Do you really have to lie on your left side after insertion for it to work? I have often wondered about this as I tend to insert it, cuddle with my girlfriend for about 5 minutes on my left side and...
http://www.crohns.org.uk/Docs/4/uc/Smoking%20and%20Ulcerative%20Colitis.html See the above link for some further reading on smoking and UC. Interesting, although the study doesn't look entirely...
I thought the reason why smoking was good for UC was because smoking acts as a form of immuno-suppressant? Smoking has been proven to weaken the immune system, and it therefore might act in a similar...
From what I have learnt in my past flare, the first symptom that I saw was constipation over the weekends followed by increased BM during the week (weird I know!). This lead to a bit of blood on the...
I think I was given one when I was diagnosed just for the sake of completeness. My doctor suspected UC but I suppose wanted to do an Endoscopy just to be sure that it wasn't something else. I suppose...
Yeah I was awake for my last colonscopy although I was slightly sedated - I remember having a conversation with the doctor as he showed me the area that was inflammed although I think I remember then...
I have been on it for the past 2 1/2 years. Was in remission for nearly 2 years (have been mildly flaring for the past 6 months - can't seem to shake it). I was on a very low dose (75mgs) for the...
I completely agree with the enemas comment above - I think I might just about have cracked this latest flare with Pentasa enemas. Have been flaring for the last 6 months (recently had a blood test...
I was under the impression that suffering from UC didn't necessarily hinder the absorption of vitamins as the inflammation/problem is in the colon, whereas almost all of the vitamins that our body...
I am anemic given the blood loss that I have had with my current flare. I take iron supplements (important to remember to have vitamin C alongside the iron tablets as Vit C assists with the...
This is definitely the same for me. I get up at 8, straight to the toilet. Get into work for 9, and then go to the toilet 3 or 4 more times and then I am fine. I am flaring at the moment though. When...
This is a pretty irrelevant thread if people aren't writing their heights in as well!! I am 203lbs but am 6ft 1 and play rugby/work out a reasonable amount (although haven't been able to do much...
I was told that I didn't need a colonoscopy for 10 years if I maintained remission once I was diagnosed. If you can maintain remission then there isn't much need to check it out. However, after 10...
I am currently experiencing a pretty minor flare. I have between 2 and 5 BM's per day some consisting of blood, some not. The consistency is almost always D although sometimes it is a bit harder. I...
Personally, I have taken quite a number of supplements, mainly different protein powders, creatine and amino acid tablets (waste of time). I would lay off the creatine when flaring. Otherwise,...
I am also on azathiaprine (175mgs daily). I was on it for 2 years at 75mgs to start off with but a recent flare has meant I had to increase the dosage. I haven't personally noticed loss of appetite...
Have recently started using rectal meds and they have worked pretty well for me. Have been flaring for 3-4 months, prednisone didn't work so started using Pentasa enemas. These worked well, stopped...
Thanks for all the comments. @Cfromutah - I believe it was magnesium citrate. I took 10 Senna tablets as well as 2 sachets of magnesium citrate (or potentially sodium picosulphate, not too sure)....
Hi all, Thought I would share this with everyone as it is a fairly strange observation (or perhaps not, depending on what everyone else has observed!). Background: Have been flaring for a while -...
Hi - it sounds like you and I are having the same thing at present! I have been flaring like this for the past 2 months or so. I go to the toilet two or three times in the morning, where it is mainly...