Hi desertsun01, As I type this I am 9 days post surgery and can indeed confirm that at this stage what is giving me the most grief is my backside! I did have a special cushion in the hospital but to...
Hi everyone. This is my farewell post! This forum has been a great source of strength for me in times of need; for posterity I offer some thoughts. I write this on day four of my recovery for an...
You'll have much better access to help once you've seen the gastro people. Most hospitals run an advice line - depending on where you are treated. So I can phone an IBD nurse at any time and get...
I'm afraid there is no predictor of how much the disease will effect you. Some make one or two posts on here and are never seen again - off living life. Others stick around a bit more! You will come...
I know exactly what you are going through. When I was diagnosed I had to ask the doc what an enema was! I depends how severe your disease activity is - but the enemas should start giving you relief...
D'oh beaten to it by sherbear!...
Don't worry I'm sure we all had problems with the damn things at the start. I use the salofalk enemas and of all I have used I think they are the best. My tips would be as follows. Get a book or ipad...
I've been on 6MP for about 6 years now. I felt rotton for a good week and a half when I started taking it - or upped the dose. It does wear off and you should feel normal. I also never had any...
I know and I'm sorry - old thread resurrection alert. I've been googling. I'm facing an ileostomy and also take part in motorsport. Funny how I probably have much more important things to worry about...
Thought I might be able to add another perspective. I went on Azathioprine in about 2006 and have been on it ever since. My disease history was very similar to yours at that point. Although I am...
Easy question this: What is the current advice for taking azathioprine as a man while trying to concieve? My consultant said in an ideal world you wouldn't be taking any drugs, but that I wasn't in...
This post has fascinated me. I moved in (with my then girlfriend) to a flat in June 2003 - and by the mid September I was diagnosed with UC and attempting to eject my entire digestive tract in bloody...