Hey Notsosicklygirl, Yes, they've repeatedly tested me for many things to include C-diff each time and also had blood work, everything comes back normal. I will keep LDN and Flagyl in mind incase I...
uc_is_devil My doc had told me the same thing, I had a negative reaction to Lialda after 6 months of it and it never got me fully into remission. He had me on Remicade which was awesome til my body...
Hi Saralee! I can only speak for myself and probiotics do work for keeping the gas and smell down. As far as controlling flares it hasn't seemed to be effective. Try to stay away from "MSG" like...
So just a quick update... No longer doing Remicade. Been removed off of that. Now back on Predisone and waiting on the Humira to get justified through my insurance. The doc decided not to scope me...
UCNewb, I'm sorry to hear of you being so young and having this. Maybe this will be in your favor. If you go through the different links active from today you will get a lot of information as I have....
Hey Peety, I was scoped in Sep 2008 for first diagnosis, then I switched doc's and was scoped in Jul 2009 to confirm diagnosis (the first doc was useless according to my current doc) he wants to...
Hey B, Your body is going to do whatever it is going to do and unfortunately we can't control it - that was the biggest realization for me b/c I'm OCD control freak. The best you can do is just have...
I agree with the AC (as long as its not focused on my stomach region), slow breaths have helped me at times but not always, it does relax me though which however you can relax and not stress you're...
Thanks everyone, some very good things for me to try when i thought i was at the end of my rope. I had no idea all these things were even out there for UC. Needles sounds scary to me, but I will...
Fruitgirl I <3 you lol but seriously, Thank you because I didn't understand what anyone meant by surgery. My only experience of this was from my grandmother who had an external bag and I helped her...
Thank you both for your encouraging and quick replies. I now will have a little more sensible ideas to take to my doctor tomorrow other than "you're fired"! Remicade was working up until January's...
Hi, as said in the subject I am new to many things. One being diagnosed with moderate to severe UC in Sep 2008. I am 28 female, with 1 child, and was Married in Oct 2009. I have tried many different...