Gluten never made any difference for me...i had left gluten before but then i added ot back..but everyone is different...i dont eat beef/goat meat...although eat chicken,fish..veggies are a big no...
Ok so two days back i was asked to choose between cyclosporin and surgery..and yes miracle happened..my sigmoidoscopy showed no active collites...i couldnt believe my ears..i hadnt slept the night...
To attain remission is difficult sometime..and to maintain it is even more difficult. And challenging task.....For all those who are in remission/semi-remission...plz share your maintanance...
Imagegarder2 you are right i have both ibs+ibd.. i got the 2nd opinion ...and after yet another sigmoidoscopy...it was confermed i dnt have inflamation(acc. To new gi) and he said my platelet count...
Imagardener2.......how can it be ibs...when biopsy report also conformed uc..its so frustating and confusing...may be unfortunately i have both...does high platelet count indicate inflammation???...
I had switched many Gi's in between..i hadnt tried remicade..they said its too costly plus many side effects..my platelet count is too high ..crp test shows positive result..remicade has more side...
hy alll.hope u all r fine...im experiencing flareup since feb 2013..since then i tried all the medication, diet modification etc with no success.. im now steriod dependent..my joints ache a lot ..i...
Tenesmus is so bad. It literally kills. i have experienced it..my Gi said it indicates the presence of inflamation. It shows disease is active...
How did u flared up again..u dint stick to your diet/meds? Anyways u'll be ok.. This disease demands extreme patience.. pray to God and stay positive.. Lots of love...
Thanku so much for your replies.. @Embersglow1::i took a hot bath and that helped..*hugs* @deltaforce:: even took acetaminophen 325mg..im feeling much better..im on 15mg pred (tapering)..i use...
Because he said it might be due to local infection..so should i wait for the symptoms to disappear on its own..im tryng to keep myself hydrated..its so hard .....
Yes u r right im experiencing same symptoms. I took pain killer bt nothing is helping. Should i take antibiotics which my Gi recomended last tym when i had similair symptoms?...
Hy..few days back i experienced the worst symptom of this Disease ...TENESMUS.. My body was exerting so much force ..i wasnt abl to come out of washroom even for second.i literally died that day..my...
Im curious to know y count dint increase during ist round..and y now?...
Nobody has done Cbc while being on pred?...
23yr/female..hy guys.. im on the 2nd round of pred ..this year was worst as for as my uc was concerned..started pred in august'13 for 3 months at initial dose of 40 mg with no succees..then tapered...
So Do u think geting a lazer treatment at this time will be good or bad idea?...
This question is for the ladies-does anyone have excessive facial hair while on prednisone? I've been planning of getting laser hair removal on my face and neck while im still taking pred and imuran...
Yes..i do take probiotic..and gas problem is killing me and cramps...ouch :(...
Im taking pantasa 3g since feb with no problem of blood.. My doc only changed the amount of dozage . New drugs for me were only revital and lopamide( reduces diarria )...
Hi all.. I was having flareup since feb 2013.. Recently completed pred dosage.. Then met doc again as i was still having 8 bm's/day.. He prescribed azoran 125 mg( previously 100mg) ,budenoside 9mg,...
hi friends.. hope u all are doing good :) due to many ups and downs with UC. i have been on loads of medications, which has resulted in facial hair growth. im on imuran since last year. I read its...
Im on gluten free, diary free, starch free diet since 3-4 months. But fo me nothing changed. Infact symptom wise im bad. So im thinking of eliminating only preservatives,additives,dairy etc...
Hy ladies and gentlmen.. I started my pred at 40mg. Things were quite stable until i reached to 15mg..i lower 5mg after every week.again now loose stools and multiple bm's.. I just wanted to ask how...
I was so young that time(16) and had little knowlege abt uc. But azathriopine, pentasa,budez put me into a kind of remission. But this time none of them seem to work. And doc prescribed pred. He even...
Hi brothers and sisters. Im taking pred from last so many weeks and right now im at 20mg(started at 40). My bm's have been reduced to 6/day( previously 8-10) .but i think 6 is also not so good. I get...
i think we all should discuss about it with gi.we have to work equally to eradicate this uc..afterall we are ppl who suffer....
im experiencing one of the hard flareup since jan .. 8-9 bms/day.. i started at 40 mg for 2 weeks,but bm's were same.. now im at 30 mg/same bm's. its my ist round on pred. i guess pred is not helping...
http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/main/news/news_2010/ulcerative_colitis_discovery.html i just read the above link ... what are your thoughts about it..????...
Iqbal tx for your reply im in india actually from jammu. I eat veg+non veg both. That book doesnt list water caltrop anywhere thats why i was asking....
hi friends ... im on scd diet since 3 months. im 23yr INDIAN. naan and rice is not allowed in scd .and other legal flours are very difficult for me to find in market. i just make homemade almound...
wow... felt good...like my colon healed... stay blessed....
hi friends . i started taking pred 40 mg for the ist time before 5 days. my current BM's are 8-9 times/day.still my BM's arenot reducing. even i have a bad urgency. how long does pred take to...
does pred have liver related side effect??? coz my GI adviced me to do liver functioning test after every 21 days....
hi friends. whenever i take probiotic tablets ,my bowl movement increases.i usually take it after dinner .yestrday i took it at around 10.am still same thing happened.. any help/suggestion ???...
Im 23 yr female. At college no1 knows abt my uc. I have gained weight from steriod .so people think im more healthy. Im in final year(software engg)....
Hi everyone im 23 yr old and perhaps the only Indian on this site :p im confuse why none of you mentioned drinking pomegranate juice, mint juice(boil mint leaves in water. separate leaves and...
Im from jammu. I havent tried herbs/ayurvedic diet.actually i have very little knowlege regardng this but i being on flareup ,i avoid spicy food.by my doc told me to take curd enough as it could...
thankyou every one for your response. i wasnt knowing anything regarding diet change until i registered healingwell.com. after reading lot of posts i thought of giving it a try. but different people...
hi everyone,im 23 year old.my last month colonoscopy showed loss of vascular pattern all over .terminal ileum is normal but caecum shows small polyp.does this mean i have greater chance of developing...
Thankyou both for your response. stools are sometimes loose sometimes watery. And uc grade 4 is severe. Whenever i talk to my GI about BM's he replies main problem was blood ,which has now stopped so...
i have been on imuran 100mg /day..no side effect...
hi everyone .im 23 years old diagonised pancollites in 2007 no blood since 4 years last month colonoscopy showed-ulcerative collite grade 4. currently on...