So in an interesting (and kinda of expected) turn of events, upon a follow up this past Friday, my Doctor down at Mass General has begun looking into the symptoms of my UC and its association with...
Excellent! Thanks vestabula and NextAdventure for those words...Makes me hopeful that something will come to! NextAdventure: Do you have any stories or articles I could look into that I could read up...
Thanks for the responses folks! Day four of my ten day trail. Have you ever had the prednisone type trial for the menieres? Or is it just something that comes and goes on its own and were you...
He just said there was acute inflammation of the ear and I had acute hearing loss. I've been playing WebMd which is a terrible idea now I think I have everything under the sun. But there are a few...
Thanks for all the help and responses guy. Day 4 of the trial and we will see what comes of it. I've looked into Meniere's, as well as Labryinthitis... I saw a Physcial Thearpist yesterday he really...
Interesting... With the vertigo thing did you have any hearing loss? Like I said, my impression that the ear were/are blocked due to fluid in the ears caused by allergies and causing the equilibrium...
Thank you both for the response!! Tough times, staying positive... For UC I began taking Asacol but only for maybe 6th to 8th months... So for around 3 and 1/2 years I've been on Apriso, 2 years of...
Hey all... I'm worried and I need to vent. I have been a member of the Ulcerative Colitis board for quite some time. I was diagnosed with it 4 years ago this month.... Since February I have had back...
I get the same pain. It comes and goes every couple months to the point where it is difficult to sit with my legs up on a leg rest because the tailbone area hurts so bad. I've never gotten an...
I never had any sideeffects from asacol that ive had from prednizone or 6MP... Asacol never gave me headaches depression etc... Didnt really do too much for me however....
For three years I have been diagnosed with UC. And for those three years I have either been on Asacol or Apriso. Two pills in the morning, two at night. Currently have been on Apriso for about 2 and...
My Doctor to started me with 6mp and now wants to switch to remicade cause the 6mp isnt doing the trick. No blood, but still way too frequent of bowels. Not as much pain as in the beginning but still...
I kind of have the same questions... I have 10 to 15 BMs a day that are usually diharrea/ shards of mucus but the 6MP and Apriso that i take cause diahreea and frequent bowels... How do I know if I...
So after an 8 week to 9 week trial of 6MP my GI would like to start Remicade infusions. Again, I am frightened of doing this and am looking into a more hollistic approach. Not sure if that is the...
Just curious. How many pills do you take a day? My insurance is going to run out within the year and I am currently not getting benefits at my job....
Interesting. I used to experience this a lot. Almost daily multiple times a day. It has gone away for the most part but still comes every once an a while. I never really associated the two because I...
Thank you for opening up Patho. I myself always have thought that everybody constantly feels this same pain, urges, and discomfort that I do. Its really hard to grasp for me and difficult to live...
Mmm. Nope. No trick question. Just a suffering diagnosie trying to figure out some information with curing the problem. I am in the process of trying to switch my GI, the Doctor I wanted told me he...
Today I started taking 2 6MP pills daily in the morning. I am very nervous about 6MP and taking more medications. I am very hollistic and natural and have significantly watched my diet and begun...
Hey all, Im a couple weeks new to this and just had a question pop in my head... How do you know when you are..."flaring up" or when you are in "remission"? I have been diagnoses with UC for three...
I was on Asacol for the first year and the doctor said it effected the top part of my colon but wasnt getting down far enough so he changed to the coated Apriso. Ive been on Apriso for almost 2 years...
6 weeks ago I started 40mg prez for a week, tapered to 30mg for a week, and then 20 mg for a week. When that had only minimal effects. Doc put me on 20mg a day until I started 6MP. Now he has me on...
I dont remember the exact name. I know it was mesalamine and the doctor didnt really say, he just gave me one trial, reperscribed me, and then never gave me another perscription and didnt tell me...
I have made little changes but just since Christmas I am starting to look way more seriously into dietary changes. I am not allowed to eat or drink dairy products. I am looking into probiotics which...
Good advice, I have been looking into naturopath doctors. Very relieving to hear the 6MP is safer than the prednizone. The Aprisio stopped the bleeding for the most part, a few occasional bloody...
Me and my GI aren't seeing eye to eye. I would love to take a very hollistic approach and natural route to collitis but maybe that will come later when things get a little better. Anyway, he wants to...
I ve been on Asacol for almost two years and recently my Doctor gave me a three week trial of Pred. It worked ok but still had diahrreah attacks, cut down my urges and cramping however. As soon as a...
Are there any moderately priced probiotics that you would recommend? There are so many I dont know where to start. I am going to see is the vsl#3 ds is covered by my insurance but I dont think that...
Is the VSL#3 the one you need a prescription for? From the Doctor? I already have a skin allergy to Dairy so I have that cut out already, I might try the gluten free method for a while and see what...
Haha not much. The results of my second colonoscopy showed that the top part of the colon had less ulcers on it due to the Asacol but the bottom/deep part of the colon was still a mess. Thus he...
Hey ya'll, I am another newbie to the forum looking to seek advice and suggestions from others who have the same problems going on as I do. I am lost on who to ask questions to and find out advice...