Hi, all I was supposed to get Remicade today but came down w a fever right before I was supposed to leave for the hospital so I called and was told not to come in. Obviously, I'm not getting my...
I am currently at home due to taking a year off following my diagnosis, however there is no meal plan at my school so I will be cooking for myself either way. Thank you for your help!! I'm coming up...
I have already finished the intro diet....
Thank you! And yeah, my GI and dietician actually directed me to give this a try. Lord knows I never would have done it on my own....
i'm sorry for literally only coming on this site to whine lately but i'm a teenager whining is written in my code anyone who has been on/is on the SCD diet......i urgently need survival tips....this...
my initial diagnostic flare was severely worsened by biopsy - but i was already in an extreme, extreme flare. if you're not already actively extremely sick, i don't think you have too much to worry...
my GI and nutritionist are suggesting I give SCD diet a go and see if it helps me at all. I have an appointment with my nutritionist tomorrow to sit down and go through what the diet actually is so...
I know that this whole website is TMI friendly but I still feel the need to preface this with an apology for the graphic BM discussion to follow So I've been pretty constipated this past week as well...
Thanks everyone. As far as symptoms before remicade, I was severely ill. I dropped about 40lbs (all been gained back and more thanks Prednisone) and the primary reason for my hospitalization was...
Hi all, I'm really confused and upset. When I was hospitalized this past summer, remicade was, as it is for many UC patients, my miracle. After trying everything else it immediately got my symptoms...
Thank you all very much for your feedback. I will definitely look into EMDR if I am offically diagnosed w/ PTSD. You're all very helpful and I wish you all the best. Hugs for everyone...
I'd love to check out that book. Sounds great! Thank you!...
Plucky, thank you so much for your response! Admittedly my family did their best to support me and it was largely my fault for being so stubborn and determined without really knowing my limits! I did...
Hi friends, I was just wondering if anyone has been diagnosed w PTSD related to their uc? I haven't been formally diagnosed, but I have been struggling a LOT mentally since my extremely traumatic...
I am tapering - currently 15mg going down 5mg every 5 days. No fiber supplements or probiotics. I had no luck w Rowasa last time and actually responded quite badly to it :/ maybe will give it another...
Hi all I have been kind of flaring for about two/three weeks now. Over the past week especially I've been seeing a LOT of whiteish mucus - to the point where sometimes I will have the urge to go to...
I am currently on 20mg of Prednisone for a recent flare, but other than that I have only been on Remicade for about two months (Closer to 4 months total, but in the beginning I was on it in...
Within the past week or so, I started flaring again despite just having had remicade. I finally heard from my doctor today and he told me to take 40mg of prednisone a day. Not sure for how long. This...
I got my fourth remicade infusion a little over a week ago (11/3). I originally was supposed to get it yesterday (11/10) but started having a bit of bleeding so decided to push it up. Over a week...
Hi everyone, I am an 18 year old girl who was just diagnosed with UC in very early july of this year.I had a horrific summer flaring terribly and trying everything from uceris to apriso to lialda to...