I was supposed to start Xeljanz last November and chickened out because of the side effects and opted for surgery instead, fast forward to now, I don't know when my surgery will be because of Covid...
I scanned your sig first to check if you're taking suppositories and I see you are! I get black mucus every so often with supps, especially if they've managed to stay up there a while, when they come...
I REALLY worried about what symptoms I'd get before starting pred, especially the mental ones so much so I delayed starting my course for a week but it turns out the only side effects I had were ones...
That's a bit of a cop out solution from a specialist? (Was it a specialist or your GP?) I'm really surprised by that. It can be so frustrating to receive information you later learn wasn't right for...
Jack do you live in the U.K.? (I'm making a guess here) Get on google and see if your hospital have IBD nurses, not all hospitals have them but hopefully yours will. You may have to wait till...
I'm having the same issue at the moment so I'd be interested to see the answers. I do find that when taking the enemas myself, they don't tend to stay in my rectum for long, even if I were to...
Yes definitely, you'll (hopefully) thank yourself for starting them sooner! I wish they'd have been recommended to me much earlier than they were. I hope to hear you're better soon!...
Stick with your Lialda and YES to the enema's! (and yes to everything ipoop has just said - the enemas will reach where the oral medication can't quite, this is likely to be the area you're bleeding...
As already said, you can take these in bed and fall asleep straight after, this is what I do also. I put a small towel down on the sheet and then pull it away from under me once my PJ's are back on,...
Hi Labmommy, Keep taking the Liada, the 5-ASAa are a gradual drug and not expected to work straight away. Definitely ask your GI about enemas! My symptoms started out exactly as yours and I realise...