I'm so sorry you're having anxiety attacks. They are truly awful. I was in weepy/rage/anxious/heart flutter mode when on pred. (I started at 60mg) My doc suggested that I take .5-1mg of lorazepam as...
And I don't recall whether he said "Patchy" or "continuous", but on the form that gets sent out after the colonoscopy, the surgeon hand-wrote "Colitis; active, chronic". I do know that he was...
I don't have formal copies of colonoscopy, but I was in the surgeon's office when he showed me pictures, and really took me on a photographic tour of my colon. He was able to reach just past the...
My joint pain began long before I had symptoms of active UC. The pain was in symmetrical joints (knees and hips) as well as sacral. I understand that joint pain is very common with UC and often is...
Lol. Yeah, "Pain upon sitting down"! Sounds like a day in the life of someone with IBD, and a no-brainer at that! Anyway, GI scheduled another colonoscopy (he didn't do the 1st one) for later in...
Hi Red, The inflammation is just above the sigmoid colon, (left side) and I'm not sure just how far it goes, but certainly doesn't round the bend to the transverse colon, and no inflammation below,...
Aye...I was just diagnosed with U.C. a few months ago and am trying to get into remission thru Lialda, (tapering) prednisone, and scd diet. I started having these super sharp pains that only lasted a...
So this morning I get up out of bed and immediately feel like my back is attached to drawstrings and someone is pulling them taut. From my neck all the way down to my sacrum. It's been happening...
I made the scd yogurt for the first time yesterday and I'm surprised that it turned out well! I don't have a yogurt maker, and kept a close watch on it in the oven. I'm feeling a bit more "calm"...