even if it is rainbow colored i doubt that it is magically delicious...
one of the definitions of quiescent is inactive so i would guess chronic and quiescent is how they write active and inactive colitis....
I had a blockage after step 1 and lost 16lbs down to 102lbs, by the time i had step 2 i was back up 10 lbs of that(112) on Dec 2. Now im up to 145lbs gaining weight is so much easier without colitis....
I'd had a few colonoscopies where the prep was just the 8oz bottle of magnesium citrate, for the last few my GI perscribed the gallon jug mix crap i just tossed it and bought the magnesium citrate...
when I read the title "what is remission" i thought god its been so long i cant remember i had surgery so i guess technically im "cured" Id say with blood your not in remission sounds close tho if...
by the time I had my surgery I was ready for it on the day of step 1 the anesthesiolost came in and ask "any questions?" I just said "nope, knock me out, lets get this over with." Its been nothing...
Alternative methods are expensive due to the cost of regular medical treatment. If your spending hundreds if not thousands each month to control your disease of course the people offering the...
The problem with UC in my opinion is that nobody knows what it is.....nobody.....not anyone. I bet 1 out of every 20 people ive mentioned UC to have even the slightest clue as to what I'm talking...
first off if your drinking regular budweiser swap to bud light, pretty sure bud light is like 4.9% alcohol so you wont be losing much there. most people i know agree that budweiser is terrible for...
just from what I've read about steroids which I can't guarantee is all true. Your body makes around 8-10mg of natural steroid a day (pretty sure my regular Dr. told me that) the problem with large...
the additional surgeries rate is pretty high but some can be pretty simple procedures. Im between steps 1&2 and after step 1 the hole through my abdomen for my stoma was a bit too small which caused...
in winter i would wear a thick coat with inside pockets so i can have supplies rag/extra boxers inside. I also wear a pair of basketball shorts under my pants along with my underwear. the extra layer...
with UC it qualifies you for FMLA as well so you can take up to 12 weeks off a year with no consequences as long as you have a note from the dr. but you have to work for a company for at least a year...
i dont see a problem either way if he had taken the call prior to entering the room you still would have had to wait if he had stepped out you still would have had to wait, and it was his wife, even...
dont know if its the same everywhere else but in Alabama if you enroll with blue cross blue shield through an employer preexisting doesnt matter you get automatic acceptance. my employer paid 80% but...
Just had the surery go in to have my J-pouch connected in 5-6 weeks. The bags are not what the ostomy nurse cracked them up to be she said a bag should last 3-5 days and I havent had one last beyond...
I just returned from the hospital after step one surgery on the 25th best of luck to you. My stay was from the 19th(surgery day) untill 10am on the 25th. Again good luck and a speedy recovery....
gas was the first symptom I started getting before I was diagnosed with UC. the two people I shared an appartment and I began to notice a major difference in the odor it was quite literally the worst...
how long till all the air escapes from my abdominal cavity? I had it done laparoscopically so they blew air in there to be able to see. are there any foods I should avoid I was on the Liquid diet...
have surgery on the 19th. gotta go through the clear liquid diarreah coctail diet tomorrow. Prep is a bit more elaborate for this than Ive had in the past for colonoscopies. Mid-day sometime I take 2...
prednisone pulls calcium from bones dont know how much it would take or how long use would have to be for it to show up on a blood test. Although it could be several things I'd definitely get a dr to...
ask about your white blood count next time your at the dr. elevated white counts indicate fighting infection. that can cause night sweats. I ask my dr about it once he said that was probably why. I...
quackery maybe. I'm like the posterchild for the opposite of every conclusion came to in that article so in my opinon it sounds completely absurd. If it were caused by some compulsiary thoughts from...
Im having it done at Princeton Baptist in Birmingham. The surgeon Dr. Parker works at a few different hospitals so I got to choose between there or St. Vincents I forgot the others. Since my GI dr....
