Hi everyone. :) I have had Ulcerative Colitis since I was 15 years old. I hid my symptoms for about 6 months because I was embarrassed and scared until it got too horrible for me to stand anymore. I...
Yeah I just want to focus on getting my life back on track right now. Meds will be needed but it is better than having to deal with a surgery at the moment. Insurance is being so slow getting...
It was $12k a year for my parents. But I have my own health insurance now and my max out of pocket is $600 which I definetly hit already lol....
The doctor convinced me/persuaded me to go back on Remicade again and see how it goes. :( I don't really want to and am going to hate to be so reliant on an expensive med for the rest of my life but...
Update: Feel a bit better today? But it might be because I went back to taking all 40mgs of the Prednisone in the morning instead of 20mgs in morning and evening. More frequency but less pain and a...
Oh wow I didn't know that about Wellbutrin. I have pretty bad depression/anxiety so I would probably qualify to recive it. Will definetly mention that Wednesday and see what my GI doc thinks! Thank...
Yeah I am looking forward to what the GI doctor says on Wednesday. Diet is definitely not working for me but it was worth a shot! I was told before during my initial diagnostic at 15 that I was a...
The GI doctors I saw in the hospital would not treat me there. They said i had to go to someone else for actual treatment and so I was there pretty much just to get stabalized so I could manage to go...
I was diagnosed when I was 15 years old with severe UC. I am now 20, been off Remicade for 1.5 years successfully (I got off at persuasion of my parents because of cost and side effects). I was doing...