Hi all, I had the jpouch procedure done on Monday March the 5th. The operation was successfully done in 6 hours at the Cleveland Clinic. I woke up being carted into my room and barely opened an eye...
Thanks for all the helpful info. After much consideration, I am taking the J-pouch plunge. Surgery is set for March 6th....
Also, I have taken Rowasa enemas to help, but the last thing I want is to put more liquid into my already pained colon....
I've tried a few different drugs and continue to miss 4-6 days per month from work. I have a consultation with Dr. Steven Wexner Feb 2nd at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, FL about a j-pouch...
I've tried a sugar, whey, gluten free diet, I've tried juicing, I've tried SCD and pro-biotics, I'm just fed up with it all. I'm on prednisone for the third time and I'm sick and tired of crapping...
2x Lialda every morning (total 2.4mg) for the last two years....
not pineapple! :nono:...
Coconut is an anti-inflamitory food. Buy coconut cookies and coconut milk. It works! I mix the coconut milk into my orange juice so I don't notice the taste. (I hate coconut.)...
tetracycline or any other cycline antibiotic will make this go away....
I've missed 13 days in the last 22 days of work. My doctor filled out FMLA but indicated 5 days off per month. I'm worried that now I'm not going to be covered by FMLA and/or Short Term Disability at...
My nickname is 'Pooper'. We will just leave it at that. ;)...
Thanks for your advice. I'll ask the doc about that when I go see him. I'm less than thrilled about the idea of anything being pushed up in there. :(...
I have been on Lialda for about 15 months and it was working great. I would have my morning BM right after waking up and it might take 10 minutes which was like a world speed record for me. Now all...
I've been on Lialda for over a year and have not gained weight. Just having joint pain especially when squatting....
Thanks a lot for the answers. I'm still not sure I want to apply for FMLA, I guess it will depend on my current flare up. I'm on Lialda and it was working pretty good until about two weeks ago. The...
I've been pushing through the pain and symptoms for my colitis for the passed decade. But I've been force imbalanced about an hour south of where I live now and when I get flare ups, I really have a...
I take Lialda 1.2mg per day and I don't touch anything with sugar in it except for organically milled sugar found in pro-biotic yogurt and Kashi tlc cereal bars. Check the ingredients list, just...
Just in the hips, seems more in the left hip almost like a pulled groin although it hasn't been an issue for the last week or two. It's just a mild discomfort pain, nothing I can't live with...
I've been taking Lialda which has completely been a huge blessing for my UC. However, I've noticed joint pain in my hips for the last two months and just now thought it might be because of Lialda....
mish, are you serious! talk about a waste of money, get it... a waste... okay not funny, i have not had that issue, i think. i guess i need to look more. ><...
that's odd, i am in complete remission from my uc just from taking lialda 1.2mg per day and avoiding all sugar except for what i listed above. could it be from lialda only?...
I'm currently eating fruits, Soyfield's pro-biotic yogurt with organically milled sugar and Kashi's cereal/granola bars with evaporated cane crystals. Anyone else have some super yummy snacks without...
I too used to be utterly exhausted, to the point where I felt like I couldn't even get out of my vehicle. I'd walk around in a daze, especially after a BM. This was still ocurring up until I...
I know all about the fatigue. I felt like a zombie after about 2 o'clock in the afternoon and especially after each BM. I used to drink anything with caffeine in it and drink Monster energy drinks so...
I'll ask him next visit about that. Yes I eat food, I normally start my day out with a granola bar and water/monster drink/mountain dew: code red. I've read that caffiene, high frutose corn syrup,...
Good question, I had blood work done, the GI said, I was perfectly healthy and I should be for my age, 34. That said, I know Monster Energy drinks have B-12 in them, I wonder if it's enough? LOL P.S....
Lialda (mesalamine 1.2mg)- once a day....
I guess I've been coping with UC for about a decade. I never really thought it was a problem, I just figured I pooped a lot. My friend's even nicknamed me pooper. I started bleeding about 4 years...