I had my first infusion of remicade on Tuesday. Today I started experiencing what I can only call brain fog. It takes an immense amount of effort to focus or concentrate on anything. I did recently...
I tried mesalamines twice. The first time I didn't notice any difference good or bad but my symptoms were severe then. The second time I tried it I was almost in remission on prednisone. It is...
I'll be sure to give remistart a call in the morning. I am a little hesitant to try lialda again or any other mesalamine because it made me worse. I haven't had significant luck with diet. And I'm...
I agree with you completely. I don't want to be on no medications. I just also don't want to go on remicade with my current situation and I don't really know what my other options might be....
I've been off of all medications for about a month. Got off of entocort then. I've been off humira for 2-3 months. When I got off humira and was still on entocort I didn't feel any difference. I got...
That might be getting on the cusp of too far but i'd rather go farther and get better care than do it somewhere local and have more problems. Thank you for the link!...
J-pouch surgery would be preferable. I'll definitely check that site out when I'm not on my phone. As for the state. I'm in Mississippi both home and for school but as far as my research has gone...
Can anyone recommend a surgeon in the southeastern region of the US? I've been considering surgery but most of the surgeons I've seen people on here talk about are in the north, which would be a...
I'll definitely look into the calcium and vitamin D. I take a multivitamin but off the top of my head I can't come up with what's in it exactly. I go to Mississippi State, so there aren't a whole lot...
I've been getting a lot of pain in my right leg. I think it's in the hip joint but I can't completely tell. It's hurts the most when I walk or stretch out my leg. And it's getting to the point it's...
I've been on flagyl 3 times a day for 3 21 day prescriptions when I had c diff. So a total of about 2 months. It never did get rid of my c diff but it did make my UC gut issues get better....
I finally got my insurance to approve Humira! Took it every two weeks. Which worked great, for about 2 months. 1-2 fully formed BMs a day, practically no blood. Completely off prednisone. Only side...
Since my colonoscopy showed inflammation and the biopsy came back with a diagnosis of UC I'm pretty sure it's both. I'm not sure its recurrent, as I'm not convinced it ever fully went away and I do...
Okay so I had c diff originally March 2014 and was prescribed flagyl for 10 days. I got mostly better and thought everything was good. That summer I started getting symptoms again. Went back on...
So I'm not crazy, it is a lot. He has me taking 60 in the morning and 40 in the evening. I am pretty convinced the imuran isnt doing anything but am going to keep taking it at least until my follow...
Thanks for the idea, but I don't personally like smoking. It's a good idea though. and I'm going to ask my GI about remicade and humira at my follow up appointment in a couple weeks. We briefly...
No, this doctor never gave me a taper schedule. So Im guessing he'll have me taper after my follow up in two weeks. Thanks for everyone's replies, by the way. I feel a little better about this....
I'm 5'7 and 145lbs. Lost 10 lbs since getting off 4 months of pred about a month ago. How soon would be a quick taper to 40-60mg?...
I never did have the Prometheus test. Neither my old or new GI even mentioned there was one. I got tested for c diff in March originally when I did have it. And then again in July and August. Both...
So quick background, I posted an intro a few months ago, but so you don't have to find it; I was diagnosed late August, tried lialda 4.8g for a month. It didn't work. Tried prednisone, originally...
No matter whether I want a new GI or not; the one I was going to was near my school (and the only one near my school who schedules appointments with less than 2 months notice), and since withdrawing...
I have had very little alcohol when I went on vacation a couple weeks ago, it didn't make anything worse, but I've been staying away from it anyway. I haven't had any nsaids; I'll only take tylenol...
Hey everyone! I've been reading posts on this forum for a couple months now and decided I should introduce myself and maybe get some advice because I don't really know what else I should do but watch...