Dear Zippy123, I know that doctors often just give people diagnoses for the heck of it but I've had a lot of these problems for years and years before my Crohns started. Like the arthritis I'd had...
everything so I feel like maybe I'll see a change but I still think that right now I'm getting another flare-up. And I'm tired of talking about[b] it with people. Yeah, when I have a question or a...
Hey, I'm 16 and I had my first flare up back in January. I know it really sucks. It basically turned my life upside down and after a while it does kind of get to you. But I would suggest to you to...
Dear beeswax- I'm suprised someone rememebered me! lol I know I haven't gotten on here in way too long but I've been so busy trying to catch up in school and sick and still trying to have a life at...
Oh, I forgot to mention that we're switching GI's too because of some rude comments he's made during our last few visits. I'm also getting a new physician too. suebear-What is Humira exactly? A few...
I have never been on that medicine before and I've never sharted before either thank goodness. But I had an interesting though. Sometimes people who pee when they laugh or sneeze have tried doing...
Try pudding. Get a big spoon with pudding stick them in the middle. Then quickly swallow it. Or mash some potatoes. stick em in the middle and go for it. I have found that applesauce just kind of...
Ok so my situation is kinda sucky right now. I had my first flare up starting in September of last year. Wasn't diagnosed until January. At that time it was only proctitis. I was put on 30mg of...
Well I'm definitely no expert on this but when I was first admitted to the hospital they put me on a clear liquid diet which actually was really helpful and really calmed things down as far as like...
Thanks for all the support everyone! =D All of your input really is very helpful to me. I'm writing to answer a couple of questions you guys asked in your replies. Quincy asked if they had done any...
So i've been in the hospital for 10 days now but I'm doing soooo much better! I'm eating real food and it stays in there like it's supposed to and I don't walk all hunched over in pain anymore and I...
Yeah i hope this is the start of a long remission too. This disease pretty much ruined everything I was working for this year. But to answer your question quincy, the kind of infection in my stomach...
[tr ][td class=msgThread2 height="100%" vAlign=top]Well thanks to everyone who wrote back on my other post called "is this normal?" I put in at the bottom on this post so you don't have to go find...
GRRR!! My mom said she wants me to try the new medicine that she's on her way here with for a couple days first before we go to the ER. The new medicine is supposed to be for inflammation in my...
Cabbage is on the Big No No list my dietitian gave me. Maybe it's just too hard to digest. I would stay away from cabbage....
ahhhhh! the whole thing? did she have the whole thing removed? and i'm on prednisone (20mg), Asacol 3pills 4x a day, and I just started remicade yesterday....
Well this is only my first flare-up so I don't know what's normal and what isn't. But I can barely walk. It just feels like my insides are raw and all the muscles around my stomach and lower abdomen...
Hmm well I was just diagnosed with proctitis about a month ago so I don't have too much too tell you as far as how to handle it. But as to how severe it is, my dietitian showed me a diagram. I think...
Also to zed92 I would love to talk lol! I was hoping I would find someone in here about my age.. I'm going to put my email in my information thing in a minute here so if you still want to talk feel...
To Notsosicklygirl-I'm taking 2 Asacols, 3 times a day, I honestly have no clue how much is in a pill and I take a mesathalamine or whatever enema every night. =\ And I've been tested for anemia 3...
Awww thanks everyone for all of the advice and for sharing your own experiences. I got some really good ideas about college. I had no clue you could request a room with a private bathroom. And as for...
To everyone who's answered so far, Thank you so much for the advice! I don't know what I would do without this forum. But moving along, so far I've gathered that I need to 1-Call my doctor and let...
I use Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Cuticle pens. It looks kind of like clear nail polish going on but it's just oil. If you get it on your clothes it dries right up, doesn't leave a stain. You can use...
Well I was just diagnosed with UC(proctitis) about 3 weeks ago so I don't know a whole lot about how you go about getting all your medicines straightened around and whats normal and stuff. But anyway...
I hate those darn things, so annoying. After the first one though they're so easy and fast. I would reccomend using some kind of lubricant in addition to the lube thats already on it though. Slides...
I just read a story about this lady who has ulcerative colitis and her husband divorced her after 4.5 years because something about he was tired of taking care of her or something. I don't know......
So I'm a very nervous person, always have been. And I'm very stressed out. I'm in a really competitive program at school and everyones always talking about college and jobs and I just have a really...
So happy I got sedated. They said that I seemed uncomfortable and even gave me more during the procedure....
Hmm right now they're not giving me a whole lot. They gave me some pain ointment stuff and some enemas. But mine was pretty bad. I was losing about a 4th of a cup of blood betwen 10-15 times a day....
I'm seeing a GI. I had a sigmoidoscopy and a biopsy and all that. He seemed to be just a really positive person so I'm trying to figure out whether he was just trying to keep me in a good mood. I'm a...
I'm 16 and I was diagnosed with UC yesterday. My doctor told me that most people have an initial flare up and then never have one again. But, I was reading some information online and I saw that only...
I have a sigmoidoscopy tomorrow and I didn't know what it was so I did some researching online and turns out it hurts like hell!! And I do not do not do not do well with pain and I have horrible...
I have asthma, not sure if I have UC yet. But if you start weezing again don't lay down! It'll make it worse and you could pass out! Put your hands on your head and try to walk around. Laying down...
:confused: i've had some serious rectal bleeding whenever I go number 2 for the last like 2 and a half month. And I have this weird gurgling sound in my stomach pretty often and sometimes its in my...