When you find the toilet seat still warm from the last time you used it....
My only problem with it is that it doesn't' seem to work well enough anymore! There's a first time for everything though... does it normally last this long?...
Had a colonoscopy a week ago today and since then I've been having mild nausea after I eat anything. (Small things, like a banana, not large meals.) Unfortunately it's not giving me an aversion to...
Hey, some of us don't even have yards to mow! :tongue: :tongue:...
No it's not the same place. I found a new doctor I'm happy with so far so I should be able to trust her but this will be the first time. The last ones were all at the same (old) place though, good...
I'm having colonoscopy #3 Friday (butt-procedure #5, I've had two flexible sigmoidoscopies too). I'd say no big deal, done this before, etc, except that now I can't stop thinking about my last...
Am I the only one thinking, 'well at least she was stuck *on* the toilet'?...
YES I was having those exact symptoms and was blaming it on prednisone withdrawal, but when I ended up in the ER they said it was probably the Imuran. My doctor also didn't think that was it so when...
That was pretty common for me... I figure the solid front part had been "in line" longer so more time for water to be absorbed and firm it up....
Well another way to look at it - the people you attract to your event with hot dogs and junk food are the ones you need to get the message out to. People who come for the fresh fruit - you're just...
Not sure if my sig's updated but here's the relevant info: Remicade (5 infusions), 4 Apriso and 3 Entocort daily. I've got an appointment with a new doctor because I don't understand what mine is...
Thank you guys for some great looking recipes - this is exactly what I was looking for. I know everyone's different, and I've been doing the food journal for years, but some general guidelines on...
I think you guys are missing the point when I say I'm not interested in a special diet -- I say "I can't eat broccoli" and the response is "so don't eat rice either"? I want ideas of what I *can* eat...
I was wanting to bang my head against the wall this morning but I couldn't reach it from the toilet - but the reason I was there in the first place was because of the steamed broccoli from my healthy...
Be careful what you think of people... I'm sure many of us here are "perfectly healthy looking" as well. I can only imagine what the everyday public would think if they saw someone with UC park in...
I'm allergic go Pepto so it's never been an option. I've used Immodium with no problem a lot in the past....
After I had my year-long "mystery illness" - the one that was never diagnosed but in retrospect was my first UC flare that went into remission with the help of some 'let's if these help' pills - I...
After four Remicade infusions, my fifth would have been last weekend but I never scheduled it. I'm not actually sure if the Remicade is helping or not because I've been crediting my near-remission to...
Well, panic is mostly averted but that did not feel good going through! When I went to ask my question in person, I was told the max out of pocket resets when the insurance renews in May. What!? I...
I don't think patient assistance covers people with insurance. I am using Remistart which refunds some of the cost of the drug, but regardless treatment is expensive as we all know. There are two...
There was an email from the office manager to the office this morning saying our medical insurance is coming up for renewal and asking us to answer some questions. It's a small office and they know...
Well I skipped the probiotic last night to see what would happen and was still gassy this morning... Maybe I'm blaming it on the wrong thing....
I am not... they make my stomach all gurgly the next day. I've thought of trying a compromise and using one for an hour in the morning, when my husband gets up an hour before me, but with the morning...
Anyone else taking these probiotics? I did a week of the 200 billion Super Critical Care packets, and now I'm back to the 80 billion Critical Colon. (I love that name.) Both seem to make me gassy in...
I'm on Apriso currently. Honestly I can't tell the difference between it and the other mesalamines I've been on (Lialda, Asacol) except that at least the pills aren't brown! (Seriously, brown?) I...
I've had the idea of seeking out a second gastroenterologist in my head for a while. I don't question my diagnosis, and I don't think my doctor is bad, but I don't have enough experience with doctors...
I would have liked to know the treatment progression up front so I wasn't always wondering, 'what happens if this doesn't work?' Also what kind of "normal" I should expect with treatment, and what is...
I've been a certain kind of dizzy for a week straight. It's hard to explain the feeling exactly except that it feels like I'm a cartoon character when I move and my head takes an extra second to...
I just started a new blog that's going to be about going off my meds (though not my UC meds) and trying to get pregnant in the future. I wanted to share the post I wrote today for my fellow IBDer's...
"And as someone who has called for the defunding of an educational Planned Parenthood program and banning library book displays supporting Gay and Lesbian Pride Month" Not in a million years...... I...
I've been addicted to Thin Mints ever since I was a Girl Scout myself. I've got four or five boxes coming (forget how many I ordered) and I'll probably buy more when I see them outside the grocery...
An "individual mandate" to carry automobile insurance seems to be accepted by most people. Having to carry health insurance is another matter. But a person could choose to go without a car if they...
I think I'll find out what they found at my follow up appointment at the end of the month. From what I've read a bowel prep is normal for various reasons....
I had a laproscopy done on Friday which I had to do a bowel prep for - same deal we all know, but no color restriction. (Yay, grape juice!) This was actually inspired by the recent topic on IBD and...
I'm quite sure it was lunch since I already have a history of fried Chinese food hurting me the next day. I just had a case of remission amnesia when I ordered. Oops. I don't know why I'm tapering...
Oh! OH! A bunch of exclamation points just went off in my head! I had takeout Chinese food for lunch yesterday. I think it was the fried rice. Feels so much better to be able to trace it to a cause...
Probioitcs - yes! I've been taking Ultimat Flora Critical Colon, 80 billion cultures/14 strains. I've been crediting it for my (mini)remission. Haven't touched the enemas in a long time. Bad, I know,...
I was *just* about to officially declare myself in remission when... what happened today! Watery diarrhea, cramps, nausea, hot chills. I guess pretty much the usual. There's a chance I got an...
I keep a spare pair of underwear in a plastic container in my car (which is also my.. er.. "emergency container") and a spare pair in a ziplock bag in my backpack. I carry my backpack everywhere...
Now I can't help wondering, which is the "right" end? :smile: With my husband, he saw my colonoscopy pictures when I was diagnosed and said, "No wonder you've been feeling bad!"...
I don't know why the change in Apriso but I'm not going off of it, just tapering down to one pill a day. I assume that's a maintenance dose. At least it'll save me money, especially if they don't...
I called my doctor after my third Remicade infusion with a "now what?" She told me to start tapering my Apriso from 4/day to 3 > 2 > 1, but stay on the Entocort indefinitely. She said Remicade and...
Well it was pretty heartbreaking Monday... I was fine up until the end of the workday and then it all started at 4:50. Can I still hope to see improvement between infusions even if it doesn't happen...
Eep, my anxiety level is through the roof today, but otherwise so far so good....
I had my third Remicade infusion yesterday. Really hoping the cliche is true and 'third time's a charm'. I seem to be in a pattern where every three days is a "bad" day, and the in betweens I don't...
I'm kinda freaked out right now and mostly want to see someone else say they've had this experience so I can laugh about it tomorrow. I know I have hemorrhoids. Been there forever. I don't bother...
Not that I'd wish this disease on anyone, but if *everyone* had it, imagine how much more prevalent publicly accessible bathrooms would be!...
This is *really* interesting because I had always thought I must have endometriosis since my periods were so bad and painful. I had an ultrasound done a number of years ago which didn't find anything...
Yes, she told me to take lomotil every day to "slow things down". That turned out to be a horrible idea - it didn't make the diarrhea stop but instead happen in excruciating slow motion. I'm not...
Well I know better than to make multiple changes at once because then I can't tell what's having an effect, but I couldn't help it this time. I stopped the Apriso, started taking fiber regularly...