Rowasa is great, it made a huge difference for me. As far as those type of meds go I like it much much more than canasa. Canasa caused gas and oily residue stuff which rowasa caused none of for me, I...
It is horrible, I get them very often and more than one at a time. Then they will magically go away for a while and then they come back in force. Sometimes it seems related to stress, foods I eat or...
The flu shot last year caused me to have a few bad days of increased symptoms of colitis but passed. I decided not to get a shot this year....
I would second looking into malarone as the anti-malarial of choice. There is one they prescribe, I forget the name now but one of the side effects is nightmares. I believe malarone is effective for...
No problems in pools, the ocean, swimming, diving, snorkeling. I am so focused on what I am doing no time to pay attention to anything else. I go in the water at least 2-3 times per week....
Yea, I take daily 5ASA from both ends and I take probiotics, Vit D and Omega-3 need to figure out my profile. I had this same type of mini-flare up when I got a flu shot....
Resurrecting an old thread....I just returned from a tropical vacation and was doing awesome before and during the first part of the vacation, no UC issues whatsoever...then I started getting bug...
I get terrible aphthous ulcers on the sides of my tongue and inside surface of cheeks/lips sometimes where it makes it very painful to eat and drink. I recall getting these before I was diagnosed...
I take 4.2g of fish oil (2.9g of Omega-3) in addition to what I get in my diet from eating fish. I used to sometimes have issues with constipation even though I drank LOTS of water (close to a gallon...
I avoid it too as best I can and have for a while. It is also possible to get soy milk without it, trader joes brand or unsweetened west joy from sprouts or similar market. Some silk brand chocolate...
I am in the same boat as MNorthernlight, my heart rate is always below 60, generally around 50, it can even dip into the high 40s if I am really relaxed. My heart rate dropped when I started...
I have also noticed that nuts cause bleeding for me, I will be fine but when I start eating nuts it will result in blood later on. I seem fine with nut butters though. Too much insoluble fiber is a...
There is also the lillipad. http://lillipad.co.nz/ Personally, I use a step stool. If I could have a squat toilet in my house I would......
I used meloxicam/mobic/metacam (it has a few names) and within a week it made my skin very thin and I bled super easy which was unusual for me and about 10 days in I went into a mega-flare up like I...
Finally feeling well enough and everything under control that I am trying to gain mass back that I lost before being diagnosed with uc this year. The biggest benefit for me seems to be massive...
Oatmeal smoothie - oatmeal (cooked), frozen papaya (buy the big ones and cut them up and freeze them in cubes), banana, peanut butter, soy milk, apple juice. It is quick and easy, I don't have much...