Attack of the Moonface!

So many of us have been there. I have photos of me with my moon face. When I see them now I am stunned! It's a vanity thing for sure (it was for me). However, I'm glad you a feeling well! Judy February 04: Rushed to hospital with severe blood haemorrhage. Diagnosed with indeterminate UC in 2/3 of my bowel. Treated with heavy doses of Pred; started Salofalk tabs and sups.   April 06 : First major flare – more haemorrhaging. Colonoscopy once against confirmed indeterminate UC.   May 06: Started 40 mg Pred. Weaned down to 10mg by July 8, held at 10mg until December 20, tapering 1mg every 2 weeks, 5mg a day as of February 14. All this plus 10 Salofalk tabs daily.   Jan through May 2007: Suffering from severe headaches and vomiting likely caused by prednisone.   Feb 26 07: Started Imuran with continued success.   May 12 07: Final dose of prednisone after 50 weeks!

yeppur, I hate looking at my pics - won't have them taken.  Then my inlaws told me I looked like the Great Pumpkin - Gee Thanks I needed that.

Good Grief Charlie Brown - heheheh

love

bob

No one ever said much about my moon face, until I got in a fight with one of my friends at the time; I said something to her and her retort was, "Yeah? Well at least I didn't get FAT!" Hah. I wasn't even 'fat', I'm 5'8" and at the time was up to 130lbs! I'm pretty sure that's not fat, though most of it was probably in my face, haha. I am definitely overly concerned about my weight though, when I was on pred this last time, I spent the better part of my days checking myself in mirrors at all angles and lamenting over every pound that was gained. I actually started counting calories and sodium intake which is something I had never bothered to do before and it's tedious but it does help keep things in check. If you see how much you're eating instead of just blindly giving into all your cravings (which I certainly would have done otherwise) it really helps you restrain.

A great website to do that at is www.sparkpeople.com - I had posted it here before, but it's free and it's really convenient and easy to use, and you can add nutrients to track in addition to the "normal" stuff, like right now I'm also tracking my potassium intake.

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Female, 22, Ulcerative colitis (pancolitis) since 1999; GERD; gastritis; osteopenia in hip & lumbar region of spine from long term prednisone use

Current Meds:
Primadophilus Reuteri
40 mg Citalopram (for depression/social anxiety)
125mg Imuran

10meq Potassium Cl