My doctor told me some people can see improvement at 2 to 3 weeks but 14 weeks was the normal. They can also adjust the dosage or frequency....
Thanks for the info, it's always good to hear from other uc'ers. I have been on pred straight for about 2 years so just tapering down is not, had not worked. I get down to 20mg and start to bleed and...
I have an appointment tomorrow with a new GI. I have been on the same meds for so long that I am now prednisone dependent (in my opinion) as I have been on it waaay too long. I want to treat my left...
Thanks for the input guys. Right now I am primarily eating eggs for breakfast but not hard boiled (fear of them giving me gas) but usually fried or scrambled. I'll cook Turkey patties or hamburger...
I'm trying the scd diet out because I am trying to turn the corner on a mild flare (something about this time of year for me). I have had UC for over 10 years, but still feel like a newbie sometimes....
I was diagnosed with all over UC, so my GI never believed in rectal meds. Said they wouldn't get up high enough. Now I notice the only issues I feel / cramping is on my left side. I have used...
I love eggs too but was unsure of the best way to prepare them. I read that depending on how you cook them they can cook off the chemicals that cause gas but was not sure if hard boiling them,...
Rice is by far my favorite food, because it is the only thing that does not make gas! Rice cakes, rice soup etc. But you can only go so far with rice. Because of my work routine, I am afraid to try...
I have had UC for about 10 years now and I have always struggled with finding a realistic healthy diet. I have read everyones diets, try this, don't eat that, but honestly, I can't make every meal I...
I agree with BeatUC as 5 mg seems useless. I understand that your body naturally makes the same steroid and 5 mg's is something your body would barely pick up unless you are not functioning correctly...
From what they told me today, the pill company is meeting with the dr.'s tomorrow to innitiate the study. I don't think the pill has a name yet....
Hello everyone. I swtiched insurances and had to give up my GI from 9 nears for one on my new insurance. I have been feeling a hot spot on my left side and just started bleeding a week or so ago with...
thanks guys, ive noticed the cramping pain has gone down a little, and i dont see as much blood as before. so hopefully im starting to turn a corner....
Who takes lomatil? My dr. prescribed me lomatil for diahrea which is the only way I can leave my house, but if I take more than one pill, I feel very bloated and usually see blood in my stool. I also...
I have a flare right now and by flare I dont mean a little discomfort, I have diahrea all day, go all morning except I have lost my appetite and lost a lot of weight. I have to go to work but find...
I dont get why I have no side effects from the pred. 80 mg's, its like im taking 20mg. I got my c-diff test results back and they said negative. So my doc said its just a stubborn flare. I notice I...
I am on a high dose of prednisone, but I don't feel any side effects from the pred. I do know that it may be slowly working, but I only know that by looking at my stool. I would take my pills at 6AM...
So I started to flare over the holidays and things got bad when my formed stool went to diahrea on the first. I saw my Gi and I had lost about 20 pounds in less than a month. I had been on 40mg of...
Thanks everyone. Im still on a clear liquid diet and my rectum doesn't have too much inflamation, but whenever anything starts to go through my colon, man I feel the slow cramping and i wish it would...
I was diagnosed with all over ulcerative colitis in 2003 and was treated for a bad flare with extreme anemia 7 hemoglobin. With 6 units transfused. I reacted well to prednisone treatments and have...
So I have been feeling progressively worse right before the holidays. New insurance had me with a new dr. that wasn't worth his behind in anything but I got a new job and my new insurance started up...
I just tried to get my asacol HD using the discount card from Asacol. I have used it for 5 months and it has worked great for $50. I lost my job and my wife picked me up on her insurance, but her...
I was taking florestor for 10 days. I ordered it through Target and it can be very expensive, more than a dollar a pill. The reason I was told by my GI to take Florestor was because I was put on an...
Hey everyone, Has anyone been told by their GI to not drink Milk? That was one of the first things my GI told me not to drink. I love Milk, but I havent had it in over a year. The reason I am asking...