I went through a periods when I first start new meds like asacol and when I was tapering off predisone there wasn't nothing I côuld do but just accept it and rest, it eventually went away...
How do you guys handle work issues while dealing with uc, my job is a lot of manual labor and it's getting hard to juggle both...
I was like that for a long time too, constantly flaring up I was taking apriso then I switched over to asacol 800 and started taking 40mg predisone, and boom it worked! After about 2 months I was...
I just got colonoscopy and they said colon looked good but removed 3-4 polyps, my GI said not to worry, can anybody give me more info on polyps I'm not really familiar with them except theyre...
I was taking apriso and I felt horrible still from the uc, but asacol really helped instantly but you might get weird side affects at first like headache, fatigue but stick it out it works good...
Who has uc along with something else for example celiac, GErD?...
I have celiac and been gluten free for a year, but I never been 100% lactose free and it seems when my stomach is strong I can handle it, but when I'm having a uc flare I stay away from it...
Has anybody lost there hair(facial hair or eye brows) doing remicade?about to start and was curious...
Is it me or do I feel like GI isn't always the most aggressive way to go for some relief of uc flares, and everytime I go the labs take 3-4 days and they usually do nothing pain, maybe raise your...
Where do you normally go for a bad flare? Urgent care? ER? Primary Dr or schedule appointment with GI? I usually end up in ER for immediate blood, cat scan IV pain treatment...
I am 30 and was diagnosed with uc, GERD and celiac and I had a lot of the exact same symptoms you had. Eating the fruit isn't gonna bother you but eating the vegetables and nuts are very hard. The...
Yeah i read that the coffee wasn't good for my damaged avili in my intestines, but I only found 1 source stating that, most of the things I read was that coffee was a strong antioxidant as well and...
How does everybody handle coffe with UC? I feel like I can drink a Starbucks macchiato with no problems but straight coffee with cream and sugar kills me, gas and stomach cramps...
Yes I would say I am somewhat in remission from the asacol and it had helped me 100x better than the apriso I used to take, but with long days of strenuous work I'm just the same person that can wake...
I'm 30 years old with uc and cd, my uc is under pretty good control with asacol hd 800mg 3 twice a day, but reading so much on remicade and humira would it be dumb to drop asacol and try these even...
I get confused sometimes too, I used to crave pickles really bad and then it went to pretzels really bad. Now I have celiac I don't touch pretzels no more but I still get the pickles once in a while,...
I have had uc for a year and a job with a lot of manuel labor. I have missed a lot of days at work . I just got on fmla and it seems like my bosses/ hr dept aren't really familiar with it and neither...
I just recently took 30 days worth of iron in 2 weeks as directed by my Doctor and was still low, I was thinking about getting the iron infusions because taking so much iron is hard on my stomach,...
What does everyone's blood work look like? I was diagnosed with celiac and UC in June 2012 and exactly a year later I still got crappy blood work even though I haven't bleed for a few months. They...
As soon as I tapered down from 40mg to 30 I was fine but the jump from 30-20 I felt sick with head ache and body aches like a hangover so he put me back up to 30 now I'm just ki d of stuck here I...
The GERD for me feels more like a heartache with me spitting up foam and acid...
I had the same thing, and went to ER they told me it was GERD and I started on protonix and it hasn't been back since...