Coconut water sounds like a plan, hadn't thought of that. Heather, the prep is 2 bottles magnesium citrate and 4 ducolax, over several hours. He specifies a bottle and 32 oz. Gatorade. Soynomore, I...
Do you think it makes any sense ? My Dr. says to drink Gatorade. I try to eat things without unpronounceable names in it. The magnesium citrate is nasty enough. What do you mix it with to make it...
Yes, Boys and Girls, only here on Healingwell can you post a thread called ' end poop splash' and have it A: taken seriously, and B : appreciated. Merry...
You know you have UC when your significant other always asks if you need the restroom before they use it, even if you were just in there. If you have several sizes of pants in your closet, and have...
It's always something, I will stick with the balsalazide, My Dr recommends stonyfield farms yogurt, which I eat several times a week. I try to eat wholesome, nourishing foods.Doughnuts are neither,...
Hello all, I have just had my fifth colonoscopy.He saw a nice, clean colon, and took a tissue sample near the rectum where I usually have troubles, and it was clean. He said my colon was in spasm for...
A lotion on the Bum first thing. Vaseline, A&D ointment, calmoseptine. ( You have to ask at the pharmacy counter for it ) I might try Max's Idea of just staying put for a while, and not wiping so...
Hello, Dear Ones, I will be prepping for my umpty bumpth colonoscopy on friday. What's the softest tissue? I get the cheap stuff, but I know now that a softer tissue will help.And thank you, whoever...
Quitting smoking. I was diagnosed a few years after. My Dr thought I might have shown symptomns in my teens if I hadn't been a smoker. I was taking a lot of Nsaids for a smashed foot a year before...
I have always used them at bedtime, and I sleep on my left side, which maybe helps. Sometimes I wake up a bit greasy, a bit of the melted wax must ooze out, but not often, and I sometimes see white...
You know you have UC when: You know the names of all the nurses in the colonoscopy suite....
This thread has me in tears..... Somedude, I'm glad you can laugh about it. And trust me, that plastic thingy you stick up your Bum doesn't take it personally and won't tell. Merry...
I've had that, too. It was very scary, my husband and I were headed out for errands, I asked him to head to the hospital. Then I realized what I was seeing was similar to what he calles 'sqigglies',...
My guess on the car is that a ball joint broke. Something did! I'm also guessing that the cant of the wheel caused the brakes to act squirrely, or the tilt pulled a brake line out. Wherever you go,...
Hi, Celt, with me it turned out to be the canasa I was using. Little wax bullet shaped suppositories. I didn't think it was that, but when I stopped using canasa,the white streaks went away. I'm on...
You said the party is for close friends, Sherry, They will be understanding....
I wish I had been told what a flare was.It is so very basic, but I didn't know what it meant. I don't think I understood until I found this site and spent some time lurking, and getting to know the...
I was having a problen with winter chapped fingers.Solution, the finger of a rubber glove, lubed with K-y. I only need the k-y on the dry glove, but it will work on the suppository. They respond to...
I am another who became lactose intolerant in adulthood.Tolerance can vary from week to week, being sick can make you less tolerant. I can handle cream in my coffee, but not a glass of milk. My Dr...
Thanks for the help. And Old hat,I'm touched you remember me, it's been a while. And yes, still on colazal, only now it's the generic. I was thinking gloves would get expensive, but had a ' duh'...
There's probably a fissure in there somewhere, too. Has anyone come up with an insertion tool, applicator or something that would be less abrasive than my peeling, cracking fingers? I have tried...
Sherry, remember, as forum moderator, you see the WORST of UC. I haven't posted in ages, I'm doing just fine. I am faithful about taking 9 colazal a day, I go 2-4 times a day,no biggie.Your daughter...
Thank you for your help, and the tip about the A&D ointment. I knew there must be something to ease the sore bottom, but I didn't know what. Merry...
Hello all, It's been a while, but I know where to go with this question. I've been the go-lytely ( go-phergrease ) route, and osmoprep. I hurled the gophergrease and liked the osmoprep, but the Doc...
