My Gastro's nurse has always said to give up red dye for 5 days and to stop ibuprofen for 5 days....
Hi Sunny! I can only vouch with experience about Calmoseptine ointment, it's great! I don't have an ostomy but can get into a high output phase and my skin can become very irritated (think diaper...
Treadmill in your home, near a bathroom! Can't even tell you how many times I paused my walk to run to the bathroom. Hard to do if you decide to take a walk in your neighborhood! Sometimes I just do...
I think it would make for a great movie. I must admit some of the tech terms flew past me but that's okay, there's a lot of funny moments in it too. It's just a great book, a few moments you can just...
Want to read a riveting book/story, one you cannot put down this summer? The Martian by Andy Weir is that book. A mix of Apollo 13, Castaway, elements of The Truman Show, Robinson Crusoe too, all...
I remember when my daughter's 2nd grade class (circa early 90s) took a field trip to our community's local nature center. The naturalist was conducting the class and held up a small toad. All the...
Well aware of the dangers of artificial sweeteners (aspartame and it's dozen names), etc. Many thanks to someone on these forums for telling me all about aspartame, had no idea it was so harmful...
While I can't answer your specific question about which type of SUV or van is best for this purpose, your topic reminded me of this topic from the UC forum:...
I have severe IBS like symptoms from having my low colon removed due to cancer 15 years ago, I've struggled ever since. Last October I took a new job and had to do something with the onslaught of...
That husband is a true gem!!! What a guy. Hands down, my favorite topic lately. You know, that guy could have a second career if he ever stopped traveling, installing these in SUV's, van's for people...
larasmom - sorry to learn of your sudden hearing loss. Mine was there one day, gone the next (not completely but significantly). I notice that if I refrain from caffeine and drink only water, and a...
I did read about pep oil capsules. Wondered if anyone here takes them. Thanks for the reminder. I know I need to be careful now (what fun, not!)....
Thanks Guardian7 and B - upon researching dicyclomine/Bentyl warnings state if you take blood pressure meds, to tell your doctor. I probably shouldn't take this. Sounded like it would help me though...
As many of you know I do not have the UC dx, but rather struggle with daily multiple bm's, had my sigmoid removed 15 years ago (malignant tumor) and 15 inches of my colon removed above that point....
NCOT - I've been following your story and read your replies/topics in the past. And my heart just absolutely and thoroughly goes out to each and every single time. I understand how you can't seem to...
I am so sorry to hear this but understand completely how devastating it is to put down a pet. Putting down our Golden just about killed me. I will always miss her. RIP Zoey. :(...
Very sorry to hear the sad news. Our family's first dog was a Golden, our current dog is half yellow lab/half golden. Goldens are simply the best dogs, so loving, so giving, so devoted. I understand...
FYI, my GI's office will reduce the cost of a procedure by approx. 50% if I pay the day of the visit, bypassing our insurance completely. Ask if they will reduce the cost of what would be billed to...
Thank you fixing my link soystud!!! One of these days I need to figure out how to do that........
Hilarious, laughed myself silly. He recently guest starred on Jimmy Fallon. http://thecomicscomic.com/2014/05/03/lewis-black-on-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon/...
Someone on these topics, either on the IBS Forum or the UC Forum, takes one Sudafed D 12 hour per day. To control D. This member pointed out that this was the medication doctors used to recommend or...
Thanks for the image!!! At least it was pretty going in....
Me too, I wanted to say - a lot. I have a niece who is 14 and at one time girls in her generation looked up to Miley (growing up with Hannah M. episodes) but not anymore. They are embarrassed to have...
Started reading this topic and thought I'd reply but then I noticed I did reply in 2008! All of what I suggested still applies. Got a little sad reading my reply though, our sweet Golden Retriever...
Stormie - I meant to reply before now, the UC forum here is very active and lots of members over there have recent experience with bowel preps. I dread my next bowel prep, used to take Fleet's...
Beware of Yoplait Light Yogurt - it contains aspartame. I realize you were joking Stealth Garden about Yoplait, I imagine you only have organic yogurt in your fridge, if so, that's wise....
