LOL.......... London is 2hours by train from my house, i really wanted to be there but i didn't because of the same reason that every one is talking bout here. There is no hope that i cant survive...
HI i just had a colonoscopy 3 days ago and the report said that i had a patchy atrophy in the middle colon. Also, there was a 11 mm polyp which had been removed and sent to the lab. my appointment...
Hello, i exactly know how hard it is to take care of some one with UC especially when that person is your son. your post actually made me remember a lot of things. mt mom was telling me about the...
I exactly know what you talking about, when you wake up from yr sleeping and feel that every joint is on fire. you also cant determine where the pain is coming from because you feel sometimes that it...
i had arthritics related to uc 5 years ago. the only thing works with arthritics is prednisolone. Bear in mind that arthritics flare always followed by the worst uc flare...
i have arthritics related to UC since i was 15. now i'm 21. the inflamed hips are the worst painful joints ever, i remember 2 weeks ago, i just woke up every 3 hours to take painkillers....
Hi kbarb i know exactly what you feel now because i had this now for 3 days. The thing that makes me very angry is when i loose a lot of blood i looks very pale and looks like dead people that thing...
I would like to say HI. i am back again in the form. week ago i moved to the Uk to finish my studies ,exactly in Coventry, i found it a very good country to live in. Actually , i am asking about the...
yes i tried methotrexat 3 month ago . it was perfect for treating ulcerative colitis but in my condition ( uc and arthritics) it didn't do anything for arthritics except taking the double dose which...
i know it is very strange i just picked my test results 5 days ago and levels of c- reactive protein test & ESR were something rare, doctor told me that is your worst results ever . now i have...
lung cancer = colon cancer both are death . that is the only equation of smoking and living with ulcerative colitis...
it worked very well with arthritics but it take more than month to give its affect (6 pills a day ) . i also take pentasa for uc...
there is an additional option in Huddersfield...
my choices are ( Greenwich , Aberdeen ,Portsmouth ) is there anyone lived there before ? thanks...
any one from the uk please........
hi.. i probably go to the UK to finish my study . i wondering about the type of insurance that can i get if i treated like student and if so, did it cover the cost of expensive medications like...
quincy ..... i will check my D vitamin level . but i didn't understand you well . you meant that low D amount cause depression and anxiety. ok. but what is the realtion between reducing pain and...
yeah i was in cortenemas for 2 weeks . they make excellent relief and fast but i didn't complete them as my doctor told me . i'm not just accepting the idea of rectal meds you must take it at night ,...
that cant be ulcerative colitis at all .. maybe chrons affecting the stomach or stomach ulcer...
the dr put me on prednisone because the severe condition of uc that caused by taking alot of NSAIDS and painkillers 20 mg mobic and 12 tylenol extra a day ( iknow that was dangerous ) but i have no...
hi ... i think my last reply or posting something was 2 month ago, i was really sick , i thought that was the end . everything comes to flare at 2 days my colitis condition was 15 bm a day ,...
i had this test a month ago . the result was negative they diagnose situation as arthritics related to uc . i was taking the maximum dose of painkillers ( 12 tablet a day) for a whole month. i tried...
i used pentasa for 4 continuous years with no side effect of it .... i think pentasa has the least side effects of all drugs we use...
it works with me after the fourth night of using... the pressure i felt in the lower part is completely gone ....
i'm exactly knowing what are you talking about. this morning i cant do anything,i cant even go college or do the normal activity of the day. i know that i have iron deficiency and all that is because...
yeah there is one but you maybe don't like it .. you can dissolve one tablet in half glass of water and waite until all dissolved , actually separated into tiny peaces and drink it .. don't remain...
yeah my doctor put me on those enemas today . I hope that will stop rectum bleeding and crazy urgency i have now.......
do cort enemas have the same side effect of oral pred? I tried salofalk enemas and it didnt help...
i used pentasa for more than 5 years and the best thing of pentasa that they have not any side effects in short and long term........
yeah each day i didnt wake 2 hours before college , i must have accident . Today i woke up late . Didnt have my breakfast just take that pills with a whole glass of water.... And oh my god i'll never...
i think you shold stay at mesalmine for life , even you are in remission . My dr told me thae mesalmine preventing the develop of cancer espicially in paincolitis types...
iam sure that this is arthritics related to uc. 2months ago i had the worst arthritics flare. I couldnt walk,go bathroom and even sleep. Pain and pain and pain , i really feel how bad is that ,i felt...
in remission no blood in stool . but according to the tests i always have hidden blood even i'm in remission...
i don't think the pain of lower spine and feet is from prednisone .. maybe its from the uc its self. you should take care if this is an arthritics related to uc , it was started with me like that and...
yeah sometimes when i'm ok . i eat a lot of fast food , dairy and doughnuts what a feeling ...........
i'm almost at the same age of your son . here what i do when my condition is very bad 1- taking the maximum dosage of the ante inflammatory drug ( pentasa- asacol - lialda , whatever ) 2- the most...
IT IS ALL ABOUT FOOD...
my last scope was 5 years ago , iknow it's very dangerous that contenuious inspection of the colon is not taking place with this disease. each time my doctor told me that you must have a Colonoscopy...
bananas are very good for ulcerative colitis i completely agree with" imagardener2" carbohydrate diet always put me in remission to...
lonie ... i told my doctor that i dont want to take prednisone anymore. he told me that you have few options .trying methotrexat was the last choice .. he didnt mention the sulfa option , i didnt...
hi..... for 6 continuous years i used pentasa and lialda to put me in remession with out using prednisone ,they work very good with me .. i was really happy until the last year when uc developed...
yeah ...happened to me at last falre , i was bleeding to much .. after the flare everything is going ok...
yeah methotrexat doing the same to me . working very well to uc but nothing to the arthritics . i searched on net about the uc side effects after the surgery, nothing talks about arthritics .......
sure .. hip pain is from the uc or prednisone, it's very awful and harmful .. the top level of pain is in the morning , i cant sleep normally . i became addictive to painkillers (10 tablets of...
yeah i know this awful feeling .. wake up before the time , sometimes 3 hours are not enough for me . the continuous BMS without fully discharging , medication , shower , breakfast , wear .. i had...
mobic or methotrexat,.............. just trying to avoid prednisone...
mobic .i know it's very bad for uc but i cant do nothing with arthritics....
hi... each time i take NSAIDS and stopping them cause me awful gas and very hard discharging.. i know they affect me very bad but must take them i can't go out of the bed or go to the exam ...... now...
40 years ! what a patient from you . I'm just in the 18 years of uc and want to kill myself . anyway, your opinion about smoking is something i really respect, i don't know why doctor's don't tell us...
yeah some times ulcerative colitis related diseases are more tougher the ulcerative colitis its self .......