Rice is probably one of the best foods to eat when flaring ... along with poached/boiled chicken (after yoy poach it to fully cooked I then like to brown with a tiny bit of Yoshida's Gourmet...
As I'm tapering off Pred (been on for nearly six months ... from 70mgs-15mgs right now) my joint pain has been debilitating at times over the last two months. In Feb got so bad I could not walk for...
Not sure where you live but you can find lots of Juicers cheap on Craigslist. Just be careful with adding green, leafy stuff to your juice. I had a run of kidney stones about 12 years ago (six of the...
I actually respond well to plain old codeine longer term than any of the stronger meds ... all they do is make me want/need more. Also, do you have red hair or do people in your family have red hair....
Prednisone can give me terrible acid reflux, especially when first starting (think it was a heart attack except it comes in waves and isn't constant ... 150mgs of ranitidine subdues it though)... as...
notsosicklygirl said... Tiger - interesting info on the tylenol 3, how is this different from regular tylenol? I don't think I've heard of it. It's Tylenol with Codeine so it has to be prescribed. It...
Tomatoes are one of the foods known to increase inflammation. As much as I love tomato sauces, I try to avoid like the plague, they can make flares much worse for me. The acidity usually is not the...
notsosicklygirl said... I had to go down from 15mg at 1mg increments too. I went from 7.5 or so at .5mg! I had to start 6mp and that helped me to reduce the dose without having symptoms return. What...
I've used Immodium with very good success ... Both when flaring and when not. I take up to 8 a day (two ...4-times daily). It does take a while to kick in and I can understand and have experinced the...
Just had the exact same problem in February ... and have had it in the past. My tough times usually start 2-3 days after a cutdown. What I found was that I literally had to go down 1mg at a time...
Rice Chex are a good snack ... crunchy, yummm....
Really depends on how bad your flare is ... could be next day ... could be two weeks ... During my most current flare (worst flare I've had in 14 years) I was initially put on 40mgs ... that wasn't...
Something that I have found beneficial having had UC for awhile ... A Low Flatulent diet. Eating things that don't give me gas. I have found that much of my discomfort when I amflaring is from gas...
Here's a tip for alleviating some of the joint pain ... I have had UC for 14 years... done all the drugs ... was in remission for almost three years till I got recurring staph from a spider bite...
I'm in the 6th month of a nasty flare ... coming out of it finally, and I just lost all the hair on my legs below my knees. Weirdest thing, smooth as a baby's behind. The worst part about pred is...
I call it being lit up ... I think for me it is more radiating joint problems from the hips, pelvis, back. I've found that soft massage really calms that down. Also - I've become a big believer in...
Yes - Vicodan can add to the depression, but I think prednisone is much more likely to be the cause. During flares my depression is terrible (complete emotional breakdowns should not be common for a...
I hate it when I do that ... like when I stick that ice pick in my eye and roll it around ... I hate it when I do that....
Have had UC for 14 years ... Have had to come off pred several times (right now coming down from 70mg's and am at 17.5 mgs). At about 30mg's I usually have the same problem so I go down 2.5mg's at a...
Are you having a flareup? Which side is the pain on? What'd you go to the ER? What other drugs are you on? I would not stop taking meds without talking to the Doc first....
Those muscle spasms and pain in those areas are pretty typical UC stuff ... have pretty much the same thing going on right now. Have someone massage out your shoulder and arm. I have found that wraps...
Ummm . Apple Juice is Fructose ... and fruit or fruite juice is fructose ... when I'm not flaring apple juice is great, but during flareups I would avaoid the fruit juices and stick with gatorade and...
I would avoid anything with fructose. Gatorade is sucrose and dextrose (plain sugar) sweetened so it is absorbed in and processed in the upper intestines. Fructose, not just HFCS, is not absorbed and...