Hey do any of you fellow UC sufferers use Meal replacments? Maybe some with Probiotics? Any suggestions? Where to get and what works for you would help. Thanks, Kyle...
Well my family doctor would not prescribe me any Anti-Spaz medicine.. He recommended I go to the Hospital and try and get a GI to give it to me.. Knowing that the hospital will take probably 8 hours...
Well the remicade works.. But only for 5-6 weeks. Then I get rough again.. I am on Week 5.. I think if I go to 6 week intervals I will be fine or higher dosage. Don't want to do surgery and didn't...
Thanks for the reply bananagirl I don't think I am on a super high dose of Remicade since the last infusion was only my 3rd.. I am going to see my GI about upping the frequency I get it or the dose...
Thanks for the reply.. My GI is on Holidays until the 7th.. Thats the only reason I was considering the hosptial. I will try and get my Family Doctor to make a prescription....
I've had UC for about 2 years now.. On Remicade.. Next infusion is not for 4 weeks still. I am getting major intestinal spasms about 25 times a day (you know the ones that hurt so bad they make you...
It's definately the remicade that makes you tired, I have the same thing.. it's like my core energy is gone.. But.. My UC is in Remission.. If this is the trade to not have colitis I will take it!...
Well I had my first infusion yesterday and I am already feeling positive results.. I am still kind of sleepy today but I don't care because that pain I am used to is going away.. Saturday I went to...
FromChaos said... I have been at my job for 16 year and I work in a small office. A few years back I told them about UC. They are very uinderstanding and if they see me headed to the bathroom they...
Ruby, I don't know if this works for all people but when driving if I feel it coming on I take deep breathes and calm myself.. I focus on just the road and block everything out.. I normally start to...
No I stopped Azathioprine about 3 months ago.. I am on Mezavant only right now however I think it makes my symptoms worse instead of better... I forgot to take it a day and my colitis wasn't quite as...
Thanks for the reply, Prednisione is the only thing that has worked for me but I had to stop it completley when my vision started to go, I went through 3 pairs of glasses in 6 months before having to...
I am starting Remicade this Sunday and am excited hoping it will work for me. How do you feel after taking it? Does it put your out of comission for the whole day? Does it work for most people? I...