Stress has definitely been a factor in n=my husband's flares. Looking back over his disease, there is a pattern of stressful times followed by bad flares. Over the years they (the flares) got worse,...
Grrrr....well, the past two days have not been so good. I swear, it's like the ghost of ulcerative colitis is haunting us - hubby is wiped out again, has pain after eating, sleeps 10 hours, wakes up,...
My husband was ALWAYS tired from the UC, especially after eating. He'd sleep 10 hours or more, wake up, eat, take meds, and then be back to sleep for another three hours. Some meds may make you...
Thanks princesscolon - it might be the same thing...he hasn't said anything about nightmares for the past few nights, but he says things are still off as far as taste. Hasn't slowed him down in...
Thanks Judy and Sue. I have been meaning to check out the jpouch.org boards, but just hadn't made my way there yet! I will definitely do some reading there as well. Sometimes it's just nice to know...
Hubby is still having quite a bit of pain. For those of you who had surgery, how long before you really started to feel better from the surgical pain? He still has the staples in, and I'm hoping...
Thanks Marty! Hubby is still doing well - the docs have moved him to a full (but low residue) diet, but he hasn't gotten and real food just yet. He should get some solid food for lunch today. And the...
Yikes - I'm so sorry you've had to deal with his guy and his misinformation! But hats off to you for being so well informed and finding that your hubby DOES have options, contrary to what this GI doc...
Nope, none of the doctors we've seen ever tried to talk us out of the surgery. They didn't check for inflammation prior to the surgery either - I think his last scope was a sigmoid probably back in...
He's got four incisions, plus the ileostomy of course! The biggest one is right about at the 'bikini line' and about 4 inches maybe? They said it's very similar to an incision for a c-section in...
Thanks quincy! He did say that his colon was inflamed, and the resident who assisted with the surgery took some picutres of his colon after it was out - he said he would email them to us, but we...
I don't post much, but I read a lot, and find lots of good info here that I share with my hubby. Sometimes it's helpful info, sometimes it's just nice to know that we're not the only one's going...
Hubby gets irritable/short tempered, ravenously hungry all the time, which certainly contributes to his weight gain, but no moon face. He's been on it many times and always been able to successfully...
My hubby was on imuran, two pills a day, and found that he ended up vomiting almost every day. I don't remember how soon this started occurring once he started the drug, but he did find that if he...
My hubby was on imuran for quite awhile. When he first started it, he was on two pills a day (not sure of exact dosage in mg - maybe 100?), and he found that it made him nauseous. He was working a...
Hubby was put on Zoloft after this last flare...I've heard it sometimes helps UC patients in other ways (isn't it supposed to slow your system down, too?), but I think the only reason he was put on...
My hubby takes Librax to help with the cramping - it's a smooth muscle relaxer and it seems to help some. When he's really bad off, he uses a heating pad on his gut as well. Hot baths seems to help...
36 from Central California (that's hubby, he's the one with UC, but I'm the one who reads and occasionally posts here)....
The amount of sleep my hubby gets (or doesn't get) seems to play a HUGE part in his symptoms! He had a good day yesterday, but slept until noon or later. Today he had to get up by 9am for an...
I know both the disease and the meds affect my hubby. He said he asked his doc about having zero libido at times, and the doc said it's probably due to the Imuran. We've had a lot of ups and downs...