Every time I see my specialist, he always checks for mouth ulcers but ice never had any. this morning I discovered that I have one on the inside of my lip! can anybody tell me what it means and how...
Apple and pear puree! (Im currently having a flare so I'm living off of purées and smoothies)...
I also deal with constant bloating and diorreah, although I have plenty of BM's a day :(...
I have got some Mesalamine enemas left over from when my doctor was getting me to take them, but unfortunately, they do me no goood :( How long did you try the mesalamine enemas before determining...
I have got some Mesalamine enemas left over from when my doctor was getting me to take them, but unfortunately, they do me no goood :(...
infliximab is the only treatment that has temporarily worked for me, so far! thank you for your advice :)...
I'm going on a family holiday to Bali on Saturday, but I still have UC symptoms such as bleeding, loose stools, occasionally rushing to the toilet, extreme stomach cramps and getting up during the...
I've been told that in the next 15-20 years I might have to have my diseased colon removed, I know it's a far way away but I just want to know more about it have any if you had it? and what's it...
thank you :) I've just started infliximab transfusions and I'm currently on 6mp and allopurinol but I have to have very low doses because it affects my white blood cell count and makes me feel...
the only things I've noticed is increased appetite, weight gain and very sore eyes (I've had them checked, it's nothing serious), also a few pimples but that could be from anything....
I've been on prednisone since early February this year, from about 40mg and been trying to taper down by 5mg every 1-2 weeks (as ordered by my specialist) but every time I get down to 5mg I have a...
I had my first one in the beginning of February this year, and it went completely fine! It wasn't painful at all, I didn't feel a thing. I felt 100x better after having a blood transfusion, too :)...
Hi, I had my first infliximab infusion yesterday afternoon after being in hospital for a week while my doctor tried to figure out what to do with me. I've tried 4 different medications that have not...
I have had UC for quite some time now, but I was only diagnosed around 4 months ago, it's very severe (I honestly can't remember the last time I had a solid poop). My doctor has tried about 6-7...
I just spent 6 nights in hospital due to UC, I was on IV steroids for 4 days (3x a day, 8 hours apart) and it didn't quite help as much as my doctor wanted it to. He has also started me on two new...
I'm not sure what he wants to increase, but he has tried me on azathioprine (it made me very sick), sulfasalazine and prednisone. (sulfasalazine has made no difference whatsoever and pred made it a...
I have been asked to spend the week in hospital so that they can give me higher dosages of medications through and IV drip because my body isn't responding to any other oral medications. Has this...
so after posting yesterday, I had an appointment with my doctor and there has been no improvement with any medications he has tried me on.. so I'm booked in the spend a week in the hospital so that...
I'm really over being so sick. my doctor tried me on azathioprine and it made me super sick, so he told me to stop taking it immediately. after a few weeks he told me to start taking sulfasalazine...
does Metamucil help with anything at all? just curious because my mum said it might help but I thought I should ask first! :yeah:...
I'm seeing a pediatrician gastroenterologist...
Thank you! And your diet, how are you managing that?[/quote] I was mainly just eating what I usually did before I knew I had UC, but just tried to cut down on sweets and snacks a little x...
I'm not sure how mouth ulcers and UC are connected, but everytime I go for a checkup with my doctor, he asks me if I have any mouth ulcers, so maybe you should talk to your doctor about it :)...
no finance or insurance issues, this is just what my doctor is trying me on. because I'm only young (14) he doesn't want to try certain medications because it might affect my growth or hormone...
my doctor tried me on thioprine (not sure of the other name for it, sorry) and I had a bad reaction to it, my liver functions went up and I got really low white blood cells, also I was vomiting up...
I was on 40mg for a month or so and then started decreasing it by 5mg every week, I onlyy gained about 2kg's but I could have avoided that, I did no exercise while taking it because of the pain that...
Hi, so it's my first time posting here because I have just come across this forum :) I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis about 2 months ago, but I've had it for at least a year trying to figure...