I'm sorry to hear you're feeling so terrible. Unfortunately, UC can often take months and months to get under control while your doctor figures out which medications and dosages work for you. Don't...
I'm currently in remission, but still taking high doses of the traditional pharmaceuticals (Remicade, Azathioprine, Lialda, etc.). In addition, I've been taking a probiotic, Vitamin D, Folic Acid,...
Yes. I'm in remission now, but when I was in flare-up mode I definitely had any "achy" rectum. In my own experience, the chronic achiness (not just during bowel movements) happened when I was in a...
That stuff is horrible, but just remember -- "slow and steady wins the race." Keep drinking the movi-prep in small amounts, a few gulps every few minutes, and just keep doing that until it's gone....
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I know what you're going through, but don't give up hope quite yet. Last year, at age 32, just 2 weeks before my wedding, I got sick for the first time with severe UC (pancolitis). Totally out of the...
My UC has been in remission from severe UC for about 3 months, thank goodness. However, a couple of recent symptoms are making me nervous. First: Yesterday and today, I've had 4 (total) consecutive...
Yes, as of a couple days ago I'm bleeding, and in the last 8 hours I've gone about 10 times, so it's obviously getting worse. I still have some Rowasa enemas left from the last time I used them (just...
I've been in varying stages of a UC flare (pancolitis) for the last 7-8 months. A few weeks ago, I was *almost* in remission (only going 2-3x per day, no blood, no abdominal pain, no urgency, only...
I have UC (pancolitis), just started tapering off prednisone a week ago (was taking 40mg daily, now down to 35mg). I took the 40mg dose for about 100 days and had very few side effects aside from...
I was recently at Mayo Clinic for a second opinion on my UC due to a very slow response to Prednisone and Remicade. Beware: my doctor at Mayo (who specializes in IBD and seemed to really know what he...
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Thanks for your response. I'm sorry to hear you had so much trouble with the c. diff. What a pain, as if the UC itself wasn't bad enough! Glad you've found some recent success against it though. I'm...
Have many people experienced a c. diff infection on top of their UC? I was diagnosed with moderate to severe UC (pancolitis) in November 2009. The doctor first put me on Lialda, which didn't help at...