I'm voting Obama. I feel like he did me a personal favor by caring enough to get the Affordable Health Care Act through and I owe him one. UC also gives me a special empathy for Seamus Romney. Mitt's...
I agree with cherchezlafemme, I get those noises when I am flaring but not in remission. My noises are relegated to the rectum though. I think it is very small pockets of gas due to inflamation. It...
Luckily I haven't had too many issues with lingering colds. However, I tend to get random boils every couple of months when my immune system is super suppressed. I'd almost rather have a lingering...
I lost hair by the handful when I was on pred and 6-MP the last time. There were quite a few days that I cried in the shower. At first, it seems like I lost a lot of hair really fast, but then the...
Hi Linden, Since you seem to not have any issues with constipation, may I suggest keto? Ketogetogenic diets appear to be making a surreptitious comeback. The diet is the high protein, high fat, low...
I was prednisone dependent for ages and then prescribed Imuran w/all my other myriad medications. It only worked for ~3 months before I started having issues with mucous and gas again. I stayed on it...
For me, I attribute my illness to both taking Accutane and getting mononucleosis. Took Accutane in my early 20s. I'm pretty sure there is a known causal link between UC and Accutane. That said, I...
"Oh, so you're feeling worse today. Maybe it's the (bat crazy causal link i.e. humidity)!" "So, what did you do to get this disease?" "You just have to think positively, then you'll get better." It's...
fredflats is right, it takes about a year for your body to return to baseline. I was prednisone dependent for a year and put on around the same amount of weight as you, deltaforce. Unfortunately,...
Hi Matt, With regard to your questions about VSL#3, it helps a lot. The big problem with it is that it is prohibitively expensive. According to the original study which established its effectiveness...
Hi Matt, I am not sure how GIs proceed with UC treatment over there, but your GI seems to be treating your UC in a way that I am unaccustomed to in the US. Speaking from my own experience (my GI was...
I have exactly the same problem. I can oscillate between constipation and diarrhea but more often than not I am on the constipated end of the continuum. When I discontinued Rowasa enemas I became so...
I purchased one box of VSL#3 DS at Costco pharmcy for around $110. It was way cheaper than the other pharmacies that I checked with by ~$50. It is my understanding that to get DS a prescription is...
I ordered my first box of VSL#3 DS about a month ago. Unlike VSL#3, the DS only comes 20 to a box rather than 30. I am a grad student, too, and unfortunately my school insurance would not cover it....
I lost a lot of hair when I was on 6MP. Every time I shampooed I would collect a handful of hair. Blood work later revealed that my liver tests were pretty bad b/c my body was metabolizing 6MP at an...