Thanks so much, Heather. I remember you (Quincy) well from when I was a more active member of this board. Fortunately, my own UC is well controlled with Imuran for nearly 20 years now. Wish Asacol...
Thank you, Susie. Losing both parents in 18 months must have been incredibly difficult. We got together today, my sis-in-laws and I, and put together the picture boards. Thanks for the ideas about...
Hey, Susie, I did just want to reply to your last post, even though I've posted what I thought was *MY* last post on this thread about my mom, that after Mom completed the vanco script, I contacted...
I would like to thank everyone for their help with my mom's situation. The memory care she moved to, the staff got her completely healed in about four weeks. It was amazing! Unfortunately, the day...
Sure. I agree. If she wants to talk about it, I would let her and would encourage her. I did talk to her for probably 10 minutes without a lot of specificity. We talked about cremation and burial. We...
Well, the insurance denied the Rifaximin, and now that she's on the vanco, she probably could not take it anyway. We still are struggling with the diarrhea. She is getting some fiber powder twice a...
Thanks, Susie. I didn't think about the anesthesiologist not agreeing to put her under. That makes sense. Appreciate your response....
Update on my mom. She had a flex sig yesterday. Waiting for biopsies, but it appears she has no gross abnormalities on initial assessment. She tolerated the procedure very well. She has cleared the...
Thank you, everyone, so much for your suggestions and your support. The GI has prescribed rifaximin. I hope it arrives today and I hope helps. Also, we have scheduled a flex sig for next week. If...
Oh, man, Old Hat. I am so not ready for the hospice discussion. So not ready. I gotta go find some Kleenex....
Thanks, Old Hat. I helped her move today and twice cleaned her up. It's even worse than it was last week at the wound care visit. She leaks stool just about all the time. You get her cleaned up and...
My mother had a colectomy, ileostomy and takedown to J pouch almost 40 years ago. She has done very well with her pouch for 39 of those 40 years. She is now 89. We are dealing with a tough, tough...
I would definitely not go back to a loop. I don't have much experience with it yet but so far what I can tell is I'm pooping out of my j-pouch already. I'm waiting to be reconnected soon. If I had...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks so much, Old Hat!. I'll print this out and give it to her PT or OT....
Thanks, Charlie. Appeciate your advice....
Old Hat: You are right that surgery is probably not an option. I just hope her pelvis will heal and allow her to get back on her feet. Acetabulum fracture and pubic bone fracture, mostly...
Thanks, nososicklygirl. I've spoken to you in the past on either the UC or the Depression forum about myself. Love, love, love your tag line at the end of your post. I've spoken to you about that,...
Thanks, Keith. I very much appreciate the info. I can see this idea is not without its own set of problems. I don't think she could tolerate a 5-7 hour surgery. So going with potential plan 1, she...
My mother had her colon removed and has lived with a jpouch since 1984 -- YES, 1984. It has worked very well for her. She is now 88, however, and she is becoming more and more incontinent. She fell...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm sorry I pulled us off topic. I have not tried any of those, Geens Beans. I hope you find something that works...
Thanks, Karen. Welbutrin was an absolute MIRACLE for me. The only thing that has worked for my overwhelming fatigue. My new psychiatrist took me off Cymbalta and had me try Adderall, but I'm not...
Hi, Faith. I'm sorry that you're dealing with depression and that awful fatigue. I have successfully treated my depression but the fatigue always hung on. I used to think of myself as a high energy...
It sounds like life has been a quite a bit of a *hit sandwich for you, DippityDo. It does seem that some people are just chronically unlucky, and it sounds like that is a path you've walked. I wish...
I'm sorry that you missed the opportunity for a heart-to-heart with your father. That's enough to make anyone sad for lost opportunities, doesn't it. I often wonder how my life might have been much...
That self-doubt is so tough, isn't it, Rich. I think we all deal with it to one degree or another, but being depressed gives you special powers to interpret everything in the most negative way, one;...
I would have the same problem, being attentive to everyone else and being a good listener. I tend to be an impatient person, and while I can easily be empathetic with the struggles of someone else,...
