I had pretty bad acne in high school and still have light-moderate adult acne at 32. It gets much worse when on Prednisone. After finishing my last round of prednisone in February my face has mostly...
Sounds like a very good sign and good news to me. :) Hope things continue to go well for you....
Hi Everyone, I'm getting ready to call my GI in a few minutes but wanted to run this past those with more experience than I have. In January I finally got down to 20mg Prednisone (5mg/10day taper)...
Thanks everyone for the input, I definitely have some options to consider actually taking my next step... @IBDISTHEPITS: I have no idea if the apriso is working. How can I tell while on the...
@quincy: I know you've suggested rectal meds before, I'm considering asking my GI for a script for rowasa, but as of yet I haven't used any. I am pretty convinced its a good idea now though. Maybe...
I've been curious about this too. I wanted to know at what point I consider myself in remission. Anyway, I know some people mention they are flaring when they have 1 or 2 bouts of D in a week, and...
Hi irish4me, I'm almost in the same spot as you. On my second prednisone taper, still at 20mg myself, still have D with 4-5 BMs/day very minor bleeding, considering Imuran as a next step. I don't...
Hi Everyone, Met with my GI yesterday afternoon. He's never been very helpful or informative and mostly just asks what I want to try next. I am trying to figure out my next steps so I can call him...
Hi All, After 3 weeks of Lialda with absolutely no improvement (6-8 BMs a day, cramping, bleeding, etc), I called my doctor to see what else we could try. I'm now back on 20mg prednisone and...
Just a note about asacol/lialda. I was on Asacol HD for two weeks and had severe reactions to it. I've now been on lialda for three weeks with no reaction at all (not positive or negative). I know...
Yay! Congratulations! Its always helpful/encouraging to see others find some way out of or at least a little further away from the symptoms of UC....
@Rhyes, I'm sorry to hear that your remission ended. A small break is better than nothing right? Hopefully another one is coming up for you soon. A 5mg/day taper seems really fast. When I was on...
Hey bmb12 and Josh. I have no advice to give, but want you to know that you're not alone. In the past several months I've had to cancel out on a number of hiking/biking/camping trips with friends and...
Starting to question the Lialda. When I take my pills tonight it will be my seventh dose of Lialda, and so far it is not helping at all. In fact, symptoms seem to be getting worse. I'm up to about 10...
Thanks for the responses everyone. I will talk to my doctor about Colazal if the Lialda doesn't work out. mkl11 and DonewithUC, thank you for your answers, that is exactly what I was wondering. I...
Hi Everyone, I was firsts diagnosed with UC a few months ago. At the time, my symptoms were very mild but had been going on long enough that I needed to get checked. After a quick colonoscopy I was...
Hi InSoFla, He did not mention anything about rectal meds, and I had not yet ready your reply so I didn't think to ask. I need to call him again when I start the Prednisone, so I can question him...
Thank you everyone for your input. I appreciate your insight and look forward to hopefully contributing a success story to this community some day. Later on the same day I posted the nausea and...
Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed with UC two weeks ago (Aug 29, 2011). Doctor (incredibly un-helpful guy, but that is beside the point) prescribed Asacol HD x1 - 3 times daily. I have been taking the...