I was using liquid coffee creamer (with carrageenan) and it was causing me problems, but when I told my doctor, he looked at me like I had three heads! I've switched to powdered creamer and maybe...
I just had this same experience this morning, so I know what you mean! Didn't go at all yesterday, and this is better than the watery, got-to-go-now alternative! (As long as you can spare a half hour...
I've never had nausea, but I know a flare is coming when I go from hot and sweaty to cold and shivering several times in a day. Also had an ovarian cyst that resolved itself. But what about the...
I had just been diagnosed with UC and didn't know much about it (back in 1993). I had just started taking Pentasa and was only on it for a few days when I had appendicitis. My appendix burst, and let...
I love Pepto Bismal!!! And a doctor I saw from the Cleveland Clinic recommended it (up to four times a day even). He said it's perfectly safe to take every day, even long term. I'm feeling fine now,...
I took 6mp and it only took a week or two to see vast improvement. However, when my blood was tested a month or two later, I had liver inflammation, so had to stop. I'm on Lialda now, along with...
I was under the impression that prednisone doesn't "heal" you, it just makes the symptoms go away. That's why you take it in conjunction with other meds and then taper when the meds are supposed to...
Karkar: What is Klonopin?? Try taking some Pepto Bismal and see if that gives you some relief in the mornings. Others swear by Imodium too. Good luck to you!!...
The most I've taken is I believe 40 mg/day. I really did not want to go on it, but once I did, I felt really good. And really happy and energetic, so either a good side effect of prednisone, or just...
I have a small cluster of warts on my hand. My son has had them, so I just figured I got them from helping him get rid of his. From personal experience, the duct tape does work! My son had a huge one...
Stress may not cause a flare, but it probably doesn't help either! I use it to my advantage -- for instance, I now drive everywhere because my husband's driving stresses me out (totally!), and we're...
I have been on prednisone several times in the past couple of years -- like you I have mild to moderate UC. Now I am taking Entocort, which is also a steroid but doesn't enter the system until it is...
I had a horrible reaction to Colazol -- is this a realatively new drug for you or have you been on it a while? I have moderate colitis too, although throughout my entire colon. I am on entocort,...
It seems like the Flagyl was working but you had some kind of allergic reaction to it. I had a reaction to Asacol -- gave me diarrhea, which was hard to figure out from the UC diarrhea. I am...
I also have started Lialda, and it is much easier to take pills just once a day. I think they are working, but am also on entocort and will begin tapering off that next month. Why do you forego your...
I talked to a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic who did a study on them and tried one himself before giving them to his patients to try. He said if you are a non-smoker, they will make you really ill...
Wow, that's something! I thought I was menopausal because I haven't had a period in over a year, but was on Prednisone a few times in 2006 (for 6-8 weeks each time), so maybe I'm not done yet! Will...
I agree with Ediekristen -- I do better when I'm eating things I like and not being super-strict with sugar and bread. Is it really life if you're not enjoying what you're eating?? I can't stick with...
It may take Asacol some time to be effective, and you may find that it doesn't help and will have to try other drugs. But for now, try Pepto Bismal. I was just at the Cleveland Clinic this Tues.,...
I used to fast before I had to go somewhere (long car ride, events where bathrooms would be few or none), in the theory of "nothing in -- nothing out"! But my doctor has told me that fasting actually...
I was put on prednisone several times in the past, and now I'm on 9 mg of entocort since my last colonoscopy (7/6). I very much prefer entocort; there are no side effects for me, such as wanting to...
I also have been in a long flare it seems, although like Red_34, not all bad. And I guess I have rather mild symptoms, never more than about 6 BMs even at my worst. But urgency was getting to be a...
pb4: How much of the probiotics do you take? Where do you find this brand -- drug store, GNC?? Thanks, jwogie...
This is exciting news, in my opinion. Much better than taking pills or getting Remicade infusions. I remember reading about a lady who used a baby's stool and claimed to be UC-free. Didn't know...
flchurchlady: When you start eating again after a 5-day liquid diet, do you have to be careful about what you eat, you know, build up slowly again? How much does it help?? Thanks, jwogie...
You have to eat, although I know what it's like to be that miserable. /community/emoticons/mad.gif You figure nothing goes in, so nothing comes out, right? Some people have had a lot of success with...