So I had my colonscopy last week and the good news is that apparently I'm not in a flare - still in remission, which is great, though it doesn't explain the UC-like symptoms I was having. Biopsies...
What kind of shot did you get for the hemmie? And...did it help? Good luck with everything!...
I just started IV iron and I have to say I'm absolutely thrilled with it - I hate the pills and have never been able to stick with them long enough to have them make a difference. The iron in some of...
I can't do percocet, vicodin, or any related opiate, synthetic or natural. I've developed an allergy, something I discovered most unpleasantly after my last surgery. Actually, I just redid the math....
Sherry, I think you mean black-boxed (labeling changes), not black-listed (had its FDA approval removed). If it were black listed, I don't think my doc would be prescribing it for me. Here's the...
There's also osmoprep - sodium phosphate pills you take with all the water or clear liquids you can possibly drink. No flavor at all!...
About two months ago I had ischemic colitis, caused by a very high dosage of a beta blocker (it was an experimental treatment for a vascular tumor). The colitis resolved itself after I went off the...
Thanks for your thoughts, Sue! I'm putting my money on the meds, which do indeed cut off blood supply to the colon (and in doing further research, I learned that people experience this on doses about...
Thanks Sherry - I think so too - I just put in a note to my prescribing doc and we'll see what she says. I'm thinking this drug needs to be in my past, and quickly. I'll try the fiber (I like inulin,...
I'm throwing this out to the board because I'm at all loss to understand why, after 16 years of remission (though a brief spell of profound bleeding in 2004-5 interrupted it) I'm having the worst...
I was that kid with a parent with Crohn's - my mother was frequently sick, having surgeries and laying in bed ill. Although everyone is different, and my response may or may not be typical, I didn't...
I have devastating pain - though I didn't when I was first diagnosed, just severe hemorrhoids that hurt after the fact. Now when I have a BM I need to be in an isolated place so I can scream a...