No....not breaking up the Asacol. Just opening the probiotic. They sell it in a powdered form too so I figured that was ok. The doc started him on 100mg of Imuran, once daily. He told us it wasn't...
He's 18. He has a lot of trouble swallowing pills. He finally was ok with getting the Asacol down, but he can't seem to get capsules down. So we try breaking them open and putting them in smoothies...
Hi there, My son was diagnosed 3 months ago. He was started on 1600mg of Asacol 3 times a day and a tapering dose of prednisone starting at 50mg. Since then he's been to the hospital 3 times for...
Well, he's been admitted to the hospital. When I woke up at 5:15 thus morning, there were five missed calls and two voicemails on my phone. It was a cop looking for Koty. When I called him back he...
So we saw my son's (Koty) GI today and he said Koty looked very pale and he is probably anemic and will probably need a blood transfusion. Koty's going in tomorrow for blood work so we don't even...
Thanks Steve. A lot of good advice there. :-)...
Bloom, how were you able to get the fecal transplant? I did see that it works better in people in the early stages of the disease. Aldo having a family member as a donor is beneficial. My son had two...
Bloom93, I googled fecal transplant after reading your post. I had no idea what that was, but I'm intrigued! Based on what I've read, it doesn't work for everyone, but I'm definitely going to bring...
Thank you Spartan...your post was very helpful. Knowing exactly what to talk to the doctors about is a big help. We do have a follow up appt on the 26th, and I will be asking a ton of questions....
Thank you all so much for the advice! Kazbern, I have a lot of questions for the GI when we see him. I had no idea what colitis was so I had no idea what to ask him at the time. I will definitely ask...
Stargirl, he has looked at the website. For the first couple of days I think all we both did was google, and read. He told me yesterday that he was tired of reading on here because everything's...
Bananagirl, he's going between 5-8 times a day. When he has to go, he HAS to go. He spends quite a bit of time in the bathroom once he's there also. He's also told me that he feels constipated....
Hi there, My 18 year old son was just diagnosed. Actually, he had a colonoscopy on Thirsday and in the brief encounter I had with the GI that I had not yet met, he said it was colitis. Didn't specify...