Hello! I would like to introduce myself to the depression forum. I am a 56 year old woman had have suffered with clinical major chronic depression since I was 16. This is my first depression forum! I...
I read on the internet of a man who quit smoking and I think it triggered UC or Crohn's and they told him he must remove his colon. He said f**k that and went back to smoking and the UC went away! It...
Thank you for the question. I think the single hardest thing for me is feeling like a prisoner in my own home--unable to work even part time or volunteer or get out to do social things--just live in...
Thank you everyone for your informed replies! I feel better to be connected to you and the group and to accept the sobering news I just have UC and live with it. I have been so stubborn to think I...
Hello Fellow UC Survivors! I am new to the forum after 10 years of isolation and suffering. I wondered what others thought about the medical party line that states there is no known cause for UC. I...
I know how you feel Martha, I also feel very scared and frustrated, enraged even by the medical professionals. I had a another colonoscopy yesterday and the doc said i may have crohns but he was so...