Almonds are a great snack with protein and calcium. I make yogurt fruit shakes using fresh fruit such as strawberry, banana, mango with almond milk. I add greek yogurt but if you can't have the dairy...
ks1905- that's interesting that you would switch back and forth from 40 to 50.....so far today I'm a little more stable than yesterday...but I'm going to ask about either only dropping by 5mg or...
oldhat-I'm on the generic which is what I was on in the past. Maybe I should give brand a try? Do you think 17 days on 50mg was too long? I'm not on low residue. I've never found that what I eat...
ok- thx for the advice...I will speak to my Dr....
I have been in touch with my Dr and he said it was ok to taper to 40mg. He made it seem like at higher doses its ok to drop by 10 and when I get down to 20 I'd go slower by 5 or 2.5. As for my...
So I started on 40mg of Pred for 1 week, wasn't seeing results fast enough so increased to 50 mg pred which I was on for 17 days. The last 7 days of being on 50 mg pred I had a significant...
ks1905- that's reassuring to hear about your positive experience on 6mp. For now I'm hoping the colozal works but if not I'm glad to hear the 6mp is not a bad option....
billk78- I have seen Dr. Steinlauf twice so far.... I am happy with him. I wasn't sure what to expect going to a big city Dr vs a local but my experience with Dr. Steinlauf was so much better. At my...
I also just started 40mg pred this past friday (5 doses so far). I have been in my worst flare since diagnosed 8 yrs ago. Had been going 20+ times a day. Now I feel some relief during the day but...
gary- so interesting that you said that....I actually asked the Dr (or really the nurse practitioner cuz the Dr. never calls back) the same thing. I asked if I should switch back to colozal instead...
Old hat- this flare was not post-partum though I had previous flare ups that were. I was recently tested for C-diff which came back negative. I'm giving Uceris a few more days but if no improvement...
ks1905-I've been on Apriso for almost a year-it's always been 8 pills. I had been on Colozal for 7 yrs pretty well controlled with very few flare ups then switched to Apriso 8 pills when I wanted...
Hi All, I've been in a flare for over 2 months. I'm taking 8 pills of Apriso and the new GI I saw last week added cortifoam but I did not see any improvement from using it so 2 days ago I started...
Hi! So I went to a new GI Dr. yesterday to get a second opinion about my current flare up. (Saw Dr. Steinlauf at Cornell-thank you to all of you who recommended him on my previous post). I am on 8...
I made an appointment with Dr. Steinlauf for next week. Pray for me that I make it to his office still in clean undies-lol! (I love that I have a forum to joke about that and not be embarrassed and...
Thanks sfc425. Dr. Goldenberg is right down the road from my current GI. If you recommend him I'll give him a try before going to the city to cornell. It's so much more convenient and with frequent...
thanks ks1905! Interesting to hear of other drs not eager to prescribe pred. It just seems that when I read through various forums on this site and members list their current meds so many pple are on...
Thanks so much-I'll look into that practice!...
Hi-I am new to this forum but unfortunately not new to colitis. I was first Diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in 2006 and have been seeing a local Dr since then. My UC has been pretty well controlled...