I would wait till October and I would tell your GI why too. I was DX with UC in may of 1999 and a couple years ago my DX was changed to CD. When first DX with UC i was put on Asacol and after my DX...
Yeah, my GI is positive that its Crohn's Colitis. My insurance company keeps asking for more paperwork so if in the next couple days I don't hear anything I will call myself and find out what's...
Yes, my UC was changed to CD. It is still only where my UC was, its just that because the scope showed that it was deeper and had the cobblestone look that my GI said CD. I am thinking of just having...
Well, I'm still waiting to hear about my insurance giving me the OK for Humira. If this don't work, I'm thinking about surgery. I just wonder how long it would be after surgery that I could go back...
Wow. My Gi's office was handling it all, I think I'll call them Monday...
I am waiting on approval from my insurance to give the OK for humira. Been over a month now. Can anyone tell me how long it took to get the OK?...
Has anyone had it so bad that it lasted for weeks at a time, and could not work for a few weeks?...
I have some problems with my feet. Its like a rash on both feet and bad itching at night. I had this problem before, but it went away when I was on pred. When I came off the pred, like 3 months later...
Has anyone ever flared while on it?...
Been on it since July 24th, and I have gained about 10lbs. I never gained any weight the 3 times I was on pred, but with this, I am always craving food and always hungry. Has anyone else had this...
Well my GI checked my foot out and said sometimes outbreaks like that happen during a flare. He added ucires for the next 8 weeks. He also told me that the next time I get into a bad flare like this...
I am starting to feel depressed. I don't know why, I'm in a small flare, but for some reason I have been feeling very down the last week or so. Has anyone else had this, and if so, do you take...
Going to see my GI today and try and figure this all out....
I'm 46 and I use my hands and fingers a lot for work as I am a truck driver and I also have 3 kids that I play with....
Well, my GI never says anything like I don't look sick, but I get what you're saying. The finger pain is in the joints. My lower back hurts as well, but I am so used to it by now....
I in a bit of a flare. Been in one for just about 1 month, but its getting better. I was at about 15-18 BM a day, now down to about 6-8. Through this flare, my fingers are sore, and my right foot has...
Yeah, I'm not really happy about taking this med, but, if I don't flare this summer like I always do, then I will keep taking it. If I do have my yearly flare, I'll trll my Gi I'm not taking it...
Well, my Gi's office called and said they called in a script for Cripo & Flagyl. I told the nurse It's not c-diff(which is what they gave me all 4 times I had it), but she said my Gi thinks it...
Well, for me, when I flare my lower back kills, and the right side of my groin hurts real bad. This has been the pattern of my flares for years, but it's just worse now....
just wondering if anyone uses any pain meds? I am starting to flare up and both my back and groin area are killing me. I have never asked my Dr for pain meds but this time around its simply too much....
If there is a Lens Crafter's store by you they have an eye DR there on Sundays. If not, I would go to have it looked at ASAP....
Why are you taking apriso 3x a day? It's to be taken once a day....
Thanks. The main reason I asked is that for some reason, every year in July, I flare. It don't matter if I've been in remission all year, come July, BANG!! But always about the 2nd or 3rd day of...
Just wanted to know if anyone has ever flared while on 6mp, and if so, how long did it last?...
Nobody?...
Just wanted to know if anyone ever had a flare up while taking 6mp?...
I really don't wanna try anything stronger then 6mp. I was thinking that since it is just in the lower part of my colon only that if I had to stop 6mp that having my colon removed would pretty much...
I'm 6mp as well as asacol 800 6 a day, as well as rectal meds. If for some reason this combo stops working and I won't do Remicade, just wondering what would be left if anything to do? I was DX with...
Its only in the rectum. It has not grown or moved since last scope, so gonna keep on the meds and add rowasa...
Well, did my scope. Showed severe flare, and last scope in Sept 2011 GI thought it might be crohns, and yesterday it was confirmed. I'm kinda down about it but nothing I can do about it....
movie prep. Tastes bad...
Doing my prep for my scope tomorrow I hate this part. It's worse then the scope. Oh well, can't wait till tomorrow, just glad I have wipes and a loving wife and kids. Can't ask for more then that....
wings as long as they are breaded, and must also drink guiness with them. When in real bad flares, this is what I have always done, and always within 1 day I start to feel better. My GI has even put...
you can also look at Apriso. It is a once a day also...
Well, its been about 3 weeks and I still have my hemi's. Been using crem the DR gave me, taking sitz baths 2times a day, and laying down as much as 12 hrs a day. Taking pred, asacol and 6mp(1 week on...
Yeah, I was thinking that because it's crohns and not UC, that it could "pop up" someplace else, but also thought it could simply take care of the problem....
I was dx with Uc in 98 but last scope in 2011 Gi said it was Crohns. Only limited to the left side of my colon. I was thinking, if I had my colon removed, would that take care of my crohns since the...
Yeah, it looks like I'm gonna be off for another 2-3 weeks, maybe more but I hope not....
got a little more energy, not much more, but still a little. I go for my 1st blood work on tuesday so, I guess I'll just take it day by day...
I was dx with UC in 1997, but my last scope in Sept 2011, my GI said it was not UC but Crohns. Since then, when I would get a small flare it seemed worse then when I had UC. Now, I have been in a...
Hey Levi, I never had chicken pox so I don't think I could get shingles, or could I?...
I started on 6mp yesterday and I'm still a bit freaked out. I'm also on pred at 40mg and asacol 12 a day. Gi said I have to get blood work the next 4 weeks also....
Just wondering how long it takes for the 6mp to start working...
Just got back from GI office. He's adding to my asacol, 6mp(50mg) and starting me on pred at 40mg tapering 5mg a week. I am really freaked out over the 6mp...
Well, just got back from my Gi and he's putting me on 6mp along with the asacol. I'm kinda freaked out over the 6mp. I have a scope planned in the next couple weeks, along with having to get blood...
Well, for the past 10plus yrs it was never a problem, I was self employed(truck driver) and I just took time off or stayed home when I needed to. Since July 2012, I sold my truck so I could be home...
Hello. I have been in a flare for about 3 weeks now. It started slow but the last week it got really bad, and I have been off work since Jan 23. Just wondering if anyone had to be off work for long...
Well I don't drive long haul anymore so thats good. It still hurts like crazy and the throbbing is a pain, but what really hurts is when I have to pass gas. Hurts a lot, also, when I have to pee, I...
Got an appt with my GI for monday afternoon, so hopefully he can figure something out. I'm also starting to flare now, so all in all, not a good week...
Just got back from urgent care and after the exam he said that it was hemmis and they were VERY infalmed. Gave me a script for Hydrocort-Pramoxine cream to use. Also said try baths with salts, and...