Thanks again I was wondering about asking for asacol but thought it was pretty much the same as colozal so I figured it wouldn't matter. I did try using the ginger gum but honestly it did not help at...
Hi, Thanks for the replies. I have been on the colozal since last march (2011). I am beginning to wonder if it doesn't agree with me. I have not had a "normal" stool in over a year. I was really...
Hi, I have been on the enemas for about 3 wks. I stopped bleeding after about 3 or 4 days on them, still had some problems in the mornings with cramping and spending a good amount of time on the...
Thanks all. I also take colozal 9/day. I just had a sigmoidoscopy a few wks ago that showed about 35cm of inflammation, which is an improvement from my colonoscopy in November which showed...
Hi All, I started using the rowasa enemas about 3 weeks ago. After about 1 week the bleeding had stopped, finally. Last night I forgot to do it and this morning woke up and had a small amount of...
Hi, Thanks for the replies but I guess I did not explain myself very well, I appologize. I meant the day before the colonoscopy regarding the meds and the light breakfast not the day of. I did not...
Hi All, I am scheduled for wed. at 3pm. I will be on clear liquids all day tomorrow and not supposed to eat or drink anything after midnight tomorrow night. I will be doing magnesium citrate as my...
Thanks for the replies. I am trying not to rely on prednisone because I know i is not good but I also know it works and when I am feeling like crap I just want it to end as quickly as possible so I...
I will be going to see a Dr. Farraye at BMC tomorrow. I like my current GI doc as a person but not sure about as my doctor. I have asked him in the past for rowasa enemas ( I would like to do...
thanks for the reply, I am still on he colozal. I had asked my current gi a while back about the rowasa but he said i prob. would not work because my colitis had spread. I now disagree with him. I am...
Thanks for the info. I don't think it is working for me. and I did believe the info about the side effects not being as bad, so thanks for letting me know that. I do have a call in to my GI, so I...
just wondering if i should have seen some improvement by now. started about 2wks ago on 9mg in the morning. thinking i should call my doctor and start back on prednisone. while i know prednisone is...
thanks for all the info. i will def. talk with doc. about tapering as he did not mention it. i am hoping it works like prednisone, without the yucky side effects ,lol, because that did work for me...
Hi all, I am going to be starting on entocort tomorrow, i think the dose is 3mg 3 capsules in the morning. I have been on prednisone a couple of times and i do well when on it but am flaring again...
Hi, Just wanted to share my experience. I also have UC. I started celexa last december. I started on 10mg and ended at 40mg. It took about 8 weeks until I really felt like it was working for me, so I...
Hi All, I am currently on Celexa 40mg. It has helped me a ton. My husband and I would really like to try and get pregnant. I was just wondering if anyone has taken this while pregnant or if you...
Thanks Sue I definately agree about the exercise and it is something I do really need to work on. Shawna...
Thank you all so much for the info. I guess there really is no conclusive answer and with the info provided by Alba29 is seems it may actually be beneficial. I am not sure if the melatonin is helping...
Hi All, I thought maybe on here I read that melatonin is not good for people with UC, I can't quite remember though. My therapist has reccomended it to me as not sleeping is my biggest problem (even...
I was released from the hospital on 3/3/11 after a 6 day stay. My doctor did not ask me if I wanted to go, he just told me he needed to admit me. I was bleeding a lot and could not eat or drink...
Yes, I think I am def. getting more convinced that I need and am going to ask for the mesalamine enemas when I go for my f/u appt. on tuesday, because I know I've read alot about the pred. just...
journey to health- thanks again for the reply, my doc. did mention remicade briefly, they actually did a TB test on me in the hospital, which was negative, I have had many, as I work at a doctors...
Hi, thanks for the reply. I am not against the rectal mesalamine at all, I have been thinking about it and figured as I started my pred. taper if any symptoms at all returned I am going to ask GI for...
Hi All, (hopefully this is not too long) I was diagnosed 12/22/10, I had some bleeding for about a month prior to that but no other symptoms. I was actually very suprised by the DX, I figured...
Thank you all for your replies. I think I am going to just try doing it in bed lying on a towel and see how that goes. I am not sure why he did not increase the asacol or try the rowasa ( I probably...
Hi, I thought when I was first diagnosed with UC on 12/11/10 I was pretty lucky because the only real symptom I had was some bleeding, I was put on Asacol HD 1 TID, the bleeding seemed to get better...
to jamal, the bleeding is usually clotted and mucusy(stringy). It is always on the TP when I wipe sometimes there are just drops of blood in the toilet and it is usually surrounding my stool and...
Hi, Thanks for the quick reply. I am not on any rectal meds. just the asacol. This is what my colonoscopy report says. Terminal ileum was examined for a distance of about 3-4inches and was normal....
Hi all, I had a colonoscopy on 12/22/10 and was diagnosed with UC. I think I am pretty lucky as my symptoms were/are very minor. I was having rectal bleeding for about a month before that and urgency...