Thanks everyone! I am on Rowasa and have been exclusively since diagnosis aside from this current flare. Only change is going from twice a week to every day if my symptoms act up. Another strike...
I am somewhat happy with my GIs aproach - he is conservative on the meds and not in a rush to push me up the scale when Rowasa usually does the job on its own. The two things, though, that have me...
I am so happy for you. You have such a positive attitude, but it's so hard to hear about what a rough time you were having. Relief is coming. Good luck with a happy, successful recovery. Are you...
I keep hoping that I can avoid surgery, but I agree with you that it's not trying new drugs I want to do. I don't know why people are willing to destroy the rest of their bodies to keep their colon....
It makes me so happy to hear how successful the surgery was. Wishing you a continued smooth recovery. I am also so envious of your lack of pants-pooping worries. I think if I ever do surgery I will...
So happy to hear you are doing well, Eva. I have been thinking about you all week. Good luck with your at-home recovery....
Very excited for you! I read a few of your posts about it earlier. I'm sure the idea of never having to restock those pills will get rid of some of the second-guessing. I don't know if I will need...
I can't handle sugar at all, and those drinks are loaded with it. If you can tolerate it, my husband made me a shake with just plain greek yogurt, cinnamon, and a spoon of peanut butter. I basically...
So happy for you! Hope you get to enjoy every moment....
Gary, I think we all know that a lot of those young people are faking illness just to get high. But one thing to consider is that the older generations sometimes don't think of MM as an option, even...
To give some background: I am coming off of my first really bad flare. Was in the hospital a week, did 30mg pred tapering eventually to 0 by 5mg/week. I am also taking Uceris which I think works...
Can you explain what your results were? Are you flaring?...
twiggs - I have suspected that candida began my UC symptoms. My story is a long one, but the short version is that I had fructose malabsorbtion for 11 years, then discovered a possible supplement...
After doing a lot of research here and on other UC message boards, I think that Aloe Vera can be effective, but it seems (like everything else with UC) that perhaps the brand, leaf type, and other...
Do you get bleeding, too, or just the gas and bloat? I have only had UC for a year and a half, but yeah, every month it got worse around that time. The worst part was when I started going into...
Thanks for the replies everyone. I am going to ask if I can start using them today. I am bleeding so much now I fear that I am in fact bleeding out on the thinners. I just got home yesterday and I...
Hello all. Got home today from 7 day hospitalization. My doc moved me from Rowasa to 15mg pred. So far not working, and I got a blood clot in the hospital so I have a lot of blood from the thinners....
Thanks everyone, again, for the replies. I am seeing a GI. I don't think I will stay with him because he doesn't seem interested in many alternatives other than drugs. I asked him if he had dietary...
Thank you all so much for the replies. One factor I did not mention is that I have already tested positive for dormant TB, so I do not know that the bio drugs are an option for me. I am in the...
After spending several months on here reading all about UC, its treatments, and the very inspirational advice post, I can't get one question out of my head. Why wait for surgery? I will admit that at...
I was just diagnosed this morning with UC after about 2 months of chronic d. At first I was convinced this was all due to me taking a single dose of Diflucan for a yeast infection. My symptoms...