These aren't all original, this thread has been around before ( happy to see it back, its the BEST) You know you have UC when: You get your mail order meds and your neighbors think you just got a new...
Bob, Good to hear from you, I've thought of you often , I miss your thoughtful and amusing posts. I'll never forget your tale of going to a halloween party as 'tinky-winky'. Be well, Merry...
Sherry, I'm not a big fan of soy or rice milk, but cocoa with either isn't bad, the chocolate hides the taste. Starbucks, for manybucks, will make you a soy cocoa, just ask. They use vanilla soy...
My migraines are hormonal, I get them every month and they last two days.Zomig gets rid of the pain and nausea. I take blood pressure meds, to ease the migraines, and they haven't stopped ( I sure...
Oh, thank you for that tip!! I call them 'turbo toilets' and some really do send out the spray. EWWW. Yes, I check my poo, and toss the first bit of TP. Only here can I consider that normal...
Congratulations! I hope you can make her laugh as hard as you have made me laugh on these boards. Merry...
I miss klondike bars. Sherry, Frozen yogurt!!!! My Dr told me to eat yogurt every day, and approves of frozen yogurt. Gotta have vanilla..... Merry...
Oh, so I'm not wierd. I've had a flashlight in the loo for ages now. Merry...
Half of those symptons can be from the UC! I had some heartburn from it, but it's pretty well tolerated by most people. I try to be positive, too, that's why I spell my name this way at healingwell....
It will take a while to wrap your mind around the " I have a lifelong disease " part. Be as healthy as you can,exercise, eat well. The most common advice is to add yogurt and / or probiotics to your...
Thanks, all. My Dr told me once that mucous can be a sign of healing. Then there is the other side of the coin, there is something that needs to heal. After 6 months on canasa I thought the Dr would...
hello, all, I've been doing pretty well, feeling pretty well, but puzzled at times by white stuff on my stools. It looks like pea or marble sized spots of white play-doh, that get smeared as it...
I'm 50, I was diagnosed at 47 Merry...
I poo more than U Dano, had me in hysterics!! Merry...
worcester county, massachusetts...
I get a little gerd now and then, it was pretty bad when I was on asacol. Zantac 75 has always made me feel better. I am on colazal now, and have fewer episodes of gerd. good luck! Merry...
I take 2 tums daily for the calcium. Calcium pills are huge, and I swallow enough pills, thank you. I find zantac 75, which the GI recommended, does the trick for the gerd.Which, I think I get from...
My hair thinned from prednisone. Get your hair trimmed! It will feel thicker, and make you feel a bit better. It's coming back a bit. I haven't tried biotin, but many swear by it. I just take too...
Thanks for your quick reply, Sherry. The Dr wants me on the canasa a couple more months. It took at least a month to get working. The lightheadedness is annoying, but I'll take it over bleeding. My...
Hello, all, I just had this lump pop up on my wrist, about the size of a marble.Doesn't hurt. I have one on a knuckle, Dr. saw that one and wasn't worried, I don't remember if he called it a cyst or...
I had gerd when I was on asacol. I'm now on colazol and rarely have a problem. Zantac 75 was all I needed to feel better. lucky us merry...
Oh, Sherry! The brain pain might be migraines. Migraines are usually on one side of the head. After that ,they can manifest thenselves in a gazillion ways. Sometimes not even head pain. That said, I...
GMA Sherry's grandmother Merry Hee hee...
Hi, I had to respond because you sound so much like me, with initial symptons. I thought I had hemmies, bright blood on the tissue, but I felt fine. 5 months later I was diagnosed, and by that time I...
Tore and Broke is still my favorite, but I love your music, and often listen when I am online. When You have a CD for sale in the states, I'll be first in line. Merry...
Hello, Dear Ones, I've been lurking, but not posting lately. I believe I had some gum loss last year when I was on Pred. I now have what my dentist calls a 'food trap' between my upper back teeth, in...