My UC started 7 months after my fourth baby was born. I stopped nursing and within a week I had symptoms. I had UC from August 2006 to November 2009. I refused to take prescription meds. I healed my...
After watching this video it makes sense. My symptoms started with trauma and stress doesn't help. What do you all think? Does it describe your fibro? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY49nmHaano...
Has anyone had problems with their eyes while on Cymbalta? The rheumatologist wants me to try Cymbalta, but when I asked her about side effects she said it might make you tired. Take it at bedtime....
I started having this stinging, burning like pain in my breast under the nipple that goes to the inside of my breast. It is a random pain. I went to the gynecologist during my spring break and had a...
I started having stinging pain in my right breast two months ago. I went to a general practitioner and she didn't feel any lumps so didn't feel there was a problem. My mammo was fine last summer. She...
Just an update. My mom was on hospice until April. Surprisingly she did not die. After three months of spending most of her time in bed and eating very little, her energy level came back and she...
My 85 year old mother lived with my family for 5 years. The past year she started having some forgetfulness, but was ok staying home while I worked. This fall on October 19 she complained of a...
That is interesting. I am going to research, because I need to find out what foods and drinks aggravate the arthritis. Is there anything that really helps?...
I know I have arthritis and it seems to have gotten worse as I get older (47). Since my knuckles are starting to hurt and it is harder to do things with my fingers and hands, I decided it was time to...
Thanks for the reply. I checked the Mayo Clinic information about Ischemia, but I still wonder what is causing this restriction of blood flow. She hasn't really walked in two years. Does anyone know...
My 80 year old mother just came to live with us after spending 2 years in the nursing home. She has had blood in her stool and some diarrhea. After having my own bout with UC, I encouraged her to get...
I was diagnosed with UC in August 2006. In October that same year I found out I was pregnant with twins and in December I lost both babies. By January 2008 I finally made it into remission. I am...
Yes, honey is a wonderful healing food, but you do have to use the good kind. I buy my honey from All about Bees. A local honey shop in Omaha, NE. They sell raw clover honey which is delicious. When...
Moorhead, Iowa USA The beautiful Loess Hills http://www.loesshillstours.com/geology.html Snookiebow /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
Sheldon, I haven't seen any symptoms since last fall. I have had normal bm's and no pain. So I feel I am in remission and cured. I have to say I have been under a lot of stress the past month with...
I] [color=blue>multi vitamin, vitamin D, Omega 3- Fish oil, Colostrum Plus, Cal-Gel, and BioK-plus Probiotics. [b]In November I found out I was having twins and in December I had a miscarriage,...
Just happened across this probiotic called Align. Anyone try it and what is your opinion?...
[color=#0000ff][2]I received an e-mail from Dan, the moderator of the UC Roundtable discussion that some of us participated in last November. Just wanted to let you all know about[b] the UC program...
My mid morning snack is Maranatha organic creamy peanut butter and raw honey. Yum! It really gives me the energy to make it through the morning. Maranatha needs to be refrigerated after opening. It...
I don't want to scare you, but this was my experience. I was diagnosed with UC in Sept 06. The dr put me on Dipentum and Entocort . I accidently got pg in Oct. 06. I immediately quit taking the meds...
I used the Fleet Phospho-soda EZ-Prep. I drank about 80 oz of water with this prep. My first colonoscopy I used the gallon prescription stuff. That was 15 months ago and I had active colitis then....
I had a colonoscopy this morning. I noticed last night when I did the prep I had a little blood and a sore anus. I haven't seen blood since November. After the colonoscopy I noticed more blood in my...
I am always freezing. I wear my cuddle duds all the time, even in bed. I am also thin. I don't know if UC has anything to do with it, because I have had UC for 17 months now and have been...
I have been eating about a cup of Maranatha creamy organic peanut butter mixed with It's All About Bee's raw honey. Other peanut butters and honeys cause my gut to hurt. I usually have this 4 times a...
