I would agree with most everything that has been said. I had the 2-step surgery, with the ostomy reversal in August of 2009. I had rather serious complications after my first surgery (internal...
Zetlandgirl - It's definitely tough to exercise with UC and especially after having surgery. I am not even to a year since my surgery and I am running again. About a week ago I did an 18 mile run...
flaregirl - For me, I just reached a point where I felt that my quality of life was very low. Remicade infusions every 4 weeks, painkillers, having to use the bathroom constantly (27 times in one...
I definitely ran the gamut of painkillers while I had UC. Once my UC became severe, I had very regular sharp and intense shooting pains in the bottom area of my descending colon. Often I would wind...
I would also say that it may be worth a try. However, I was on Remicade for severe UC for a little over a year and we had to keep shortening the frequency and increasing the dosage of the infusions....
I just got a script for Nucynta. I had my entire large intestine removed at the end of April and my ostomy reversal the end of August. Over the last 8 weeks I've had multiple instances of a complete...