The capsules are 495mg of the "blend" each. They're pretty small - smaller than VSL #3, that's for sure! A little smaller than my Lialda pills. Yes, maintenance enemas, and if things get "funny" I go...
Hi everyone! I haven't posted anything recently, mostly because there was nothing really exciting to post. I've been just kind of going along with a "new normal" since my UC diagnosis - doing the...
Give it six months - if that is your marker and it takes that long, it's ok. If it takes less time, even better! Pred did a number over on my previously-fit body. Many pounds gained, body fat way up...
You got it! I found a publication from a med conference about just that. Asacol was going to be going generic and they didn't want to compete, so they basically change it a little and change the...
Well, I've been off the prednisone since December...and although I'm 15 pounds fatter, I seem to be doing ok. I'm still on the daily Asacol and mesalamine enemas as needed, but I started at my new...
Yep that was it! They showed video of her covered all over with really bad skin lesions, and then would show her totally clear. No way those were going away in 3 weeks. I didn't see the very end, but...
Thank you everyone for the tips and the congrats! Currently I have a plan that provides no coverage for brand name drugs, so that's why nothing is covered. I could switch, but my rate would go way up...
A few nights ago I watched a show called "Food Hospital" and the episode was about a college-aged student, a dance (modern dance) diagnosed with Chron's - it looked really severe because it was...
So first I have to announce that...I GOT THE JOB! Moving from litigation to in-house - it doesn't get much better than that! I got some preliminary paperwork from HR Monday, and it looks like I have...
I get those!! I still have my tonsils, and docs are always surprised. Mine relate to my weight, too - the fatter I am, the bigger the darn things are. I've had them since I was a kid, and my first UC...
After 3 rounds of interviews in about 3 weeks, I was offered the position! It is about a 20% pay increase from where I am now, and an in-house position so I will be getting OUT of litigation. I'm...
Could the panic / anxiety be related to the flare itself? The first several times I saw my GI, I burst into tears. He told me that, being an auto immune disease, UC itself can cause anxiety and panic...
So...my dad and his girlfriend have been bouncing between my house and my Aunt's for the past week or so. I've been in my house 5 years, and the toilet has never clogged. Since then it has clogged...
Hi everyone! I'm a regular on another forum but thought maybe the regular posters here can help me. I have a very dear friend that has been diagnosed as bipolar. We are really close, but lately every...
Thank you everyone, it sounds like I just have to be patient! I'm going back to Shakeology for lunch, so hopefully that moves things along and prevents any possible portion control or lack of protein...
Now that I'm a month out from quitting the prednisone, I have gained 7-8 pounds and I'm having a hard time getting rid of them, even when I severely reduce calories to around 1200 / day. I've started...
Sorry your 2013 had to start like that! I actually threw up in my office for the first time ever yesterday and again today - that's happened before at work but always with lots of notice and I've...
Mine is like that. He suggested VSL 3, cutting out processed foods (he says "processed foods" rather than gluten because the "gluten free" goodies that everyone buys just substitute chemicals for...
Before UC, I used to take spiro for hormonal acne. I went off it spring of 2012 because we were considering having kids, but then I got sick and I've pushed that out at least another 5 months to let...
I'm not sure that fructose and high fructose corn syrup would elicit the same reaction. Corn syrup is really bad for your system, whereas raw fruit isn't. HCFS is, in my opinion, responsible for most...
That's obnoxious. When I was in the ER for food poisoning, the ER doc said "oh do you get to keep your colon?" Keep on them. I know lots have had great success with surgery, but it is still surgery....
That all makes sense. I was sick before the pred, but not losing weight, but I remember being terrified of food. Possibly I'm eating and my body is saying "wow, NUTRIENTS" and putting it on. I just...
But what about after you are off of it? That's what I'm confused about....
I didn't gain any weight at all while I was on the prednisone, but since I stopped 2-3 weeks ago I have gained 6 pounds!! :confused: And let me just say, those 6 pounds were HARD to lose when I lost...
I don't think I agree with the handicap parking bit. They already issues those much too easily. Maybe restroom access...but I worry that asks for a new wave of accessibility suits for employee-only...