If you want bacon. Go to the Whole Foods Market. I buy the Wellshire Classic Turkey bacon. No nitrates or nitrites. not preserved, all natural turkey raised without antibiotics. It is minimally...
I have to agree it was awesome! They treated us like they really cared. It was great meeting everyone and putting a face with a name. I would definitely go again if invited. I can't believe I made it...
I do the enemas occasionally, but I can't do them at night. If I try to do it at night I end up with enema all over the sheets. The problem is I have bm in my colon that will not come out until the...
Yes! I am excited and a little nervous at the same time. I hope I don't work myself up too much and cause problems. I really don't want to have to run to the bathroom during take off! Maybe I will...
After reading many posts I am curious. It doesn't seem like anyone has the same symptoms as I do. Seems like everyone else gets diarrhea along with some blood and the blood stops before the diarrhea...
Since we are getting closer to the Round Table Discussion is Philadelphia I thought I would bump this up and ask so who's all going? I have decided it is a great opportunity and I'm going. I received...
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40 year old from the beautiful Loess Hills of western Iowa-- Moorhead, Iowa snookiebow...
Michelle from the meeting company forwarded my name and concerns on the Shire. I received this e-mail from Shire so I am feeling more comfortable with this adventure. www.Shire.com Shire...
I made the mistake telling my mom about this trip and she is worried. She wants to give me $250 to not go. She really doesn't understand. Yes, I am nervous about flying, but chances are everything...
I talked to Michelle today also and shared my concerns. With all the scams people need to be careful and she understood. She is going to have someone else who works with Shire and another company who...
Thank you for your thoughts. I guess this is harder because I am 40 years old. I started taking the FYI in January 2007. The FYI has Turmeric in it. I started breaking out more in the spring and then...
I wonder if this is related. I received a check for$20.00 for participation in a Ulcerative Colitis research project. From a Tom Crumlish- The Brandware Group, Inc. Anyone else get a check? I am...
I haven't had acne this bad since high school. After I was diagnosed with UC September 2006 I started breaking out. Even when I haven't been on a prescript ion medication I still break out. I was on...
I got this phone call also. The woman who left the message said her name was Michelle. I couldn't make out the name of the pharmaceutical company though. There was a message on my answering machine...
I was noticing the poll on the age when people were diagnosed and made me wonder. For those people who have had intestinal problems since birth were you breast fed or formula fed? snookiebow...
I was kinda wondering what happened to the the other post on the Bio-Pro. Well I bought some on Saturday. I have taken 3 pills. I understand what Harpo is saying. Yes, I am taking a lot of...
pb4 Where do you get the bee propolis and how much do you take? Is that oral or enema? Is this kinda like raw honey? I have been adding raw honey to my Maranatha peanut butter and to my oatmeal. I...
The question was "Any one try it and is it effective in finding cancer as other means?" Here is a site that I found on thermo scans. http://www.breastthermography.com/ Darlene UC...
I nursed two of my four children and now I have lumpy breasts. I just turned 40 and don't like the idea of having my boobs squashed in a mammogram. They are tender any way. A friend told me about...
http://www.nextag.com/now-vitamin-e-liquid/search-html Here is a website for the NOW Foods vitamin E. I'm not sure which bottle my pharamacist ordered. Snookiebow...
Connor, I had my local compounding pharmacy create the vitamin e enema for me. They used Sheldon's formula and said it was a lot of work poking the capsules so they searched to find a liquid vitamin...
Thank you. I will try the Maalox. She is so uncomfortable and sore. I really wish doctors would trust a mother's instincts. I know my daughter and three bm's a day is not normal. I have always...
I called our regular pediatrician this week and he thought it was a virus just by talking to the other doctor and listening to me. He said give it another week. She has been drinking soy milk for a...
Exactly, I don't have time in the morning to lay there and wait for it to work. I'm also worried it will run out of me. And I hate wearing a Depend. I don't even know if it would help to get up an...
We went to the doctor today. It wasn't our normal doctor, the doctor who had Saturday sick kids clinic. I was told this is a sick clinic diarrhea should have been scheduled during the week. Yeah and...