I just saw my gastroenterologist a couple weeks ago, and she was adamant about not letting me try anti-map bacteria antibiotics, all because she thinks there isn't enough good evidence that it works,...
Hey guys, thanks again for all the replies, you all have amazing points. Certainly there's more to it than simply consuming cow products at a young age, as pretty much everyone would have it then....
Thanks for the replies, To pb4, interesting, but did you drink a lot of milk when you were young? Between the ages of 3 and 10? Also, what age did you start seeing crohn's symptoms? If you started...
Hello everyone, I've been reading about map infections being a possible cause for crohn's disease on thecrohnsinfection.org, one of their articles/videos states the possibility of crohn's being...
Thanks again irishgal1. I have a couple more questions. For starters, if I have to get clofamazine through an overseas pharmacy, then that means my medicaid insurance won't cover it correct? If so,...
Hey guys, thanks for the replies. I really appreciate. I'll be seeing my gastroenterologist later this month, and even though I've seen many different ones during my lengthy hospital stays last year,...
Hello everyone, if you don't want to read my back story, please scroll down to the 5th paragraph for my questions, but I thought it might be important to include my back story because people often...
Correct me if I'm wrong but I've been told by many people, doctors and patients alike, after having a j pouch surgery because of ulcerative colitis, the chances of having pouchitis in the future is...
I don;t have the money, but I would gladly take the debt (I have insurance that will pay for it though), because right now, the pain I'm in, its as if I'm dead anyway. I can't take care of myself, I...
Hello everyone. I made a post a long time ago asking what the ain is like for everyone else with severe ulcerative colitis. My pain is so bad, I pass out for like 10 minutes frequently because of it....
I suppose I'm the only one here who isn't a fan of the recent healthcare reform. Since it went into effect, my insurance has gone under many unfavorable changes. I can't see out of state doctors...
Thanks everyone for your replies. You're really telling me a lot, I'm very sorry to hear about your pain. I'm even more sorry that you're telling me that you've been in as much pain as I have been...
I wish to know how much pain they have, if its as bad as mine or not, because like you, I never had any pain with mine before either, but my doctors won't listen to me and they don't believe me. They...
Hello everyone. I wish to know from other sufferers of UC how bad their abdominal pain gets because, though I have abdominal pain and UC, there are strange circumstances surrounding my story... I...