They were helpful to me, although once I did get thrush. I think that I did something similar with dosing: flagyl around 6 am, 2pm, and 8 pm; cipro at like 8 am and 8 pm. You have to stay away from...
I had a hysterectomy and it didn't impact my UC. I wasn't flaring at the time, however. I did have to take antibiotics for just a few days. I had it done laparoscopically, and to be honest, I never...
I started using the patch (estradiol, which is estrogen only) about 6 years ago after having a total hysterectomy with both ovaries removed, which would have put me in surgical menopause around age...
Thanks so much for the input. Knock on wood, feeling a bit better today. Went to primary care doc for follow up and he is checking CBC. Follow up with GI next week. I am sure GI will suggest...
Would an abscess or fistula show up on the CT scan? I can't say for sure it's not, but thought that would show up?...
Thank you, NSSG. I needed to hear some reassuring words. I live in perpetual worry about having two bowel conditions that both suck....
Well, I bit the bullet and called my GI doctor. He said to continue with the antibiotics since there could be a mild infection that the CT didn't pick up....
Not yet-I've never tried it, but I will ask. I tried to use an enema last night and couldn't hold it, which is unusual. I had fallen asleep for awhile on my left side, woke up and rolled onto my back...
No, no appendix. I was only on the antibiotics for less than 48 hours. I'm wondering if I should have stayed on them. My fear, and maybe the dr.'s also, was that if it was a UC flare, the antibiotics...
Hi, I will try to describe this quickly. I've been in remission for most of the past 10 years; last flare, fall of 2012 or so. Balsalazide x 9 daily, mesalamine enemas every 3rd day or so. Also have...
Hello everyone, I may have posted here years ago; I typically frequent the UC forum. I have suffered my whole life with migraines, and currently use propranolol as a preventive med. and Axert as an...
Sherry, so sorry to hear that you are dealing with all of this. About two years after I was diagnosed with UC, I had a total hysterectomy. I had had a LOT of pains much like you describe. Never had...
Wow, Layla, thanks for sharing your story. It sounds like you went through some rough times and I'm glad you're feeling better. I think what makes my decision tough is that I actually (knock on wood)...
Sorry to hear that you have to be on those. I never felt very well on them but I don't think they worsened my headaches as a person who already gets migraines. Ice packs help me tremendously when I...
Thanks y'all for the input. Larasmom, it's great that you're feeling better and I wish you the best on your upcoming surgery. JaSanne, yes, I'm really wondering about the Crohn's possibility now....
My husband said the same thing-if the colonoscopy sees the inside of the colon, and that's where the trouble is, what is he going to see looking at the outside of it once he gets in there? I don't...
I feel like I should add that this is made confusing by the fact that I feel fine now, and would be electing to do something to prevent something from happening, and no one can tell me the odds of...
I'm popping over from the UC board where I would normally post, to see if maybe anyone has any sort of similar experience here. In a nutshell I was diagnosed with UC in '05 and it's been relatively...
I just got a second opinion from a colorectal surgeon. Here is my story: UC diagnosed in 2005. Scope showed proctosigmoiditis but also a couple of other patches of inflammation. So, I had some "skip"...
I saw a surgeon today about my diverticulitis + ulcerative colitis issue. He said that if my UC were active he'd be "worried" about just doing a resection, but since my UC is in remission according...
My original dx was UC, back in 2005, but I agree about wanting to know for sure first. I would absolutely want to know if I were considering a total colectomy, but with a resection, I don't know how...
Well, my colonscopy went off pretty easily and I just got a call with results. Throughout my colon, normal mucosa with no evidence of UC, mild diverticulosis in the sigmoid colon. During my last...
Thank you pink1. It is much less gross stuff to drink than previous preps, that's for sure....
Thank you, imagardener2. I know you're right. I think I just needed someone who relates to remind me. :-) I just drank the first part of the prep. Yuck. You add powder to cold water, and stir, and...
Doing the prep today so of course I'm starving. This is the first time I've used this prep--Prepopik I think it's called. It is what it is so I guess it won't be any better or worse than the previous...
