(By the way, I fortunately will have my first appt with a dietitian next month, so she will help me longer-term; in this post, I'm just asking for advice for the moment.)...
I can find advice all over the web about what types of foods to eat during a flare, but I'm confused about the amount of food to eat. I'm having a moderate flare. Trying to eat roughly my usual...
This is only my second real flare, and it's my first flare that involves mouth sores (two, on the side of my tongue). If you've had these, how long did they take to go away? What did you do that...
Well, it's possible Nuvaring would also cause flaring for you -- it does have the same hormones as combination oral bc, just in far smaller doses. However, it has been an absolute godsend for me and...
My initial flare (the flare that led to my diagnosis about a year ago) was very much like this. Just four weeks of diarrhea -- no urgency, no more than a few times a day, and no blood until this had...
Intermittent joint pain has become the worst of my symptoms (because, fortunately, my GI symptoms are not very severe). I didn't have any pre-IBD joint pain, so I don't know yet how to deal with it....
There is no difference in the active ingredient (mesalamine). There is minor difference in the inactive ingredients, as Linda pointed out. The primary difference is that you take all your Lialda at...
Chia seeds are great. I eat them every day if possible, and they really help with texture (help prevent or improve diarrhea). The tastiest way is to soak them in juice (a small handful in a full...
The hormonal bc options with lowest risk for blood clots are the ones that deliver tiny continuous amounts of hormones directly into your uterus or vagina -- specifically, the Mirena IUD (uterus) or...
(She says the clots during your period are generally just because your body has exhausted its current supply of anticoagulant for that cycle -- common, and non-harmful, possibility if you bleed...
Update to this question: I took about half a year to decide on my new birth control method. During that time I had HORRIBLE cramps, worse by far than any I'd had pre-IBD (which I understand is common...
In that case, do you qualify for Medicaid or another medical assistance program your state offers? One great thing I found out about government-sponsored insurance is that there is NO waiting period...
I don't, but like kops2da, I have a case that doesn't extend past the sigmoid region. For me there's blood only sometimes, and the blood is always part of the white mucus (I can see it's present if...
It's true, the Mirena IUD releases a lower and more continuous dose of hormones -- so if I decide to try something hormonal, Mirena would be at the top of my list. I'm just concerned about any...
Shire has a good variety of Patient Assistance Programs to provide free or discounted Lialda to people who've lost their jobs, aren't insured, and/or have low incomes. If you haven't already checked...
One solution for that "racing brain at bedtime" issue is to listen to some music or audio you know well, using headphones. For me, that engages and focuses my brain enough that those distracting...
I'm considering a non-hormonal IUD. I've read those often cause increased menstrual pain and abdominal cramping (and my periods are already painful enough, especially now that I have UC and can't...
Something I was really missing out on during my recent flare: eating enough protein. That was affecting my energy levels massively. And the body needs protein to do repair work, as well as to give...
Also, thanks for pointing that out -- I should go clarify that in my sig line. :) I'm not pregnant, it's just that there's a newborn baby coming into my life this spring and I'll be his mom. Luckily...
Thanks. I'm seeing the doctor again in two weeks, so I will present what's going on (I've been tracking about a dozen different symptoms daily on a 0-5 scale, so I'll have a little summary+charts to...
I'm really glad I found this forum; it seems to be the most active by far of the UC communities! So, I was diagnosed two weeks ago. I am definitely rollercoastering emotionally, and there are lots of...