Hi Sassysback When I am in a flare, My GI ups my Mesalmine to 4800mg per day. 2400 in am, 2400 with dinner....
Quick update: I got a new GI at mass general. Very happy with him so far. On Nov 1 I started the SCD diet. Within two days my symptoms reduced. I’ve stuck with it and have been Having 1-2 formed...
Thanks Clo, I appreciate you (and everyone’s) help and support here. Stray dog, on GI’s and western medicine. I’m getting the sense from here that GI’s will identify symptoms, and prescribe drugs....
Thanks Stray Dog. I thought it was Nystatin but was mistaken. When I picked up meds, I got Diflucan (sp.) ? A 7 day course....
Thanks Sara :) While I was diagnosed a decade ago, this is really my first time dealing with significant symptoms. I guess I've been shamefully naive to a UC diagnosis. I also never landed a GI...
Thanks Flowersgal and Sara. I've added in a non-dairy yogurt (kite hill & forager brands). I am slowly adding that into a morning smoothie. I am comfortable taking a Culturelle, as that is what I...
Do you find the need to advocate for different tests and labs. If so, what ones and why! (Ie blood, stool, specifics)?...
Same horrendous metallic taste. I also have a white tongue yeast thing now. (It’s fluctuated but I did a spit test and photo’d it. Doc just gave me nystatin in response. Haven’t started it. BM’s down...
Calprotectin came back saying greater than 8000! Here you was feeling a tad better the last few days. (Still D many times a day) R...
Just got back greater than 8000! I’m petrified....
Thank iPoop, The PA suggested Kite Hill yogurt for live probiotics but otherwise said the culturelle is pretty irrelevant....
Hi All, I was diagnosed in 2012 at age 30 with Ulcerative Colitis via colonoscopy biopsy. At that time, I got little more than a pamphlet from the doctor, and really thought nothing of it, not grasps...
Hi Kayla. Budesione EC definitely comes in 3mg tablets. I read that a taper off is normal. Going down to 6 then 3 over period of time....