August here. My parents are soooooooooooooooo going to hear about this!...
While I don't hide the fact I have it I don't go into gross detail about it either. I did with my ex, whom I lived with and was practically married to... I needed the support, and she had to deal...
Personally I experimented a bit with it to find what seemed to work best for me which is 4 caplets, double the normal dose. I originally started off on less than normal doses as some people around...
Since my current flare began I’ve been unable to lay on my left side for more than a little while without feeling a growing pain, or at least serious discomfort in my gut often approaching making me...
I've been on Hydrocotisone a few times. The first time it did something similar to what Pred might do, only it took a lot longer to kick in (a good week) and the effects went away almost immediately...
Imodium was my solution for flying after my GI suggested it. After reading some comments from some posters here I started with a very small dose (half a pill) and worked my way up. No effect until...
I have low fevers and heavy night sweats frequently when I'm flaring though I don't find myself any more susceptible to colds than I'd normally be, nor do I find them any worse when I do get them -...
Imodium has been the one thing that I've found, outside of steroids, that has helped me feel even semi-normal again in the last few years. I've planned on posting my own topic about it, but it...
I attempted to follow the diet I believe the OP is describing. I bought the book and read it multiple times though I'm a bit of a skeptic by nature and didn't "drink the kool-aid" necessarily. Still,...
So I finally got around to calling everyone and begging for discounts (and eventually paying...) and unfortunately because in my case what I owe is a result of my deductible (as discussed previously)...
Something similar happened to me last year, although in additional to horrible pains and awful runs I also had some intense vomiting going on. The vomiting only lasted for a few hours but the runs...
It doesn't usually have any radical effect on me but it usually makes that weird, uncomfortable sick gut feeling even worse so I generally avoid it. That being said I've yet to find any food/drink...
Thanks for the advice imagardener2, I will definitely give that a shot when it comes to trying to pay for this stuff....
It appears (if I read my insurance statements correctly, which is always a struggle) that this is simply a matter of not meeting my calendar year deducible yet. I'm at $1500+ of $2000. I should reach...
So I just had my second colonoscopy last month and the bills are finally starting to roll in. My insurance is apparently a lot worse than it was the first time around (*sigh*) and I've already...
I've also been taking Serovera AMP recently and have also been having a lot of luck, although I am stacking that up to something completely different and NOT the Aloe. Still, I haven't experimented...
I've probably lost 30 points in the last year from a combination of my UC and some of the diets I've tried out to help my UC. My pants don't fit anymore. ;(...
I don't take Slow FE but I take 975mg of iron a day. Seems like a heck of a lot to me yet I still show up as anemic when I get tested. It does have the benefit of slowing me down a tiny bit though....
I was in complete remission for a year and totally stopped taking all of my meds during that time - I didn't feel like they were doing much for me in the first place, so why bother, right? I felt...
Thanks for the comments about the bathrooms, ldonovan. I haven't flown a whole lot in my adult life so my experience with that is a little limited. I live in the sticks so I almost always have to...
It might have been sarcasm... after all, it is half way through the day before I go so you probably know what kind of ordeal I'm going through at the moment. ;)...
I had one 4 years ago... I was feeling like I was on the low side as well but I'm about to have my 2nd tomorrow. Yay! ;)...
Did it help your other symptoms? Personally, I feel like I can mostly cope with my anxiety issues OK myself and would rather not rely on drugs for that, but if getting medicated has a chance of...
I'm very interested in trying more anxiety meds since I do feel like that is a big part of my problem - the 2 I've tried in the past had absolutely no effect, good or bad, on me. I'll be seeing my...
I haven't tried that yet - I'll put that on my list though. :) I will say that my now standard double dose (4 pills) is serving me well, though. I've used it twice more in recent days to aid me with...
Well, I got sort of shut out on Bentyl - they basically said that they needed to know for sure that is wasn't my UC before putting me on something like that... so, I've got another colonoscopy next...
I tried 3 with no luck, but I tried 4 Imodiums this morning and although I had some weird cramps, feelings, and noise from my gut today, it actually stopped me up all day, so far. I'll try it again...
It does help. Thank you all. Two quick questions: How long does Imodium usually "last" for you after taking your initial dose? I tried 3 yesterday and I'm trying 4 today. I can tell it is doing...
I tried taking half a pill a few times and a full "normal" dose of 2 a couple more times. As far as waiting for it to take effect I don't know how to answer that? I'd take it in the morning and see...
Thanks for the reply. No I haven't - Funny you should mention that though as I'm actually been hoping to get prescribed to some sort of antispasmodic drug next as I suspect my more troubling symptoms...
Argh... Do any of you have any tips on how to deal with traveling while flaring? I've really hoped to avoid this but it seems like work is going to make me fly out of state for a bit - it's mainly...
I really feel your pain. I have been so, sooooooooooo frustrated and at times depressed in the last 2+ years since I've been sick again. I'm actually a fairly optimistic person (still trying to...
"Japanese" hibachi foods, even when I'm not flaring, are murder for me 80% of the time, which I find odd since I can usually eat Chinese without incident. Could be the teriyaki sauce or something, I...
I'm a worrier in general, so anxiety and stress are always a part of my life, but when my current flare started up it was during a few months period of an extremely stressful situation related to my...
I had some pretty severe food poisoning a couple of months ago - I thought it was pretty obvious that it wasn't my UC, especially during the first 24 hours when it was at its worst....
Alcohol is one I should put on my list. It seems to do a number on my gut when I'm flaring. I'm glad I'm not a big drinker as it is. ;)...
Wow, on one hand I feel lucky to have not noticed many foods that bother me but on the other it would be nice to cut out certain foods and make myself feel better when flaring. I'm feeling a lot...
A lot of people have mentioned food diaries and the like but I've noticed very little in the way of specific foods that seem to make much of a different to my symptoms. Foods that sometimes caused me...
Even though I realize this is an ancient thread I'll chime in anyway. When I first got diagnosed I was on Colazal. I didn't notice any effects at all, either negative or positive, though I did go...
I was on one (and for the life of me can't remember its name) when I first visited my GI and he insisted I get off of it immediately. I never noticed any correlation between my symptoms and any of...
No helpful advice but I feel your pain. When my current flare started up I had a strictly desk bound job. With my current job, however, I have the potential to travel a bit, and right now it is...
I had been on Celebrex while I had UC for a bit, but I can't recall if I was taking it before my current flare or not. I have some relatively minor back problems and the Celebrex helped take the edge...
Thanks! I've actually experimented with my diet quite a lot in the last few years, and while I've never completely cut out gluten (until now) one of my diets included a lot of gluten free foods. Of...
Yes, I should do that soon. I had tried probiotic yogurt originally - it was one of the things I was doing when I went into remission the first time. This time around I seemed to have more of a...
Thanks for the welcome! I guess, rereading my post, it sounds more like I didn't know that going a lot was even a symptom of UC. Really, what I was getting at I suppose is that my two sets of...
I'm currently trying a raw fruit diet which consists of quite a lot of bananas. Eh, it's not going that great so far but that is another story. Anyway, to prepare I started eating a banana every...
Hey guys, first post! I've lurked here a bit and almost posted a few times, but mostly out of desperate, depressed need to connect to people. Luckily I've resisted and now I can actually post with an...