Hello, everyone! I've been on Lialda for about about five years now (diagnosed at 16, am currently 21). Lialda has worked for me since I started, but recently I got a letter from my insurance company...
Their break should be over by now. But until you see a doctor, eating bland, grain-based foods tend to help me. Rice, bread, oatmeal. Bananas and apples were always recommended for diarrhea, but...
Annnnnnnd remission is gone. A few months ago I started a thread in which I stopped taking my meds and started smoking e-cigs. Doing that worked... for a while. I did this at the start of August....
So, I've always been told that birth control, when you've been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, is, like, the worst fathomable thing you can do to your body. Is this true? Has any one had...
Beer is fine with me. Gin is okay. Wine is fine in moderation, but too much leaves me with a "sour stomach" feel. Vodka gives me the runs the next day, but it's not too bad. That's pretty much all I...
A couple weeks ago, I stopped taking my meds and started smoking e-cigs. I posted an update about it a couple days ago. Here it is: http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=3176274 I...
A little over two years, but I had symptoms for about two years before the diagnosis....
I know some meds list flare ups as a side effect (example, Lialda lists UC as a side effect... which I find hilarious in a twisted sort of way). Side effects could also mimic flare up symptoms...
Max--Not really. My brothers didn't smoke much around me. I'm sure I got some second hand smoke, but for the most part, they kept their habit to themselves. Kevin--I smoke Blu's "high" level, which...
I've never heard of sunflower seeds and spinach helping, but I would imagine spinach would make the flare worse. I've always been told to go on the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apples, toast). These are...
I was not a smoker when symptoms began (around age 15). UC runs in my family, though (my father was diagnosed, as well as my brothers). My brothers are smokers, and their symptoms were never as bad...
Blood is never normal. I'd get a new doctor. Gas might be normal, but certainly not the blood. Or the mucus....
So, about two and a half weeks ago, I posted that I would stop taking my Lialda, and would instead smoke e-cigs as a form of self-medication. I figured I'd post an update to tell anyone who cared how...
Depression. Bulimia. Borderline Personality. Christ, I sound like a ball of joy and sunshine, don't I? They're not related, though. Honestly, I think the UC came from the bulimia. The depression,...
Go to NYU Langone Medical Center. Everyone working there (including all GIs) are extremely competent and friendly....
Not to be critical, but I feel like genetics and stress should have had their own categories. I've heard some people account their UC to probiotics, but on the whole, I hear more people point to...
Poppie, you mean e-cigs gave you GERD? The two are connected? Bananagirl, I smoke Blu's "high" nicotine cartridges (13-16mg). Unfortunately, though, I'm not sure how many cigarettes I'm smoking,...
Ah, colonoscopies. I remember my first one well. I looked into the chiseled, wide-eyed face of an incredibly attractive male nurse, than woke up completely disoriented and full of gas in a dark room...
I love ginger candy! Although, I'm not too big on the gin-gin brand--not gingery enough for me. I either buy the candied version found in the dried fruit section of Trader Joe's, or I just drink...
I've been on Lialda (mesalamine) for a while, and yes, I've experienced hair loss. Slowly, as you said. Not very noticeable to others, but certainly noticeable to the chick waking up with a few too...
I know there are some threads here about e-cigs, but I'm wondering if they're better than/as good as medication. Rather, I'm wondering if I can vape in lieu of taking meds. Warning, the following...