Kind of, yes. The thing is, ever since I was diagnosed, I've never been out of my original flare I think. Damn thing never stopped, I always supressed the disease with prednisolone. When I weaned...
I never thought to ask about this because it's had been long time since I encountered it the last time. Sometimes, during flares, when I feel the need to go to toilet, I start salivatin more than...
Hi. I've been trying ldn for the last couple weeks. I was steroid dependent before, Imuran and Mesalamine meds failed to keep my colitis in check but now, eventhough I'm still new and had some...
I was eager to try LDN. Got my rx, ordered the drug, now wile waiting for it to arrive, I'm reading that Naltrexone and Prednisolone are cancelling each other out(I'm on pred and salofalk right now)....
Hi, I'm wondering about LDN. I did some googling on the matter and am currently working my way to obtain some and try the method(it seems to be hard to get in my country, which is Turkey) but I am...
To be honest, I did some homework on pred, I know about the tapering process and why it has to be slow but I'm not a good patient, I have never been. You'd think It's not me who suffered all this...
Hi. I recently stopped taking pred, It's been almost a month. I was a long time user. I was on a low dose before stopping completely, I was taking it irregularly, like 10 mgs every two days etc but...
Doc said I should do one in the morning and another before going to sleep. I was given 4g enemas, this is the double dose enema right? And, are you saying I can get up afterwards if I wait for half...
Hi, I was diagnosed 6 years ago, I am 24 years old. I used to post here around a year ago. I have two questions; 1) Doc tells me I need to use the enema twice a day but AFAIK it needs to be...
I'm not tapering pred. I've been taking 10 mgs per day for the last 4 months or so and before that I was taking it in bigger doses. Only in the last two weeks my bleeding stopped completely and my...
Well, the thing is I get hungry but I feel the need to stop eating soon after starting my meal. At one time, I can eat so little, I get the feeling that I'm full, too quickly. I don't have nausea, I...
I weight around 61 kgs these days. My symptoms became more tolerable for the last week but I have problems with my appetite. I've been losing weight since August. I force myself to eat so I don't...
I mean I'm not off pred but mild symptoms are present so it's enough on it's own, that's for sure. I'm 63 kg btw so dosage should be around adequate. Yet I can't leave the pred. I'm guessing it's not...
So I started taking Imuran at May 17th in addition to oral Mesalamines(Salofalk). After around a month I upped the dose to 150 mg from 100. I barely missed a dose ever since and it doesn't seem...
@quincy, I'm on Imuran and Salofalk meds. Doc wants me to do another 8 week Pred taper but I've had enough of that, I'm trying to manage without. I can just take a 15 mg dose right now and it would...
The whole thing was actually my fault, if it was someone else's, I'd just get him/her out of my life and be done with it. I'm not known to be merciful when it comes to other people annoying me...
I get stressed bad from time time. My doctor seems to think stress affects UC a lot and everytime I go see him he makes fun of me saying I must have a heartache. Anyways, I was kind of having...
I have been around smokers all my life, my dad kept smoking inside our house, when my mom got ashma, he started smoking outside and a couple of years later my UC showed up. I tried a nicotine patch a...
Went to see my doc and he took a quick look. Seems it was inflammation. Went up 18cm high....
Well, mucus is there, frequency increased but extra BMs involve very little stool with "the feeling of disturbance" in rectum being present most of the time. I get sharp, momentary pain in the left...
Is it possible to mistake hemmies for a flare? I have external hemmies and they dont usually give me any pain but I started to bleed again I want to believe this isnt Imuran failing me and something...
I'm in Turkey....
Hi again iPoop. I asked around for the Thiopurine Metabolite test before, my sister who works in a small town hospital told me they looked it up and it's not a test that can be done everywhere. After...
Hi, I made some posts before maybe you'd remember. Here is a qucik summary; Was a long term pred user, added Imuran with 100 mg dose on May 17th, increased to 150 mg(I weigh 66 kg) after two months...
Yesterday my stool was liquid & I kept going to bathroom. Today it suddenly turned partially solid again, I also had only two bowel movements close to each other in the morning and I've been fine the...
