A doctor just prescribed me fluoxetine (Prozac) thinking that this will help my anxiety about my colitis which will maybe calm down some of my symptoms. Has anyone ever been on this and was it...
Thanks Igor! I will have to give this a try....
Thank you everyone for your feedback! I truly appreciate it! I have a lot of research to do and things to think about! And thank you for the positive stories of being able to have babies after...
FMT sounds kind of disgusting lol, but I will mention it to my doctor as well as the LDN. I read up on the LDN and I might like to give that a try. Have you personally taken LDN or had the FMT...
I am against colon removal because I don't like the idea of getting rid of a major organ that our body needs. Also, I have not had children yet and the doctor has informed me that if I get my colon...
Keith - Thanks for the info about the off-label approval for Stelara. Maybe I will look into that....
My symptoms are a lot of bleeding, pain right before a bowel movement, weight loss, diarrhea, and really bad body aches from pretty much head to toe. I am currently taking canasa every night at...
Hi all, I have been in a colitis flare for three years now. I have been given remicade, simponi, entyvio, 6mp, steroids.....the list goes on and on. Nothing will stop the bleeding. The doctor says my...
My symptoms now are blood and diarrhea with some severe stomach pain off and on throughout the day. The Uceris has not helped any of that so far. The constipation is now gone (for now). Now I am just...
So I am having a flare up that started after I was given Magnesium Citrate to clean me out because I wasn't able to go to the bathroom. I wanted to just get on prednisone for a few weeks to help calm...
Thanks for the magnesium support! I have been taking magnesium glycinate every night. mag0x, thanks for your post about it Mg deficiency. I no longer have bone pain or cramps and my bowel movements...
Thanks for all the advice everyone :) I'm not sure what I will decide to do, but I will say that the magnesium is definitely not hurting me. My bowel movements are very normal and I do not go every...
I had a sigmoidoscopy back in August and it was bad. My entire colon was inflamed and I had ulcers throughout. I have been through all sorts of meds since I was diagnosed eight years ago. Started...
Hi, I have been taking a magnesium pill for a month and it is really helping my ulcerative colitis. I have been off all of my medication for over a month. The doctor had me stop steroids and simponi...
Thanks for your thoughts....my doctor has mentioned surgery but said that if I did that I would not be able to have children :( I'd like to have some one day and I know my fiancé would be really...
I've already been on remicade (developed an allergy to it), am on simponi right now, been on it for about three months. So far is not working....
Hi all, I am having MAJOR loss of appetite issues which in turn is making me lose way too much weight and making me feel sick to my stomach and lightheaded. I believe the culprit is the 6MP I have...
Ok great! Thanks, I will give it a try....
I get blood tests every two weeks. Right now my pain is going up my right side, across the mid/upper of my back and up to my left shoulder and then down my left arm. I have not been tested for a UTI....
Hi, I recently started Simponi (about 2 weeks ago) and I am having TERRIBLE side and back pain! I also started uceris within the last month and mercaptopurine within the last two months. I am also on...
Oh wow I am so sorry you had to go through that! Thank goodness for your sister! Narcotics can be bad, when I was in the hospital they were giving me A LOT of morphine and it was causing my blood...
Thanks for the statistics and the information! I guess I will be giving this a try :) Getting married in October so I really really really want to feel somewhat normal for that day! Thanks again!...
Hi all, Thank you for all of your comments and well wishes!!! I ended up back in the hospital for a while but am now back at work! YAY! I am currently on prednisone again, but am tapering off. ( I...
I was on steroids from July thru October and then again from the end of November thru January. Towards the end the steroids weren't helping at all unless I was taking 40mg of it per day and it was...
Hi, This is my first post. My fiancé has been wanting me to do this for a while. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis about 8 years ago. Once they figured out what it was and put me on some meds...