Thanks therearemiracles :) I can't believe how great they are! Quincy - when we clip, we clip the whoooole body so they are basically naked. Here is a good pic of one of my junior buddies at a final,...
It just doesn't work for some people. You might try the different formulations of sleeping pills like Lunesta, or I think there is one more. If it is anxiety, Xanax might do it for you. Xanax...
Yep, jumping, flatting, everything - we do a bareback day now and then too and practice everything (very tiny jumps) too! Polly has a very faint stripe when you really body clip her, but you can't...
Ambien worked for me, and I have a prescription for it because I have BAD insomnia anyway. Pred had me peeling the paint from the walls and rearranging furniture. It gives me about 5 good hours of...
Not bad - I made prime rib with mashed potatoes and salad, but I skipped the salad. I thought I was going to be a mess but just 1 trip to the bathroom, no blood, so I was happy....
Thanks Quincy! She's a bay, with no white markings anywhere and that darker mane/tail - she's different from the standard bay / white blaze / white socks we always see in the ring, and tiny (15.2 at...
So here is a really terrible picture of Polly and I jumping - http://stetsonphotos.smugmug.com/photos/i-RFwNgBv/0/S/i-RFwNgBv-S.png ...and here is us just messing around......
14 x 14 box stall with big turnouts with arena footing. No pasture (southern California) which is why they get the 3x timothy daily, but hand watering (which I like instead of auto-water because the...
Soystud...yeah...that's ok, it happens :) Our horse show system is a little weird right now but I'm hoping some of these young riders coming up through the ranks get us some redemption! Quincy - I'm...
Yesterday and today were my first days back riding horses since this whole UC thing started. My horse is laid up (she'll be back in Feb., she did messed up her feet being stupid in her stall and will...
Feel better! Food poisoning put me in the ER not that long ago, and we knew it was food poisoning because my husband and I came down with it within about 3 hours of each other without being exposed...
Drink as much of it as you can. I finished all but the last glass / 8 oz or so, and if I can so can you. I'm a gagger and haven't been able to drink gatorade since. It actually took me until 1am to...
So sorry to hear that, but welcome! Don't let this forum freak you out too much, there is great information here but also some scary stories. Go see a GI right away, because the longer you let it go,...
@qincy - that's a great idea! That's exactly what it feels like, spasms. I do hunters, but I only show at like 2'9" right now. I didn't start riding until college so I'm just getting up there! This...
It's just litigation - I've done therapy for it, yoga, everything - it is just law firm culture itself. It makes teaching a classroom packed with 45 10th graders from an urban school a walk in the...
I'm through to the second round! HR said she really liked me, and I'm scheduled for round 2 on the 28th. Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts! I hope it holds up for another round!...
Doesn't St. Johns Wort interfere with birth control? I have xanax but I just hate to take yet another pill....
So I've been doing really well, have found some semblance of a remission (still working on it!), but with this phone interview I had yesterday and the follow up call I'm waiting for today, and the...
So I've been fishing a bit, and Friday a sent a resume to a really large architectural and design firm (I do construction law/litigation). This morning they called and set up a phone interview for...
Dang it. You beat me to it....
Thank you everyone for the words of support. @Cita - I'm showing this to my husband. He just doesn't believe me how evil law firms are!!! I'm trying my best to go government or in-house. I currently...
I didn't mention - it's a tiny law firm so I'm not eligible for any FMLA or any other protection. That makes it a little scary, although I've only had to take a total of 2 days off with this so far -...
I'm still doing well getting out of this flare, but the stress at work is just unbearable. I'm in litigation, 5+ years, and I'm in a small firm now, but I've done mid sized firms with 50+ attorneys....
Oh and here is a really gross thing that I didn't realize until I did the prednisone and got my UC to stop being crazy - that mesalamine enema? It should not come out a dark purple almost black color...
I've planned on being on the Asacol basically forever. Soystud - I love California Pizza kitchen, and the pear & gorgonzola pizza that I'm addicted to there is something I can eat no matter how...