\ i know i m silly to have all these thoughts!...thanks a lot!...
Thanks you fruitgirl for your quick response.... i was worried.... i thought i applied it in wrong place (sorry!!) ...i was too sleepy last night..... i was very very worried!! Just thinking...is it...
hi, have been using mesalamine enema(rowasa), yesterday night had bowel movement right before i used the enema.... today i was surprised to see there was no 'white' enema in my stools..... is this...
Hi quincy! i will talk with my GI regarding 4g mesalamine..... i was nearing remission few days after starting Asacol but i guess that was too early...flare was back yesterday again.... will wait to...
Thanks qunicy! :smile: i dnt think i am sensitive to anything in Rowasa, it works fine for me. I was just worried if prolonged use can cause side effects as it has already been 9 months. I will take...
Yes that is all he changed- just Lialda to Asacol! According to him I need to start steroid enema only if my condition does not improve by changing to Asacol..... i think a month or so. My symptoms...
Hope chris gets better soon.... i would suggest talking with 2-3 different GIs/surgeons....just be after them til they answer each and every concern you have. Did u read the post 'Hailey's letter'...
sorry for late reply quincy! .... i have been on rowasa for nearly 9 months now....i started in january'10 after canasa was not working. I did ask my new GI for sigmoidoscopy but he told me he will...
nice photos Paul..... i lived in Arizona for years - loved it!! :)...
hi, last week i discovered i had tonsil stones - gross thing which grows in back of your throat! It came out and within 7 days a new one has popped up in the same place. On searching on internet i...
Sorry u r feeling so depressed. Even i would suggest try Humira for some time and see how it works. Dnt worry you will get to watch your kids grow and even your grandkids grow ..... even i had these...
:yeah: Hope it is available to use soon !! :yeah:...
I met with my new GI....liked him YAYYY!!! He doesnt like to rush with medicines and he plans to get my blood work checked for liver, kidney on a regular basis .... Since Lialda X4 daily and Rowasa...
Growing up in India i remember turmeric was a must in every house & it is always fried in oil before adding vegetables to the frying pan- It is also known as 'natural steroid'....... for a couple of...
Hi... thanks for replies to my last post :"What do u think of my GI? keep him OR change him??" .... so i have my new GI's appointment on the Sep 15th. Will keep u updated how it goes.... hoping he...
I was planning to give it a try .... but i guess i will be reluctant now since it did not work for you. I will start looking for something else now :shakehead:...
Did u try Ayurvedic medicine.... i tried them once and they worked but the ayurvedic doctor(in India) was not willing to give the name of his homemade medicines he gave me so i decided not to take...
i was always constipated when i was dx......used to sit for hours and all that came out was goat droppings... :eyes: Then i changed my diet.... i eat lots lots of salad...i get organic salad leaf box...
i have been dealing with upper chest symptom since i was dx. It pains like hell nearly after 20 minutes of eating food...especially at night - had it yesterday as well...but somehow it decided not to...
Thanks! I have started looking for a new GI.... i wanted to change him because i was scared going to him as whenever i have met him his views have been very different from mine. Somehow we lack good...
I was dx last year with limited colitis....dnt know what it has turned into now!! I have been flaring continuously with few remissions in between.....i have not had a long remission on mesalamine....
Elevated c- reactive protein test & ESR(ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE, AUTOMATED) both just tell us that there is inflammation in body. i had both these tests done some time back when i was flaring...
Eat lots of veggies & salad.... since u dnt have UC so fresh salad will not hurt you. I was also constipated earlier and the only relief came with tonns of salad/fruits in evening....
Trying this from tomorrow, thanks! :idea:...
i am 33 yrs :smile: & as you said - baby making is on hold for some time....
groove in stools? how large is the groove- deep one? something blocking the passage.... do u feel any pain with passing stools?...
Same here.... struggling with these flares , i feel bad for my husband......whenever we go out for dinner his first thought is " which food is ok for her".... hehe....Bin Laden had lot problems...
All 4 lialda at once in morning after breakfast....
lol quincy... i am a woman :smilewinkgrin: You r right.... we r trying to start a family..tonns of pressure from home for grandkid. Both families know very little abt my flares.... dnt want to worry...
Thanks Quincy, so Lailda might is causing these UC like symptoms.....i m planning to change my GI- because he will again ask me to try immune suppressant :rolleyes:...
I am on Rowasa and in the beginning it did help but i guess my body gets used to of every medicine pretty quick but that's a different story! When flaring it tries to come out but i make it a point...
Yes zippy, he has to protect himself.....there r many ready to copy their old cures. I got tested for C.Diff few months back and it was negative. ..i m still trying to find out abt infective colitis...
Hi, I have to go for a couple of tests (ovarian cyst) and CA 125 is one of them..... does UC make CA 125 give a false elevated value. This is worrying me a little. Thanks!...
yes zippy.... but i dnt know whats in his medicines plus he refused to send medicines to US due to customs clearance. But that month when his medicines worked was good :smile: He asked me to get few...
yes i guess stool test is next for me. I feel i have not been dx completely & as u mentioned - i started with wrong oral/rectal meds ..... my GI now just wants to put me on immune suppressant which...
hi quincy, my GI did take biopsies when i had my sigmoidoscopy last year but she told me nothing about infective colitis..she came out and said u have U.Proctitis. That was more than an year back...i...
@quincy i never knew high dose of lialda might have side effects. I will discuss with my doctor. @jeanneac: IBS might me there too..i get stressed too quick and m unable to sleep at night when ever i...
This happened last year but has been on my mind since.... I was having a flare up and had traveled to India last year....there i met a very famous Ayurvedic doctor (i never believed alternate...
Mesalamine has given me hair loss ... have started using Nioxin shampoo since few months and it has helped. I wouldn't say it made a big difference but yes i see less hair on my clothes & brush since...
Mine is stress related too...everytime i am stressed i get a flare up. So i have been searching some place to learn meditation & during my search i found a website which lets you download free 4 CDs....
Wow!! i would be interested in getting these tests done....
thanks! I will talk with my GI and try to taper of the pills. I am using Lialda because that is what they started me on ...i never had asacol. Have been on Lialda since beginning. Seriously i need to...
true! i hv 15yrs wait... :smilewinkgrin:...
Hi It was limited when i was dx but i dnt know how it is right now. I had asked my GI for another sigmoidoscopy few months back but he said why do u want to go through that unnecessary discomfort......
yes quincy, i was on 4 Lialda daily and 1 rowasa nightly when i flared up after 4 months in June end. After that i started using canasa once during day (alternate day) but i m still flaring. But i m...
thanks quincy for reply.... yes! patience is what i need right now. I am on LialdaX4 daily & rowasa nightly.... I have been on this dosage since March'10 now....April, May & end june were happy...
ENJOY!! Happy for you :-)...
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Caution for UC'ers is especially for the Kapalbharti prayanam(where you exhale once every second and keep pulling your stomach in) & Bahay prayanam (dnt remember the name correctly-the one where u...
yes! it should be done empty stomach early morning or 4hrs after lunch maybe around 3-4:00pm ...i prefer the morning one. He says if u can do it twice a day then it is even better. Also we should...