Alright thanks guys! I'll take the antibiotics in that case and up my dosage of probiotics! Fingers crossed I don't get diarrhea and this doesn't become a trigger for a future flare >:(...
Hi all, I've been in remission for ulcerative colitis for the past few months and have recently had an abscess. I'm just back after visiting urgent care, where a physician did an incision and...
I see.. Alright thanks for the heads-up @Ipoop ! :)...
@ipoop $600 a month even with insurance copayments?! :O...
@cyclinglady yup i will be purchasing student health insurance. I did notice that it covers pre-existing conditions (which is awesome) Oh that's a good idea too! Thanks!...
Oh these are really helpful links! Thank you so much! @ipoop :)...
Hello! Are there any forum members here from the states? I'll be going to California on a student exchange program from January to May in 2018 next year. As per my current regime below, I was...
@quincy Yup I didn't have pancolitis and my doctor suspected a misdiagnosis for a while. But the biopsy report showed that there was no further inflammation below the visible level (I think), so she...
@quincy yup you're right, at the TI. It was biopsied and I can't remember the results but my doctor wasn't too concerned with it after the results came out so I'm guessing it wasn't too much concern...
@Troubledturds I believe she wants to track my healing using the best method which is via scope. Does prepping for scope induce/worsen flares for you? @DBwithUC I believe you're right. Though I am...
Hi all, I had a scope earlier this Feb and suffered a mild-moderate flare thereafter as I did my prep while I had a mild flare. It quietened down after a few months of colifoam and using VSL #3...
Can UC develop over time to become Crohn's? Or is it simply a misdiagnosis? I've always be confused about this question!...
Yes, if you flare while on azathioprine, you have to take steroids concurrently with the aza. If you have too many flares on azathioprine, your doctor might consider switching you over to 6MP or...
That's true! my BM improved today, though not back to previously where they were fully formed. I'll wait out and see if the consistency gets better. So far, the frequency and symptoms have remained...
I've been having good stools for the past 2 weeks, 1-2 BM daily, well formed with no blood, mucus nor urgency. However, I had an important presentation yesterday and was nervous the whole day before...
No worries! It benefits everyone on this forum to know of ongoing developments :) I'm just making wild guesses, but could it be a problem of obtaining funding or even patients who might be willing to...
Saw this article while reading up on recent news for UC. So I thought I'd seek the forum's opinion on this....
Hi Ramin, I've done a few scopes in my country and all of them have had accompanying pictures of different areas of the colon. I'm personally not sure if having pictures is compulsory, but you could...
Oh? That thought did not cross my mind to be honest. Now it really changes things. If I'm not going to be responding to imuran perfectly, then I have to be on biologics + immunomodulators next? I'm...
Hi iPoop, I never knew about the connection between 6MP and imuran! So would it actually be more effective since our body saves a step in breaking it down? I think I'd discuss swapping over to 6MP...
No worries! It's partially my fault too for not clarifying it in my initial post. Just curious, will you be affected by Trump's efforts to repeal Obamacare? Ah.. were you already on...
Hi platinumpixie, I'm not sure of how things work in my country as I'm not from the States and would have to consult my insurance company first. One concern I can raise off the top of my head is that...
That's great news! I think cost affects all sufferers and as consumers of biologics, we'll only stand to benefit as a result of this. Will this affect the R&D industry negatively when it comes to...
Hi all, I've been on imuran for about 1 year and a half now. While on imuran, I've had a few flares here and there (More accurately about 3), nothing too major that I've had to use pred. But my doc...
Hi LoopyLoo, I've been in your shoes before. My take is that the bowel prep will only worsen a flare (but it doesn't happen to everyone I think) and you have to be on treatment once finish your...
Hi iPoop, I'm actually on 5ASA (forgot to mention it heh) but I do agree with you. Steroids should only be used as a last resort. Hi TP177, Why did your doc not try imuran first? Isn't Humira really...
I've been dealing with an on and off flare for a few months now. I'm currently on 125mg imuran, pentasa and colifoam both once nightly and meteospasmyl for cramping. These days, I have 3-5 BMs, the...
It depends on what you mean by feeling good: normal BMs, no urgency, blood, mucus? I've had a flare after doing a colonoscopy before so I don't think that doing scopes are necessarily a good thing...
Thanks everyone for the replies! I'll ask my doc and see obtain her opinion on it. After seeing mixed results with imuran, I'm starting to feel that medications aren't necessarily the go to method,...
Hi everyone, I was just reading up on FMT on this forum and was wondering if you guys would recommend me to try it. I've been taking quite abit of antibiotics for acne since when I was a teenager and...
Thanks beave for the reply! I did read about backwash iletis before and I just hope that the MRI scan next week will confirm that. She did biopsy the ulcer and when I asked her about the result, she...
Hi guys, I'd just like to get your opinions on this issue. I had a scope done recently while I was on a moderate flare (4-6 BMs) recently. Prior to the scope, I'd started and been on imuran and 5ASA...
@ipoop In that case then I think I might have a misdiagnosis! Wow this was unexpected given that I didn't expect much other than the usual diagnosis going into this scope.....
@quincy I just dug out my previous scope results and it turns out that my second scope showed that inflammation was present in the rectum, ascending colon and caecum, which improved from the first...
@quincy I think the CMV re-infection threw a curve to my path as a UC patient (Docs told me it wasn't common but not unheard of) When I had CMV reinfection, I checked for C.diff and many other...
@ipoop My first scope and diagnosis revealed severe active pancolitis but I think subsequent scopes showed a much better situation in my colon, limiting inflammation to the rectum-sigmoid colon. As...
@soynomore seems like I've had a misunderstanding about cancer wrt UC, thanks for letting me know! I think I'll raise that issue up to my doc when I go for the follow up in 1 months' time then ☻...
I'm 23 this year! But I'd always thought that annual scopes for IBD patients are to check for polyps or cancer since we are at greater risk of developing colon cancer...
Oh right. I had my first scope before I was first diagnosed with UC. After an experiment to see if I could keep my disease under control with just 5-ASA, I had another flare and so I was put on...
Hi! thank you for replying! I'd always been under the impression that I'd been correctly diagnosed with UC because I don't exhibit other symptoms such as mouth ulcers, nausea nor vomiting which...
Hi all, I've been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis for approximately 1.5 years since 2015 and I just had my 4th scope done this morning. The results revealed a mild short segment proctitis and a 3cm...