Hi all, Just wondering who else got the extremely vulnerable notification from the NHS in the UK, asking for shielding for 12 weeks, even staying away from family members at home. I'm on Azathioprine...
I'm currently in the US but I accepted a job in the UK and will be relocating next May. Yay! So, a. if you are from or live in the UK and have any input about how healthcare works over there and what...
I'm having a colonoscopy in 5 hours... (6:30am). Just went through my last Suprep bottle; I finished the solution, then midway through the 1st water dose I started to have nausea... then very early...
Thanks! Also forgot to add, should I take Calcium supplements as well? While living in Chile my doctor there prescribed me calcium supplements with Prednisone, but I decided not to take the Pred so I...
Hello, I started flaring about 3-4 months ago after about 3 years in remission an on maintenance Pentasa. I was finally able to se a doctor in late April and he prescribed Prednisone 30mg/Day while...
I am on a very similar stage right now (about 2-3bms a day, blood and mucus, but doing fine otherwise), and I wouldn't call that remission, although I can live a pretty normal life under this...
I've been on up to 4.5g of oral Pentasa during flareups while having one 1g Pentasa supp a day (I think I even got to have 2 a day for some days)...
Thanks Ari! I really appreciate all the feedback. I took my first full dose this morning. Since the "going med-free" issue was brought up earlier in this thread, I'd like to talk about that but I'll...
Thanks for the advice guys! I knew the risks that going med-free entailed, but I discussed it with my doctor in Chile before moving to the US to study. Medications like Pentasa, which were accessible...
Hello! I'm back after about 3 years in remission... while I was on Pentasa most of this time (I went med-free last November), the symptoms started to come back 2 months ago and now I'm back in...
Hi Guys, Does anyone know how prevalent Uveitits/ Pars Planitis is in UC/Chron's patients? I've always had an eye floater in my left eye, but I've sen a recent increase and today I went to my eye...
That is EXACTLY true for me as well. I can totally relate to you @Missmarple, I was diagnosed on July '10, my first flare lasted about 2-3 months. My doc put me on prednisone (which was a definite...
Hi guys, Maybe this is a silly question, but who knows. I'd say I'm almost in remission now (eating almost normally, only on 3.5 Gr of oral Pentasa and 4-5 1gr Pentasa suppositories a week. I haven't...
Thanks again! I tend to be very descriptive (and sometimes "too" descriptive) at times, hehe. What's the triple antibiotic therapy? Haven't heard about it! I think I'll start Azathioprine soon,...
Thanks Nososickgirl! I'm still considering starting on Azathioprine (my GI already gave me a prescription and orders to get my blodd count done), and I think that after this episode I will start......
I don't know if mixing Pentasa and Lialda will make a huge difference; they are both made up of the same active ingredient (mesalamine) and the only difference is that one gets released higher up in...
Hi everyone, I've been doing fairly well lately; I started flaring in August-September, got really bad in October-early November, and started improving in late November. However, I haven't quite...
Hi elbarck! I finally asked my GI about it, and he told me I should avoid it; recommended non-NSAID painkillers (paracetamol); if that didn't work then he said I should try Lysine Clonixinate, which...
Since Halloween I've experienced a lot of improvement, to the extent that I considered that I was 90% recovered from this flare. In november I had to take antibiotics for an infection but stopped...
Hi everyone! Quick question: I went to the dentist today and the anesthesia is about to stop its effect, which means that I will be in pain soon (I'm already having some pain in my affected molar). I...
That's what I thought too, I told him that I'll wait a couple of weeks to see if I come back to normal after quitting the antibiotics, and if I don't I'd consider Azatioprina. It sounds like a pretty...
Ok, I'm back from the doctor; he asked me to stop taking Cipro and to increase my dose of pentasa. He also prescribed a good probiotic to help out with the flora. He said I should see some...
Thanks Red_34; It's not a good precedent that you flared badly with Cipro; I'm not very knowledgeable yet to know what antibiotics may be better/worse for UC'ers and I guess it's just like food;...
I'm coming out of a bad flare; since halloween the amount of blood, mucus, urgency, and pain had decreased, and until this weekend I could have said that I was 90% on remission, even 95%! I was...
I'm almost out of a flare that has lasted about 3 or 4 months now, but two days ago I got an infection that will require antibiotics and an oral antifungal... I'm scared because this flare has been...