So sorry you're having to deal with this. I also have UC and diverticulitis. For me, the UC came first. It was years later before I developed diverticulosis and then diverticulitis. My second bout...
Maybe you could try rectal meds-it doesn't sound like from your description you've used those yet. Those have gotten me out of flares before. Probiotics work for some people. They definitely work for...
I'm hoping this is,okay to ask, sorry if not, but can anyone recommend a good GI near Atlanta, especially the north metro area? But I'm certainly willing to drive for a good doctor. I like my current...
I would greatly appreciate opinions on my approach to my situation. Here it is: I had a second bout in three years of diverticulitis at the end of May. First bout was in April of 2011. Both were...
It's Always Something--my first bout of diver. came a couple of months after a colonoscopy. I bled like a stuck pig after the scope, and I think my colon really suffered from it....
Thanks so much for the responses. Yes, I agree, if it ever comes to needing surgery, I think I'd opt to have the whole thing out rather than risk the chance of having to have surgery again later. I...
Well, I just typed up and lost a whole big post so I'll condense this time. Just spent three days in the hospital with diverticulitis flare. I have UC that I felt was doing really well. I KNOW that...
I had a couple of realllly painful trans v. ultrasounds-I had a cyst on my left ovary and during the u/s it hurt unbelievably bad on my right side. I've had a few pelvic surgeries so I wonder if it...
This is really interesting. I take riboflavin for migraine also, although I take 400mg per day as advised by my neurologist. I had no idea it could be helpful for UC also. Chinamom...
My whole family and I-me being the UC sufferer-were most likely exposed to whatever GI bug is going around on Christmas day. I am currently not flaring but have sort of a paranoia about GI bugs in...
Yes, it was pretty tough, even though I teach English, especially since it's been a very long time since I have taken that type of test. I actually considered taking immodium or something, just to...
I took the GRE yesterday as I'm applying to grad school, and I made it through the 4 hour test w/o having the urge to go. My biggest fear during this test was the math--I teach middle school English...
I sometimes get a crampy type pain afterwards, and it lasts just a couple of minutes, but the other night I got a pretty big stabbing pain right afterwards. I think that it was some sort of spasm....
Luckily I have a bathroom in my classroom, but I have been known to run across campus to a more private bathroom to unleash the wrath of the Colonel at times. Chinamom...
Sherry I looked that up and it does sound like that. Yikes! Gary, I ate pizza. And ice cream cake...... /community/emoticons/shocked.gif Probably shouldn't have. Chinamom...
Well, it didn't hurt at the time, and I don't think I forced it. I guess that's possible that I just hit something the wrong way. Being a worrier, I started thinking that maybe it's something like a...
Went to use the Rowasa last night, like I do every other night, and I hesitated because I thought I might need to go. I had eaten some stuff earlier that I knew might come back to haunt me, but after...
Hilarious! Pooping will never be the same again. I will now do so with a soundtrack. Chinamom...
I agree with the other posters--don't beat yourself up! But, you may want to find a regimen that works better for you. When I was in remission, which was several years, I took my meds twice a day...
Wow, thanks for the replies. I believe we will leave off the miralax and just use bene fiber. We were just using culturelle since that was recommended, but I use vsl3. I am open to suggestions for...
This may be a dippy question, but is it okay to mix miralax in juice and also add the contents from a culturelle capsule in the same juice? My daughter's ped. recommended both, and she's having...
Wow, I've never heard of that! I have UC but also have diverticular disease, like Sherry. The diverticular disease came on after the UC for me as well. I have no idea why, as I didn't have any...
At the risk of sounding paranoid, do you think it matters that I accidentally left my bottle of colazal a little too close to the crock pot, and the pills got a little warmer than usual? I actually...
Ugh, sorry to hear you're dealing with all of that. Hang in there. Chinamom...
I bled so much after my last one that I went to the ER. It was that much. I kept calling my GI. But they never seemed very worried. Over the course of a couple of days it subsided. Scared the crap...