So today I met with the surgeon for my J pouch surgery, set up all the appointments. bloodwork and surgery registration on the 15th step 1 jpouch surgery on the 19th. I definitely wanted laparoscopic...
there was a show about stem cells on discovery health yesterday. It talked about Adult Stem Cells which are harvested from your own body fat and grown in a lab, with them being from your own body the...
I dipped skoal for a long time, even before I had UC. 17-21ish I was DXed at 19. I thought it helped from time to time. I realized that it didnt really help it just prompted a bowel movement,...
seen it several times since ive gotten UC "a patient cured is a customer lost" I dont care what people say about "socialized" medicine, let the gov. take over medicine heres your pills heres the dr...
I really dont know what I'm looking for. My regular GI Dr. said after my last colonoscopy that we needed to sit down and set forth a plan of surgery. Prior to that I had gone to a seperate GI Dr. who...
I live in north alabama. I called UAB but they dont have a surgeon who does it laprascopically. Google pulls up a lot but most of them just have the keywords and the sites dont actually say...
after you get down to 15-20mg assuming 5mg decreases each decrease becomes a higher % of the total ammount you are taking 5/20 is 25% 5/15 is 33% 5/10 is 50%, Dont know if im right in my reasoning...
Thanks a lot everybody. Gonna try'n have laproscopic if I can not, a big deal if not I already have scars from chest tubes on both sides from an auto accident, so im already sporting some body scars...
1) how bad is the scarring? ive google imaged a few and tried a search on jpouch.org but didnt find much as far as pictures, and some of the ones I found were extremely large and noticable from the...
Anyone notice that milk drastically changes things for them intestinally? It seems that when im doing well milk makes things go wrong, but when things are going wrong milk makes them better. Its like...
heres a couple articles on azathioprine/imuran and Infliximab you can search for other meds on this site too. http://www.medicinenet.com/infliximab/article.htm...
I was on asacol for quite a while and was switched to lialda it drastically reduced the cramps for me. Ive read of a few other people having similar results. I still have cramps but not nearly as...
From what you've said the things you've listed that he recomended and what I've tried myself it all seems to be in the area of things that have helped me especially what you said about flour. I tried...
Try removing bread in any form from his diet. No bread is the one thing I've kept doing since trying the SCD. bread increases my current symptoms at any given time by quite a bit. Staying hydrated is...
Astral I know you said you werent gonna post anymore but if you check up on this thread, What kind of tests/examinations did he give/do to you to determine the ammounts of each item to give you?...
anyone who wants the address for the amish guy I got it before they took it down. Add me on myspace and ill message it to u. just look up ****. the direct address to my space is ***Im just going to...
I wasnt skeptical to begin with but after reading some posts that questioned the validity of it I google earthed it and it does appear to be a farming community and as far as I could tell there were...
go for it exercise always makes me feel better. Dont know if its from the physical aspect to my body or the mind set it puts me in. Im kinda lazy and unmotivated at times ive done P1x like 15 times....
my flares go much better if i stay hydrated. Even tho sometimes it seems like my body is telling me not to drink much fluid. It seems as tho sometimes my body thinks it would be best to not be...
I take a B complex and Iron. I had a problem with anemia long before UC so I know all the bleeding associated with flares wasnt helping so I take a Iron tablet everyday not one of those mega 195467%...
wow exactly what i was looking for thanks so much....
so Im trying to find out and estimate on the sizes of empty gel caps Im trying to make some plantain caps, certain plantain species is where psyllium seed comes from. The sizes of empty gelcaps...
Im 2/3 of the way through my second box took 1 cap for the 14 days it seemed to help so i bumped it up to 2 caps a day. Definately agree with the grape smelling I opened all of mine and put them into...
I eat alot of bananas as well i usually throw them in a blender with some frozen strawberries and pineapple and some 100% natural OJ. Great smoothie relatively easy on my insides and with many...
just call whoever gave you the perscription and tell them that the pills make you sick and dizzy they may call you in a different pain reliever. I was in a car accident and got lortabs, well the...
I think tapering has alot to do with the ammount you taper. By percent a 5mg drop becomes a higher percentage 25-20 is only a 20% drop while 15-10 would be a 33% drop. So each time you decrease...