So we all know enemas are better. My doc tells me enemas are better. You guys tell me enemas are better. But suppositories do still exist? They're still being manufactured? My logic is; correct me if...
Hi, I'm on my 11th week of Aza and around 3 days ago my diarrhea came back. Is there a way to know if Aza is working or not through normal blood tests? I was advised to have Thiopurine metabolites...
Hi, I don't know what kind of program you're using but I'm on the same dose and I'm getting slow and steady strength increases every week. Your program might not be optimized for your current...
They gave me the test results last time because doctor wasn't in the clinic so I was able look at them. Normal values were indicated, like you said. This I also asked for a liver test thinking it was...
@iPoop, now I realized I never asked any questions about the ideal range of WBC, RBC and Platelets. Last time I had a blood test, which was several weeks ago, they were within the normal range...
Ah, I forgot to mention, I'm using Imuran, in my 6th week, that's why I'm getting a blood test to check WBC....
LMAO!!...
Thanks for answering my questions everytime and being faboulous at that @iPoop (Beard will stay though, right? I love my beard. Only good thing my years on pred gave me, I've taken so many...
Hi guys, me again. Sorry to keep asking questions about pred but this time I ask this one out of happiness :) I seem to be doing very good after my last flare, either Imuran or enemas did the trick I...
Weird thing is, like everything with this disease, urgency is so inconsistent. Sometimes when I feel the need to visit the bathroom I can hold it for a long time, like half an hour or even 45...
Yeah I know the root cause is disease itself and I am treating it already, in my 9th week of Aza in addition to Pred. I just wanted to learn if there was a way to "gain more time" when urgency...
This is something I started to wonder after looking up different kinds of exercises in web after starting to work out. One day I saw and article about benefits of kegel exercises and it made me...
I used prednisolone for years but I was a reckless patient and there were very short periods where I stopped taking it. I never went into full remission because of my recklessnes and my situation is...
@ks1905 my tongue isn't unusually white as far as I can tell and I don't have a cough. I'm not antibiotics either. @ElpisUnbreakable how do you consume your cinnamon? mixed in another food or on it's...
So that's the reason it makes our bodies waste muscle. I'm enlightened, you guys are the best, I'll definitely ask me doctor to check my sugar levels :)...
Could be, though cravings weren't present before my last flare and back then I was taking less pred but more protein shakes. These cravings start mostly when I'm on 20 mgs or more, so I think it's...
I actually do take Glutamine, I drink Optimum Whey Gold Standard protein shakes before and after I go to gym, which I is something do 3-4 times a week. So it's around 6-8 portions a week. As far as I...
On pred 20 mg, Salofalk 8x500 mg, Imuran 100 mg and Prozac antidepressant. This might be a bit off topic but pred doesn't give me a normal "increased" appetite, it rather makes me crave for sugar and...
@ipoop I've been using Imuran at 100 mg dosage for two weeks, I should ask for the same tests and look for the same things right? I'm around 61 kgs, is the dosage too high? When do you think I should...
Is there a way to fasten & ease the extraction of gas btw? This is getting really uncomfortable, especially in the mornings. I only ate some chicken last night and still I have gas so it doesn't seem...
@iPoop you're right but for my luck, I didn't experience any withdrawal symptoms at all under 10 mg, eventhough I tapered fast and have been using it for a long time. On the contrary; when I'm on...
@ipoop what I'm confused about is tapering. Because I didn't put any thought in how drugs work until now. Doc told me to start tapering, albeit very slowly but should I wait till I see a fully formed...
Also, I poop the enemas in the morning. Most come out first with a bit mixed in the stool. I wonder if I'm doing anything wrong....
Hi, I'm posting a lot these days, sorry if it's too frequent. It's just that I've been very ignorant about my disease and I'm trying make up for it. Quick recap: Long Time Pred user. Was in process...
Hi yellowcolon, I'm another pred user. I've been with it on & off for about 4 years and in this last year it started showing this type of effects. Everything was fine around 10 months ago but now, it...