I had a small flare, non-solid bowel movements, very sudden, and about 4 times a day, but no blood nor pain, nor nausea. My doctor put me on enemas, solved all my problems, and I am off of them now....
I don't see that much of a reason for dropping my GI, since he is one of three Pediatric GI's in my city, and all three are in the same practice and no adult doc's will take me. Kinda crazy just for...
I used to be on Lialda. Only problems I had were when I went to urinate! It would sting at times, and feel as though there was more, but it never got out! Within days of being off of Lialda, that...
Get it checked out. With a Primary Physician first, and see if he sends you to a GI....
My advice is, stop going down on the medication! If the symptoms are still there, you shouldn't taper off it! Talk to your doctor, about possibly raising your dosage, back to where it was before,...
I never want to go to the hospital because at the hospital they can't do much for you, unless your doctor has already ordered this, this and that. They give you a pain killer that does nothing, take...
For me, it started working within the first day I took it! Sick, throwing up, bloody diarrhea in the morning, and in the evening I had no problems....
I've never had anything that has gotten rid of stomach cramping. My doctor has always just hoped a dosage increase or a switch of meds would help in stopping the flare. I've always just had to suck...
ElephantPipe, I understand what a colonscopy does and is used for, I've had three. All three times, they have done the above, and two out of the three times, and endoscopy was done as well, for my...
Guys, I know as much as the next guy that blood tests aren't always the most reliable! I was diagnosed with Crohn's and Colitis, back and forth, alternating each visit, due to blood work. As for my...
Reading this thread is very comforting and humorous! The flashlight one I have never heard of, I can always tell if blood is in my stool, without even looking. (And I've never been wrong) I can...
Hey Guys, Excuse my short absence from posting, I've been on a much needed vacation and I've just been resting. From a previous thread I wrote, I stated I had blood in my stool, and sudden bowel...
The fear of having a bag and the imaging of it is just a tad odd, farfetched, and just not something I'd ever like to put my mind on. I like my colon, I'd like to keep my colon! lol Thank you...
Well I didn't want to start too many threads. Just practicing some forum etiquette. :) When a forum isn't divided into different parts, and all discussions are in one place, sometimes, I've noticed,...
I was on 40mg and within several hours, I'm not kidding you, I was all better. I guess it is different for everybody. Depends on severity and dosage. Give it time and don't taper down, until it...
Well, I understand about refusing prednisone, but of course everybody has their own reasons for doing so. If my current situation turns into a flare up, I just want to be on Remicade, ASAP! I've...
I called my doctor, and they had no appointments for today or tomorrow or Friday, being an long term patient, doesn't mean jack, I guess. :smilewinkgrin: Anyways, my doctor wanted me to just go and...
Well I don't know that it is a non-common sense approach of eating. Think about it, I have changed my diet various times to cope with my UC, we all have. The diet that has worked best is one where I...
Thing is, with this disease I have never changed my diet consisting of junk food. The two things that irritate me the most are most vegetables and milk. Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower, etc. Oranges...
I was doing fine for quite some time now. No pain, no gas, no blood in stool, no watery stool, etc. For the past week, I've been experiencing, very sudden bowel movements, with them all being choppy,...
WOW! Hair falling out, that is pretty extreme. I haven't noticed that at all with me, hopefully never happens. I like my long hair, lol. ;)...
I have UC, as for your second question, I can't answer that. I think it is with Chron's you can take out different sections and reconnect, although I'm not sure, I don't like to keep that kinda...
Well, there is a 504 program but my counselors at my school are too lazy to do the paperwork, and I'm being serious. My counselor was very rude to my mom when she tried to get it done we just decided...
Luckily I have fantastic insurance! My co-pay for Apriso is $25, but at first they wanted to charge me in full, because my insurance company didn't believe that Apriso was the right medication and...
I'm on four a day, for some reason 8 sounds like quite a bit but I can understand the need. I was on the enemas for quite some time, they do help quite a bit but they are a tad on the annoying side....
Hey all, I'm a new member here, and in my intro thread I stated that I'm on Apriso. I did a quick search of the forum and saw some other threads on Apriso. I wanted to know how many of you are on or...
One thing I've noticed that always works for me is a product I used to get at WalMart. Pomada de La Compana (Dr. Bell's Pomade) This stuff gets rid of ant bites, mosquito bites, zits, any kind of...
Hello everybody, I recently decided to join this forum, wanted to be with some people who understood the disease I was going through and maybe help others through it. My name is Travis, you can call...