I can't break free. I want to improve, I want to lose weight, go to school, socialize, have a life...but UC has taken over. I have no energy, I havent been working out so Im putting on weight, Im...
I have a high amount of anxiety and depression. I feel guilty and worthless and hoeless at times. Im rarely happy, usually just ok enough to get by. I feel that I have to force a smile to get by and...
I eat a vegan diet for health reasons, the same reason I workout and dont smoke....but I ended up with UC anyway, lol. I probably should get tested for food intolerances, but Im afraid it will be soy...
Finally, someone perfectly describes what I have. I had my first flare in Feb.2007 and I was diagnosed with UC shortly after. Well, I started getting these zit-like bumps on my scalp that became...
I am right there with ya Beth. I am so tired all of the time, especially since starting Imuran. I take it at night but Im still weak and lethargic all the next day. Before the stupid disease entered...
Does anyone know anything about the ney inhaler on the market. I think its called asmonex. Its supposed to be one inhalation daily, I think its a steroid or something. Ive been on advair 500/50 and...
Im 30, from Plano, Il, an hour SW of Chicago...
I have noticed this too. My urgency kicks in to high gear at night. Im thinking its because we are lying down. Somehow that position makes you wanna go. I had a colonoscopy Monday and I was totally...
Wow Michelle, that's great. Im so happy for you. You need all the energy you can get with two little boys, I know cause my mom had the same task. Im on Imuran 100mg now and I am going to stay with...
Thanks for your tips. I will try to incorporate them in my life. I especially like the getting out when I feel tempted to overeat. I love the library but I never go cause tv and food seem better. Ive...
Thanks for all of the support guys. I think that like it or not I would have had to start Imuran and you all made that much easier to do. If it werent for this forum Id feel so alone in this, so...
This is my vice. I once weighed 330lbs. I got down to 180 through diet and exercise but everyone said I looked ill so I purposfully put on weight. The problem is that two years later Im at 220 and I...
Hi Thomas, I can relate brother. I mainly use this website for concerns with my colitis but I pop in this forum every once in a while, and I am really glad I did tonight. I too am plagued with guilt...
Wow jcarroll...lucky you. And Beth, Ill take you up on that, we'll go through this together :) I started Imuran today, even though the warning said that long term use can cause tumors. Im goin for it...
Im not sure why the doc gave me the meds he did. I was still kinda "under" when we talked after my colonoscopy. I know that after my first colonoscopy at the beginning of the year, My other doc said...
Thank you both for your responses. It is so cool how quickly questions get answered on this forum...I guess we all understand the importance of urgency :) It makes sense that I need my colon to heal...
I just had a colonoscopy today and my GI said my UC is pretty bad. Ive been on 4800mgs of Lialda for a few months. Before that it was Asacol. I left the hospital today with 3 script s. Canasa is one,...
Thank you all for your feedback. It does make more sense to address the problem head on, or rear on in this case. Im going to look into Rowasa. I am taking biotiin and exercising regularly, although...
Hmm. I already received rebates for 3 months worth, and LoyaltyScript said its good for another 3 months. Well, Im going to buy it either way so we'll see :) I was on 2 Lialda pills 3 months ago but...
My new GI put me on Lialda 3 months ago. He started me out with a sample package and it came with a Loyaltyscript card that saved me a bundle and I wanted to share this with you all. My insurance is...
Thank you all for your feedback. I appreciate it :) I have a colonoscopy tomorrow and I am going to discuss Rowasa. I really need to get off sugar but food has been a coping mechanism my whole life...
I will look into enemas when I see my doctor. Yhe trouble is that even though I get constipated during a flare, I still rush to the toilet several times a day. Won't I excrete any suppositories? I...
I don't think Lialda/Asacol is working for me. I've had my 2nd flare up since being dx'd 10 mos ago. Should I try altering my diet first? I do eat a lot of sugar and "bad" foods. What do you all...
I can relate. I was diagnosed in Feb. 2007 and during that flare up, when I went to the bathroom, it was for a reason. Now, I'm in another flare up, but like you, I dont excrete anything after...
So you are med free? That is great, I went off Paxil and was back in my slump right away and I was the moodiest son of a gun you'd ever seen. Im on 20 mgs now, Im thinking about tappering off over...
Thanks for the tips everyone. I am really going to try and change my diet. I already eat a vegan diet so avoiding dairy won't be a problem, but lately Ive become a sugar addict so I am going to cut...
WOW!!! Thank you all for your support. I am so lucky to have found this site. I have found more info in my two visits that the 2 books Ive read. Its great to freely share our "gross" symptoms. Ive...
Thank you both for your responses. I think venting to peers is a good form of therapy. I really wish I would journal and meditate, but all I ever want to do is distract myself from me via tv and...
Yes, a large dose of adrenaline is the best way to describe it. I guess I need to learn how to relax during my "intense" situations. Its just that it seems everybody else is always calm, I lose it...
Ive always been tired and sluggish, unless I have caffeine. I could sleep 12 hrs a day, no problem. I have been working out daily for years now and my energy level hasn't gone up. Granted, I have...
I don't think I've ever been properly diagnosed. Docs say its depression and anxiety, but I don't know. Sometimes, when I wake up, I am in a very dark place. Its like I feel like im a bad person. Ive...
Hello all. I have problems with my hands. When I was 20 I worked a shovel for 4 years, I would palm the tip of the spade where the tip was in the center of my hand and I would chip away at whatever I...
Ive been taking Paxil for a while for depression. I tried to go off of it but I became highly irritible, so Im on 20mg a day. Anyway, I just had another episode yesterday that I need to discuss. I...
Hello fellow sufferers. I was diagnosed in Feb.2007. I am 30. I've noticed blood in my stool since my early teens though. I had my first flare-up in Jan.2007 and it was a very rough period. I had...