I was flare free for a while, but my GI wanted to check anyway with my yearly colonoscopy (20 years with UC) because she recommended that I be in remission before getting pregnant. I was scoped in...
Oh goodness, I hate those stanky things. Mine would dislodge when I sneezed. I didn't know what they were till my sister was talking about them a few years ago. I didn't know where they came from,...
You'll learn what works best for you. Try to take it easy the first time around. I've had a bakers dozen since I was a teenager. With my first I was so nervous that I stayed up all night watching...
Hmmmm, I must have really dodged a bullet this pregnancy. I had no hemmies during pregnancy and none from labor. granted my 25 hour labor and hour of pushing out baby resulted in a freaking c-section...
I just hope that my baby does not get UC or Crohn's like me :( she's breast fed. I was not. Whether it makes a difference for UC or not, I like to know that I'm doing the best I can for my baby by...
My husband takes a more active role in my disease and treatment than I do. From day 1 of finding out, he's been seeking out information, talking to my GI, feeding me what makes me feel good, etc. He...
Oh for the love of Pete, I miss salads. There's a dressing they have at some Chick-Fil-As called house dressing, and it is the yummiest and most fattening excuse for salad dressing ever. I crave it...
I always wondered how there's no pee on the seat or floor in our bathroom, then I caught hubby peeing in the middle of the night...SITTING DOWN. I never even thought about it, but it keeps the floor...
Shire sent me mine automatically just before the end of the year. I have to call to activate it, but I've had one since 2011....
The difference with Lialda and Asacol for me, hmmm. I guess the main difference is that with Lialda, my poo is always soft no matter what, but the good side to that is only 1 flare in 5 years and...
I'm so glad yours is going well. I was a little scared of a flare after pregnancy because I bled significantly during my unwanted and unplanned c-section. My blood counts kept dropping significantly...
I just had my first baby on 12/20! I've had UC for nearly 20 years and picked up a little Crohn's in the past 5 years. I have been in remission for a few years now and decided that it was a good time...
After 20 years of UC, I've noticed that my poo has a distinct smell when I have a flare. I used to have this old old cat when I was a kid, and her poo always smelled...old and weird. When I have a...
I had UC for years before I ever took any SSRI. It definitely didn't make it worse, but made coping with all the b.s. and getting out of bed in the morning much better :) I don't use any of them...
When I eat salad, whether I'm in remission or not, the salad comes out looking basically how it looked when it went in, except more wilty. I don't get it, but I've basically given up on salads...
I've had a dozen colonoscopies, my first ones when I was a teen. I don't know what they used because I preferred to be in the dark and let my parents do all the decision making. I woke up during the...
ouch! I just got my healthcare benefits info from my place of employment. Affordable healthcare indeed :( They were so excited to tell us that the premiums will only go up minimally. I was also...
I live in a tiny suburb of Atlanta, and there are SO many GIs that they seem competitive. I found an amazing one. She's got great bedside manner and is so helpful. She checks my blood every time I...
I like to read true crime books like from Lisa Gardner and Brad Meltzer. Right now I'm reading the most recent book in the Castle series from TV. I loooooove the books and the show. I squeal out loud...
I understand that pooping during labor happens all the time, but I have had soft and usually explosive mushy stools for a decades because of UC. They are never formed and I just keep pooping and...
I'm a 911 dispatcher and have been since 1998. I work 12 hour shifts, so it get kinda rough when I'm having a flare. It's also quite difficult to use the bathroom as frequently as I need to because...
I've honestly never noticed one way or another, and it's been almost 20 years...
Good luck to you! go for it! I wish I were as strong and brave as you about all this mess. I was told over 15 years ago as a teen that I would have to have all those defective guts taken out before I...
hmmm. it's surely a coincidence, but I can say that I've been in remission for a few years---and that does happen to coincide with the time I've been seeing a chiropractor just for general upkeep...
I used to find Asacol coating with some medication intact left in my stool. I switched to Lialda a few years ago and it happened a little more frequently, but usually only one pill. Yesterday I had...
I'm pregnant with my first and due in December. I have yet to talk with my GI about breastfeeding on 4.8g of Lialda daily. I'm actually scared of that conversation. I want to breastfeed, but I don't...
I took it for depression a decade ago or so and it made me stupid. Haha. I spaced out all the time and was just mentally elsewhere most of the time. I know it works for some people, but not for me....
When you scroll through your texts on your phone between you and your spouse, and 10% of them are "I love you"s and "I miss you"s, and the other 90% are about poop. You find a "poo log" journal in...
I usually fluctuate between 3 size plateaus. Of course my favorite is a very muscular and fit size 4-6, then I'm comfortable and happy at the size 10, but since I turned 30, I pretty much live at...
I haven't had a flare in nearly 3 years (20 years of having severe UC that never let up,) that's why I decided that it's a good time to for hubby to knock me up. The Lialda has been my savior. I...
I can't speak for anyone else, but for me the white bleached starchy carbs are amazing. Potatoes, rice, bread, pasta, all of that causes me no distress at all. I know I should try paleo because I...
After 20 years of UC, Lialda has been the best for me. The only side effect I've noticed is that I haven't had a formed BM since I started it. I have no problem with this, it just costs me more in...
I was not breast fed. I badly want to breast feed my child (due December) but I'm not sure about Lialda and breast feeding. I don't want her to have issues like me, but can't help but worry. No one...
I'm tired of people telling me I probably have Celiac's. Are you freaking kidding me? The ONLY foods that give me comfort and causes no distress whatsoever are the starchiest carbs I can find. mmm...
I haven't had Asacol in years, but I was always on 4 pills 3x a day. I do recall having loose stools most of the time, but they were more solid and formed on that medication than they have been on...
this made me infinitely happy. Thankfully my husband was the first to cut one in front of me after about 2 weeks of dating. Once he did, the flood gates opened. I let him know of my ailments (and he...
I'm a tequila drinker, I love the nasty stuff, but it gives me diarrhea and cramping badly every. single. time. I drink it. It hasn't ever seemed to "cause" a flare up, but it definitely makes me...
My parents both smoked in the house and in the car with no regard for the children. I was otherwise a perfectly healthy child. Once they stopped smoking indoors, I started having UC symptoms at 15. I...