Thanks for all of the input, y'all. I have an appointment with my GI this week, and I'm going in armed with a list of questions and kind of treating this visit as a "do we need to break up?" talk. I...
Kanva, thank you so much for this response! It's just what I needed to hear. I feel I have had a very similar reaponse from myGI. I am going into my next appointment being willing to have a...
Thanks DBwithUC. I have been tested for C-diff several times now, so we've been able to eliminate that as a cause. It's reassuring to hear that the direction we're going is standard protocol. This is...
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Thanks for the response. I feel incredibly lost in this process. It seems my doctor is throwing a dart and hoping that it reaches its target in terms of prescribing treatment since he has admitted...
Thanks for all the responses! I was actually given the option between Humira and Remicade, but I just couldn't continue to take a day off of work every month for an infusion. I am looking into other...
Hi all, I'm a 28 year old female and was diagnosed with moderate UC about a year ago, and my doctor has taken a very cavalier attitude toward my treatment, assuring me at first that "it's not that...
Hi, Unfortunately I've had the same issues long before I started taking prednisone. It seems that I swell dramatically every evening and look several months pregnant. My belly is hard and round and...
Hi everyone, I was recently diagnosed with UC in March of this year, and I'm struggling to make sense of what is now my new normal. To give just a bit of background-- I am a 28 year-old female and...