be...you deserve it....
5 years of severe anxiety here. I had the panic attacks where i thought i would pass out, sweating and constant nagging fear. I finally overcame it through scripture and prayer and just deciding I...
what i do when i am tempted to worry about the side effects of remi is a quote and pray the scripture where Jesus said that if you drink any poisonis thing, it shall not harm you. I stand on that...
I tried the scd, but i won't lie, i failed miserably cuz of the intro part of it....i have since found the book called "The Maker's diet" by jordan rubin....it is similar, but i found it much much...
I know it sounds weird, but after almost a year of flaring and finally reaching pretty much remission, i almost feel guilty feeling so good. My wife thinks i'm crazy, but once you suffer and then...
Actually, Lucas is my first name, and Jay is my middle name.........
Just remember that once you give your purity away, you can never get it back. I know you think you will be with this person forever, and if that is true, then make it special after you have commited...
i think my last inflamation test was like 2.8 or something...so that number does not seem too bad....hope the 6mp works great for you, i took it for a couple weeks, but my condition was so bad that i...
did not mean to cause such a big debate. One nice thing about the farm i visited today is it is open to the public, they will take you on a tour and let you see their facilities and explain the...
I recently read a book and have instituted a lot of the suggestions into my diet called the Maker's diet which i strongly suggest, but anyway, one thing he suggest is to avoid meat from the grocery...
maybe you should consider going to a pouch. also, get a book called the maker's diet. It may help....
glad to hear you are feeling better today.!!!...
hey christine, glad to see you are gonna give the remi a shot....hopefully because you are in such bad shape, the dr's office will really push hard to get a quick approval as you will most certainly...
welcome to the forum. 2 things i will say. First, get a book called "The Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin". I think it has a lot of merit and is sooooo much easier to follow than many diets out there....
the remi has helped me a lot in only a few days. This after nearly a whole year of flaring with only a few weeks of remission during the summer. I too had severe colitis throughout my entire colon. I...
christine, my symptoms were of course bad D. 15 times a day or so with quite a bit of bleeding which caused me to have to have blood transfusions a couple weeks ago....i had bad urgency and often...