Thanks for the help at understanding this Canada Mark. Hope more research info is released to help us all keep up with this development....
This is one: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180308143102.htm According to the research in this study, autoimmune disorders are caused by a specific bacterium in the gut. The hope is...
I honestly have not have issues with joint pain. My ankles do swell but I am 71 and overweight, so there's that. My joints (wrists and ankles do have strange bumps I attribute to prednisone while...
Longevity: Well, here's my story. I am 71 years young. I have had UC since about a month after I turned 16 years old. Do the math. 55 years. I have outlived via life span my mother, sister,...
I had just turned 16; was a junior in high school and had come off a rapid growth spurt, where I went from a little girl body to a woman, gaining four inches in height within a 3 month period, and my...
I am a senior citizen (71) who was diagnosed back in the dark ages, 1961, at age 16. No internet, no colonoscopies (barium enemas, sigmoid scope and two weeks in hospital to diagnose, another two...
@NCOT I have been on Sulfasalazine for well over thirty years, but I lower the dosage when I am not flaring. So I am upping that again, and using VSL#3. After I end Prednisone this week, I am to give...
Hi, joining this discussion because for the first time in a while I am struggling with a flare....and while it is probably not as severe as some, it is doggedly persistent. My story. I am 71. I have...
I was diagnosed at 16 and I am now 71. So yes, you can have a normal lifespan. I also went to college, and became a teacher and taught for over 40 years....
I was diagnosed with UC back in 1961. I had just turned 16. I am now 66. So I have had UC for fifty years. I do well now and for some reason my UC became less severe when I hit menopause. In 1961, it...