Hi there, sorry I wish I could answer your questions but thought the least I could do was bump up your topic, so others see it....
Hi there - I'm probably the user mentioned who may have lost a large portion of my left ear's hearing to aspartame use. I am now diagnosed with cochlear meniere's disease. I woke up one morning...
katmom - me too! I don't have UC either, just a wacky GI tract but everyone is so nice and supportive on this particular forum. I love it here. No one has ever kicked me out (yet!), lol....
We have a lot of can light fixtures in our home and over the past 25 years we've tried to find the best light bulbs for them, some lasted mere hours, then my husband hit upon fluorescent light bulbs....
Hi there, I have a painful back at times, not related to GI issues but I have found two things really help: Topricin, a topical analgesic cream, purchased at a health food store. Stretching my back...
Oh how I hope you are not in my camp! Please remember they did tell me I was an extreme case, my doctors always hoped I'd settle into a 6-8 bm's per day phase. It just never happened (unless I don't...
Lysine pills help keep my canker sores at bay and when they flare up, a pharmacist told me once to save $ and make my own mouth rinse - equal parts hydrogen peroxide and warm tap water. Swish and...
Once you find a doctor or facility and your colonoscopy is ordered, call the billing department and ask if they offer an approximate 50% lower price for same day pay (might be called self pay...
Here it is: http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=26&m=3009264&g=3021566#m3021566 I remember having odd sensations in the rectal area for a long time, not exactly spasms but painful...
Slightly off topic, I tried the warm lemon water first thing in the morning to banish belly bloat and to lose a few pounds, last summer - be careful to brush your teeth after drinking lemon water...
Mabe - how successful have you been purging aspartame/phenylalanine from your system? As I stated several posts above google the connection between migraines and this "artificial sweetener", is a...
Kay - I finally saw your posts and responded on the IBS forum. Sorry you're going thru so much. I had some weird sensations in the rectal area but they were during my ostomy phase, pain when walking...
Hi Kay - no things have not really improved for me since June 1999. I was told I comprise a very small % of former colon cancer patients who had resections. My tumor was barely inside, my surgeon...
Sherry - A member on the HW forums mentioned the benefits of Sudafed D (or Claritin D), his doctor told him the medication used to be prescribed for patients with D. I have recalled phases of my...
Reason why I had D was after my temporary colostomy was reversed, I found myself having 3 bm's during one meal, the second I began chewing and producing salvia, I had to go. It wasn't always D but it...
When I had diarrhea from having had the bottom 1/3 of my colon removed, due to cancer, I had to go on a low residue diet for 2 years. Kept a food journal and recorded every single thing I ate and...
Hi Miriam -sorry to read you're struggling so much. Wanted to mention the Ulcerative Colitits forum here is very active and a lot of very people hang there. Even I don't have UC but they're tolerant...
I see you have received great advice. I didn't know what to bring for my first surgery (5 hour resection, temp ostomy,etc.) but I sure did for my takedown! This was all eons ago, almost 15 years ago...
I realize this a very old topic but I have experienced very similar symptoms and I highly recommend the BRAT diet or Low Residue Diet. Keeping a food diary, any 1 subject notebook will suffice,...
Someone mentioned ASA - aka aspirin - I used to work for ENT surgeons and that was one of the first meds they mentioned to avoid if you wanted to reduce ringing in the ears. Caffeine was always the...
I have ringing in my ears for a completely different reason, diagnosed with Meniere's last summer. Turns out if I totally and I mean completely eliminate caffeine from my diet, the ringing stops....
About the photographer, maybe they don't take such cheesy posed photos anymore but the ones I referred to in my first reply on this thread, were beyond silly. He insisted we wave goodbye to our city...
Encourage your photographer to take some candid shots but they usually don't like to do this - you'll of course have all the standard shots, wedding party photos, family photos, but my photographer...
My left ear has been ringing of late and actually roaring, as if there's a raging river in my ear! Driving me crazy, but no dizziness. I should give up caffeine completely but occasionally I've had...