Glad to hear you're doing well Julee 👍and it gives me hope as I'm seven weeks post take down myself but dealing with some pretty major butt burn/acid like episodes that seem to happen once a day...
Thanks NSSG, I am on there also asking the same question....
@ KEITH - I am already on Lomotil but have not tried PB tablets - currently on a pretty bland diet (peanut butter-banana sandwiches, pasta, rice, tofu, potatoes, etc.) @ Albannach - I do use wet...
Your update sounds like things are going OK so far 👍 continue being positive and I hope your new G.I. works out, that's very important. The special underwear sounds interesting; I must agree I...
Still dealing with butt burn post takedown six weeks out; trying every cream imaginable and trying my best to follow everyone's advice from previous posts in the forums as to staying away from acidic...
Glad to hear you're doing OK👍 it is a big adjustment but it's one that you will get through. I wasn't a fan of the Heparin either; interestingly I had three different experiences with it during my 3...
Another vote for the abdominal shot rather than thigh; alternated sides daily. Even though I thought it might hurt more than the thigh it's what I tried first and as long as your bunch up enough skin...
That might be a record for being discharged 😀 Glad to hear things are going well - it's a bit of a challenge at first, but like I said just feeling better overall is worth it! Feel free to ask...
Nourse - as you had mentioned, not wanting to hijack the thread, you might want to start a new one; I would be more than happy to participate. For now I will say that notsosicklygirl explained things...
So glad to hear you're doing well! it's nice to feel almost 'normal' again and not have all of those negative colitis symptoms and medication side effects, yes? you must be doing extremely well for...
Kanva - hope your surgery went well; I'm sure you may not feel like talking/posting right away but please do let us know how you are doing. Apart from the soreness/pain from the surgery itself, and...
Let's just say I continue to try to be as vegan as I can be :). But I don't want to hijack this thread with that discussion, that would best be had in a completely different thread if need be....
I think the first thing I would do were it me is go for a second opinion with another G.I. specialist; any doctor that tells a UC patient 'it's not that bad' is not equipped to treat the disease in...
I would agree with most of the replies here; they are very honest, informed, and well articulated. It is, I believe, in some small way, giving up; but there's nothing wrong with giving up when you're...
I probably will have to look outside of the mesalimine oral products as you mention fruitgirl, but no, not open to Biologics at this time; will try everything to avoid them. Have to run; everyone...
Again thank you to all for your posts, I truly appreciate them. As Apriso did nothing healing wise for me, and for some reason I am not able to tolerate Asacol HD/Delzicol/Lialda (they all make me...
Thank you all for your comments and support. Would it be the general consensus that UC cannot be successfully dealt with without the use of meds such as a mesalamine?...
Just curious as to how other vegans are going about treating this in regard to their diet; what foods seem to exacerbate things, what foods seem to help, although I realize that even the answers to...
Forgot to mention (and should probably include this in my sig) but the only thing that seemed to help at all was a two month trial of Uceris which I just completed......
Depressed because like most people on this forum I have not found a resolution to this debilitating disease. Thankful that this forum exists. Although I am a newbie poster I've been reading these...