Hello! My name is Emily. My boyfriend, Spencer,was recently diagnosed with Crohns (they have been treating him for UC for the past year). He had a fistulotomy done on Thursday and I was just...
Thanks so much!!...
Subdued and I were talking about this on a previous thread and it got me really interested in the procedure mostly because of the promising success stories. Just wondering if anyone else has tried...
Wow thankyou for your post and the article it was very helpful and answered a lot of my questions but what is fecal transplantation?? I've never heard of this before is it a natural treatment? Is it...
Hello! Has anyone ever tried any of Dr Jordan Rubin,s "Garden of Life" products? or read any of his books? What do yall think?...
Just out of curiosity, are there any other Traditional Chinese Medicine remedies you use to treat your UC other than sticking to warm foods/drinks?...
Hey All! I hope everyone had an awesome Easter weekend! I was reading about all of the different natural remedies for UC and was wondering what yall thought... Ive read about oral aloe vera gel,...
My boyfriend experienced these at the very earliest stages of UC before he was even diagnosed! Thats when we knew for sure that there was something terribly wrong. They gave him (along with the UC...
Thank you for answering all of my questions Laura and Scrap Girl...I wish you both the best of luck on your road to recovery! <3 Emily and Spencer...
I heard about Remicade for the first time today (we are fairly new to UC), my boyfriend tried Humira and was on it four 3-4 months but it made his immune system so low that we had to stop the...
Thanks Donna! I will Check him out....
Does anyone who lives in the Dallas Forth Worth area recommend a good doctor who specializes in treating young UC patients? We don't mind a bit of a travel as long as its within 1 hour, any...
When my boyfriend is feeling worse than usual he sticks with the BRAT diet.. Bananas Rice Applesauce Toast(Tea)..Id keep the rice as plain as possible with just a little seasoning for taste. The...
oh and also... Quincy: I meant that the lesion was on the skin of his lower stomach bladder area,not actually his bladder..sorry for the confusion Callalilly: I keep hearing about probiotics, he inst...
wow! thank you all for your fast and helpful replies, its very much appreciated. The doctors are calling it Pyoderma gangrenosum, which only effects about 5% of UC patients..apparently he is the part...
My boyfriend was on Humira for about 3 months and it caused much more harm than good. He was always getting sick because his immune system was so low, he had bronchitis 3 times, pneumonia,strep. He...
Hi, I'm Emily and Im brand new to HealingWell.com. My boyfriend(Spencer) was diagnosed with UC in September of 2009, before his diagnosis he was extremely active. He was at college on a soccer...