That sounds just like me last year! My first flare was just like what you described in your first post sim4444; only blood, mucus, and nothing else. Then I was diagnosed, and after a few weeks I had...
Hi everyone! I've been doing much better this last week, but today I woke up with some urgency and pain, and though the stools were relatively normal in the morning, I just barely went again to the...
Hi everyone! So, I was supposed to start taking Prednisone 9 days ago after my last appointment with my GI, but I decided to wait 2 days, and miraclously I started to get much better! I haven't...
Thanks Nososickgirl; I didn't have problems when I tapered off last year, although the bleeding and loose stools came back about 1 1/2 - 2 months after I was off pred. That 2nd minor flare was put...
Thanks Kazbern; it's actually for more than a week, it's 40 mg only the first week, then down to 35 the next week and so on, so it's going to be 2-3 months at least. We'll se what the doc says and...
Thank you all for your replies! You guys are awesome! One more question: I went to the doctor last Thursday; that's when he prescribed Prednisone and all, but he did that because I had had a couple...
Hello, Well... I just barely posted this in the CD forum, but since I don't know whether I got CD or UC I took the liberty to approach you guys too! For the last year and 3 months I thought that I...
Hello, I'm posting here for the first time since I though for the last 15 months that I had Ulcerative Proctitis, but my last colonoscopy just a month ago showed not only 15 cm of the rectum...
btw may I say that HealingWell is so awesome... I mean, every time I visit the forums when I'm feeling like crap I just notice that there's people that are much more affected by the disease than I am...
I hadn't visited Healingwell since early this year; I had been on remission for the last few months and I was so happy about that. I'm out of the country now and will be for a couple of years, and in...
Hi guys, Since yesterday morning I've had green stools, but I haven't eaten anything greenish like asparagus or spinach that usually turn stools green. I though It would have been just a one time...
I'm getting them at the Dominican Republic actually (my in-laws are expats there and are coming to the US next week), the 500mg box w/ 50 pills is $50, and I'll be on 2 gr. a day, so thats about $150...
Hello! Lialda is not available in Chile, and I'm moving down there in just a month. The most similar thing I've found there is Pentasa 500 Mg, which costs 50 for 50 pills (so it would be about 200...
Guys, I'm going trhough a minor flare and a week ago my doctor (not my GI) prescribed me antibiotics to treat another condition (SMZ-TMP or sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim). A couple of days after I...
Hi guys, Haven't been here for a while. I went into remission a few months ago, but guess what, my ulcerative proctitis is back! This flare has been very mild though. I'm currently on 2.4g of Lialda...
Hello, I had my first flare in march which started with mild bleeding; in july it got bad after the colonoscopy that diagnosed UP, and I finally went on remission in late september. These last 3...
Thanks guys! you're awesome! I'll call tomorrow first thing in the morning and see what they say, I'm afraid of taking my dose with just clear liquid because they expressely told me to take it with...
Hi everyone, Tomorrow I'm getting a flex sigmoidoscopy done (it's my very first time, I had a colonoscopy done in July but I was sedated so I don't remember a thing) so I need to start the...
uhm... I've been on prednisone since August 4th, 30 MG a day, and I was told NOTHING about calcium or other vitamins... Am I supposed to be taking mutivitaminics or calcium? or is it up to me? my GI...
I've had leg pain too since about a month ago, shortly after starting on 20mg of Prednisone (then I went up to 40 and since then have tapered to 30 a day). Besides the pred, I'm just on HC...
I've been on prednisone for a month and my symptoms haven't improved, especially the bleeding... I'm having a particularly bad day today so I just wanted to share my pain with you all. Tomorrow I...
I've been on prednisone for exactly 4 1/2 weeks. I was on 20 mg for 3 weeks and BM frequency went down, diarrhea attacks stopped, but bleeding and mucus increased quite a bit and I got kind of...
I have the same question bunny23 has; before being diagnosed I was taking the sugar-free metamucil powder and I was doing fine, but I stopped after I was diagnosed with UP and I entered into a full...
Thanks for the advice Guategirl; I had a colonoscopy done back in July to see if I had hemorroids (which was what every doctor said I had), but the colonoscopy showed no hemorroids at all, just mild...