-------------------------- I'm so sorry that you are feeling this way, Cilly. Having work is good for most people, myself included. When I have too much time on my hands, I tend to get work my way...
Thanks, Karen. I'm just so confused by all this. And my new psychiatrist seems equally confused. I can be thankful I don't have anxiety. But now my new doc is saying it could be ADD, it could be ADD...
Apropros time for this thread for me. I've been depressed for about 30 years. Fortunately, I've had mostly positive results from medication. I was initially on Nardil because I was diagnosed with...
I agree with switching to another antidepressant and then going off that. My psychiatrist switched me to Cymbalta. It has not worked nearly as well for me as Effexor, but I tried so hard to get off...
Try not to dwell on this too much. There are millions upon millions of people who are dealing with incredible life circumstances that would break a lot of us, but they go on. And there are millions...
Sometimes reaching out, doing something to MAKE something happen that will make your life less miserable is very mood elevating. I know it has been true for me. Glad you're feeling better. I have...
I'm so excited that you're getting a new pup in the springtime. What a great thing to look forward to. I did have the intake. It was thorough. She decided I was a candidate to see the psychiatrist,...
When you are ready, Karen, you will bring up the issue with your therapist. I always felt fortunate that I could be in therapy. I felt like it was a gift to have someone listen to me, hopefully not...
Thanks, Karen. I'm just so glad to be getting in two months plus earlier. It has been very distressing trying to establish a new psychiatrist here in my smaller town of about 75,000 people. So you...
You've taken a step in the right direction. Just reaching out for help can make you feel better. Reading and recognizing that others are dealing with similar problems with daily living can be so...
I was on 375 and it helped me a lot. Getting off of it, though, was A.W.F.U.L. I ended up counting the grains and dropping by one or two grains every other day before I finally gave up. Wonderful...
Update for anyone who is interested: Just got a call and being on the cancellation list has, for probably the first time in my life, paid off. I'm getting in for my intake with the Mayo psychiatrist...
Yeah, I could go to my GP. I just refilled my Cymbalta, to the tune of $150-some dollars but it's only for 45 days. But that, of course, won't get me out to my October 30th appointment. I'm on a...
Hey, NSSG, I'm gonna give this another try. I'm docked and on a different keyboard; hopefully I won't compose a brilliant ~cough, cough~ post of incredible length only to lose it again like has...
I'm sorry, Trina, that you health will not allow you to buy a camper and go camping. I spend a lot of time alone, and mostly I spend time alone when I camp (if you don't count my two dogs and my two...
OMG. Once again, I had a tome written here and it highlighted and deleted. OMG. I haven't forgotten about you, NSSG. But I have to get moving for now onto the tasks of the day. Have a cut and color...
I do have a camper with a bathroom, NSSG, and a bed and a kitchen and air conditioning. I bought it exactly a year ago, on a bit of a whim, having never even been INSIDE a motorhome before. It's more...
I've been on Azathioprine since my diagnosis probably 14 years ago or so. Longer than that, now that I think about it. It has allowed me to get into remission and stay in remission, and I've had no...
Hey, Trina: The book you recommended is at my library, so I have a hold on the Kindle copy, and one other one about self-compassion. I realize, of course, that I am so nasty and mean to myself, like...
Hey, Notsosick girl. I'm doing this in email. So, wanted to update you on my progress, or lack thereof. I did call to make an appointment with the psychiatrist, after my general doc put in a referral...
Twice now I've had several paragraph written to you, Notsosickgirl, and they become highlighted and deleted somehow. I think I'll do this in another program and cut and paste it over. My computer is...
Hey, Trina. Thanks for the book recommendation. Mindfulness is something I lack, that's for sure. I live in my mind, listening to awful voices saying awful things about me. I've read lots of books on...
Thanks for the welcome, Be not afraid! And thanks for the reply, Not so sick girl. It really does help to know that I am not alone in this dark place. I really am so tired of it. But the choices are...
Hey, Karen: Thank you for your reply. Yes, the overwhelming fatigue. Everything -- E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G -- feels like a huge chore, so instead of starting, I just feel bad that I haven't done it yet....