Hi everyone, want to know whether anyone else has similar experience I got ulcerative protitis from 2008 and I thought I am in remission by using mesalamine enema twice/week. I have one bowl movement...
I would think about changing to a new Doc. Although the prescirbed medicine is for UC, I don't think you doctor explained everything to you. Seems he doesn't care. You need a doctor you can reach...
I am using Mesalamine Enema for my UC but now I need to go to China for more than one year. Did anyone ever mail enema to China? Is this allowed in states? I can't bring enema with me on plane since...
Thanks songalady Before I was dxed, I had urgency and D.then I saw blood in stool suddenly I seldom had any pain or gas. So actually I do not have a clear sign indicating flare But it is true that I...
Hi all I am basically in remission,but recently I found lots of floating stool. And the stool breaks into peices minutes later Is this a sign of future flaring? When I talk about this type of stool,...
I have UC at rectum and sigmoid area. When I was first diagnosed back to Oct 2008. Bloody stool is my only symptom. My GI told me to take Canase for 1 month, then switch to Asacol. I tried twice, as...
Normally the groove is shallow. No, I do not feel any pain and incomfortable. No blood, no mucous I notice the groove just because I watched my stool everyday since I knew I had UC....
I got UC and confirmed by colonscopy Oct. 08. In remission from Aug. 2009. At Dec. 2009, flexible sigmoidoscopy showed that I am still in remission. These days (3 months? I think), I occasionally...
It is crazy to drink hydrogen peroxide. I am sure that you'll burn all your GI tract (from you mouth all the way down to anus, not only your colon) if you drink hydrogen peroxide....
This is really good and informative. I think Dr. Targan also encourage people to enroll in probiotic clinical trials (if there is any) Seems he is positive to probiotic, not like many other GIs...
Just my 2 cents, I think Colazal may help to confine the colitis at rectum area, but doesn't help the symtom in UP becuase Colazal can not reach there....
Hi passer Where do you get Turmeric? Is it powder or pill? Thanks...
Awesome! Enjoy all the joy your boy brings!...
Thank you guys, these info are very helpful. I may wait another half a year to get another colonscopy done....
I'm in remission now and just visited my GI as a 3 months follow up. I had a colonscopy at feb. 2009 and am thinking whether I should have another colonscopy recently. How often do you guys have...
Good luck! Hope to hear from you soon!...
Sorry, seems a weird question. I am male. I am in remission for almost half a year and on rowasa enema twice/week now. GI does not want me to use oral med because I plan to have a baby next year....
I know this is a old topic but I want to get some successful stories. I'm kind of skinny and tried hard to gain weight with no luck. Or you guys have other good ideas to gain weight? Thanks...
sometimes bad thing happened. good to see that you are Optimistic....
Plan to travel to FL for a week. So I'll take Rowasa enema (maybe 4-6 bottles) with me. Is it ok to carry on? I don't think I need a big bag to check in. If any liquid is restricted, I may have to...
Since I can not tolerate milk, I dare not to try yogurt. I do like yogurt before i was diagnosed uc....
Terrific! Good to hear all these...
Normally, where to buy this "turmeric"? I often go to a Korean store near me, but I never saw it. I don't think shoppers or giant sells it.. -:)...
It is a very good news! Keep going...
Good luck Christine....
I agree with quincy. I don't see any reason to take hydrogen peroxide...
I can have one beer without any problem. But I won't try anything with alcohols....
Dear All: I have to post and ask for your suggestions again. I am 6'1 tall and only 135LB! Though I am always a skinny guy, I am scared by the actual 135LB. When I was in my 1st bad flare last Oct, I...
Hi Bobby I have similar problems. When UC at rectum is not very severe, it wouldn't bleed by itself. When the stool passing by during a bowel movement, it will "scratch" the rectum area. When ulcer...
Thank you very much. I'll take the enema every two days a little bit longer (try 2 or 3 days more). If I still see blood on paper towel, I'll call my GI and possiblly go back to 1 enema per day. I'll...
Both Canasa and mesalamine enema work for me. A month and a half ago, I saw a new GI and he wanted me to switch from 1g canasa nightly to 4g/60mL enema nightly. Enema worked well, after one month, I...
I was taking Canasa before, ocassionally I can see white patches (quater size, several patches) on my stool. But that's only happy on first 1/4 of my stool. I assume stool from sigmoid was not...
I know "Mesalamin enema" is a generic version of "rowasa enema", they should have the same function and efficiency. While I saw most people here are using "Rowasa", do any of you ever experience any...
It is said that there is a "Vitamin U" (S-Methylmethionine) inside cabbage. That helps. Altough Vitamin U is not fully accepted by mainstream, it helps....
Thank you Ickypoo. I also want to know, where do you get aloe vera juice? I want to try that....
Sorry, this maybe a kinda of naive question. I don't know the difference between Align and VSL3. When I searched "Probiotics" on Wiki, I found Align but not VSL3. Are they totally different or...
Thank you Jen. This pic is kind of like both of my eyes. Mine is a little bit more serious than the pic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beccas_%C3%96ga.JPG And mine is better than this pic:...
Actually I had blood vessel on both of my white eyeball for couple of years. It is always worse better then worse better. I can always see some red there. Sometimes I feel the very dryness of my eye...
I was told by my GI that I should take regular blood test when I am taking 5-ASA. But he did not tell me how often. I think 5-ASA may has bad effect on our kidney? Thanks...
Thank you all for your replies... Good to know these....
Using Rectal meds or not depends on where the colitis is. Why not ask your GI tomorrow. I am not a pro, but I think you are on Remicade way too fast (just my opinion)....
I am on Canasa 1/day currently, and want to have a baby in the near future. Is there any research about the efect of 5-ASA on male sperm? Or I'd better take off Canasa for at least 3 months? I asked...
Libra While I think one's character counts more. Most of UC patients are kind of not willing to talk with others and worrying too much about oridinary things... Maybe we should try to change our...
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Hi Blueclassring, may you share what kind of diet you are on these days? Thanks 5-ASA works well for me, but I hate to say even think that I may need this all life long, that's terrible....
yeah, give Canasa a try first. Good luck...
For me , more and more white solid on stool is a sign of flaring coming. Sometimes, when I consume too much fat (butter or meat), I also see more while solid on stool, but that goes away the next...
Hi ack I never had white stuff in my eyes, but I do have some (kind of a lot) red blood vessel shown on both my eyeball. I had this for several years and never goes away. Every morning, the red...
New to here My mom has Type II diabetes, (she is around 5'6 and 120 pounds before) she have been on Metformin for around 4 years and controls her blood level weel. Since the Jan, she noticed...
When I was waiting for oil change yesterday afternoon, I went to a Starbucks and had a cup of coffee mixed with milk. This was the first time I took milk when I was diagnosed. Then, I went to...