Okay, I will definitely try the Tums. Also, okay, I sometimes get that too - where I just feel achy and sick, so I'm glad to just hear it from someone else. This is a good forum, it's nice to be able...
Well...you're right, it's not horrible, but I could definitely do better. I'll watch it through that lens for a few days and see if I notice a pattern - thanks!! I've never really had a problem with...
Oh! I forgot - Asacol 2 pills 3 times/day. Asacol HD 800mg. Also iron and vitamin D and a multivitamin....
Hi you guys!! I have colitis and I was wondering if it can be giving me gas that makes me feel like I'm having a heart attack. Otherwise I've been having a heart attack for like 6 days now. Oh, I'm a...
Seriously, I was thinking anxiety before I even finished the first sentence of your post. It can be tough, I'm sorry you went through it like that.I just wanted to say that: 1) Definitely call your...
Thank you guys for answering. I'm going ot post what happened - in case someone else is freaking out and comes across it. First of all, my continued problems were not entirely because I didn't follow...
Hi fellow UCers - it's awesome because now I have Uveitis/Iritis. Do you all get this? I have had it, off and on, over the years - but - this time it is on my nerves. On April 5, I received the...
Maybe call that last doctor and explain that you disagree, that you're not comfortable with the "just soft tissue" diagnosis, and that you would like to get another opinion. Then just ask: what type...
Somebody said that Asacol is expensive - it is - but right now there's an Asacol discount card that takes the monthly copay down to +/- $30 without insurance. I'm just throwing this out in case...
I just remembered that when my UC first became an issue, I had arthritis that, like, migrated from joint to joint - on the day of my first colonoscopy (2004), I had it in my hand - I remember being...
Agreed - it really might be the exercise thing. I am like that, too (requiring a lot of sleep to function normally - and I've always been that way, too) - and it's the weird, overwhelming tiredness...
Okay, guys, for real - thank you to each of you for your candid answers - because, like you probably know, there's no one in life I can just walk over to and just chat up about the realities of...
I had this vitamin d deficiency too - in my experience it was like I noticed a general feeling of well-being over kind of a long period of time. Maybe 2 months or so....
Sara - I know - the connection between colon cancer and inflammation makes it a no-brainer, now that I see it in writing. I'm also upset about "needing" another type of medication - irrationally, it...
I just saw my doc today and was sort of aghast when she suggested enemas. Basically, I just have active inflammation in the rectum right now, and, by administering medication from the bottom up, so...