Hi Everyone! I have not posted anything in a while. I am quite fortunate that I have been in remission for almost three years now!! I do have a question though. I was recently diagnosed with heart...
iPoop - thanks for sharing the link to the article. I have had pretty severe joint pain when my UC flares, and also a lot of lower back pain. Sometimes my back will start hurting before I have UC...
I don't know of any metallic thread or anything that would be in the elastic of these leggings. Well, it was odd, but this was the only thing I could think of. I'll see what happens next time I fly!!...
Last year I traveled by air (which I don't do very often at all). When I went through the body scanner at the airport, both going and coming, I was pulled out of line to be searched. I looked at the...
I was recently told by my gastro dr that I am in complete remission right now. It has been about a year and a half since my last flare was brought under control and I tapered off the pred and had no...
I've been reading this thread about blood clots and wanted to chime in on it - although I am not on the forum very often. I was scheduled for total knee replacement last summer and developed a DVT...
Has anyone else had increased incidents of bronchitis? Since my UC has gotten worse over the last four years, I have had some pretty serious bronchitis at least twice a years. In the past I would get...
I find that I just sort of migrate towards foods that are bland - plain white rice, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs - stuff like that. I stay away from any high fiber, raw or other foods that are...
I have a terrible time with joint pain. It's my understanding that it should mostly be a problem when my UC is flared up. However, I have a great deal of pain pretty much all the time. RA has been...
I'm glad that you finally found out the problem and hope that you recover as quickly as possible. I would like to say this -- I think that you need to push your doctor for the rectal meds. I used...
Does anyone have joint pain that started after you were diagnosed with UC? If so, does it continue even when in remission or just when in an active flare? Thanks!...
I was using a mesalamine suppository for a long time. After a pretty bad and lengthy flare and discovering that the colitis had spread through my entire colon, my doctor changed me from the...
I currently am having a flare and my doctor changed my meds a bit. I was using Apriso (4 pills daily) and a mesalamine enema nightly. That did the job for a long time. I had a colonoscopy Monday and...
Hi there! Sorry that you are having this happen. I have had the same thing going on. I had a huge flare in March and was on pred until about mid-August. I take 4 Apriso each day and use a mesalamine...
(I think people with UC and Crohns tend to want to pull the "I'm sicker than you are" thing a lot because they have this "labeled" disease over the something as "simple" as IBS.... or that's the...