I have acheived remission by using Asacol alone. However, each successive flare-up required an increase in dose until 2001 when I added Rowasa to my arsenal of UC meds. I had a bad flare-up last...
For the last 4 years I've been working as a supervisor at a Doggy Daycare facility. I took the job after having worked for 11 years as a school crossing guard because one of the benefits, actually...
I started birth control pills at age 16, but didn't have UC symptoms until age 19 after a course of Keflex for strep throat. However, I do believe that hormones play a huge part in my, and others, UC...
For the last 4 years I have worked for a veterinarian running his doggy daycare business. I am all alone with a bunch of dogs and my own private bathroom!! Lucky me. I only make $8.00 an hour, but I...
I remember reading a post a while back asking about famous people with UC, so........ Amy Brenneman (Private Practice, Judging Amy), while a guest on "The View" today, mentioned that she had suffered...
This is a nice change of pace.....thinking about the joy in our lives instead of the misery of UC. OK, hobbies and passtimes. I love to read. Some historical stuff; Cokie Roberts books about the...
Tylenol PM works for me. I usually take 1 caplet instead of the 2 recommended. I've been doing this for months will no ill effects....
KrissyUC said...What is meant by every third night , can someone illustrate using the days of the week?I was on them nightly for four months before going to every other night which is where I have...
Mitzo said...Thanks - I have afeeling it maybe just slowly stopped working. Right now I'm on Pentasa and just started Align a few days ago. Incessant D and urgency are my symptoms, no blood etc. Did...
I've been on 5 ASA's (first Sulphasalazine, now Asacol), in increasing dosages, since diagnosis in 1986 after 9 years of symptoms. Been using Rowasa since 2001 when I had a flare-up that required...
I had my last scope on 6/22/10 and used the dulcolax/Miralax prep. On 6/20 I ate normally and then on 6/21 I went all liquid diet. I took 4 dulcolax @ 3:00PM. Mixed Miralax with 64 oz of gatorade and...
GI's office called. My doc says, because I've only been on the cortenema's for 3 1/2 weeks, I can just switch back to Rowasa w/o tapering. Just to be on the safe side I am going to take songlady's...
A building in Boston, MA was evacuated because it was swaying from the earthquake. I'm about 15 mi. south and didn't notice it. But, I live just off of a main st. with a lot of truck traffic....
I have a call into my GI about this subject, but I thought I'd get the opinions of the experts here on the forum. For the last 3 1/2 weeks I have been using cortenemas nightly to get a flare-up under...
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This topic is of special interest to me as I have just started a course of steroid enemas to finally get my current flare under control. My GI prescribed them, for nightly use, when I saw him on...
Was doing a little research on apple cider/vinegar and IBD and somehow came across this...... http://www.helium.com/items/1798653-potatoes-aggravate-inflammatory-bowel-disease I don't think I could...
Went to my GI on Wednesday because I needed to change my plan of attack for my current flare. Been flaring since mid Feb. (after a few weeks of emotional & physical stress; mother passed, multiple...
Just got back from my GI and he put me on Cort-enemas until my colonoscopy on 6/22. Hoping this is just the thing I need to kick this flare out of my colon once and for-all. Well, maybe not "for all"....
When flaring I tend to lose my desire for food. However, bananas are one of the foods that I can and will eat. Funny, because I never really cared for them much. Maybe it's the bodies way of telling...
Are you sure your sinus infection is bacterial? If it's not then do you need antibiotics? I had what I thought was a sinus infection back in March/April. I tried Mucines, Tylenol Sinus, &...
My sister, who was diagnosed with UC back in the early '90's, has been med free and symptom free since having a hysterectomy about about a decade ago. This tends to support a possible connection...
Hope you don't mind a "newbie" poking her nose into your discussion. I am one of the posters who questioned whether steroid enemas could be used for maintenance. Since posting the question I have...
[color=blue>Hi] I've been lurking here for a few months while dealing with a flare-up of my UC (mild/moderate procto-sigmoid) and I've decided to put my situation out there and get some feedback....