Hi Amanda, I am turning 29 in July so I am about your age as well, and have had a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis since I was 14 with symptoms of lupus since then that I always brushed off as...
What do they do the field of view test for? What is it an indicator of?...
Hello! I think you read that in mine! :) Unfortunately I guess I am flaring now and have been for several months but I had been feeling okay and not having any symptoms that raised concern for a...
I went to the rheumatologist yesterday.. Apparently, he had it noted in my chart that it was SLE all along - he originally wanted to treat me with Plaquenil and discuss with my GI on whether or not I...
Thanks! :) My doc called me finally and agreed that while she supposes the antibodies could still be elevated even now if it had been drug induced, the fact that I had dsDNA antibodies before is...
Thanks for the reply :) I hope so too! My primary doctor (an internist) is the one who ran all these labs... First time seeing her but I love her, she's great and VERY thorough - she even wanted to...
Hi indigosunrise.. I actually was diagnosed with DILE back in 2011 from Remicade when I was having a severe flare of lupus-like symptoms, a positive ANA with homogeneous pattern and a very high...
Hey everyone! So back in like 2011, I had posted here as my doctors believed I had Drug Induced Lupus from being on Remicade for a few years. I had several bouts of severe lupus symptoms (I had...
SouthernGirl6- I agree.. I'd join! It's always nice to put a face to a name...
I haven't tried Humira, but Remicade worked great for me for about three years.. It was the only thing that helped me finally get in remission and even though I've been off it for over a year now, I...
I have been lucky that I haven't been in a serious flare in the past four years of dating my now husband. I started taking Remicade shortly before we got together and it kept me healthy. But of...
I'm with somedude- I usually just eat what I want or what I have to and pay for it later, lol. And if I'm going out to dinner with friends, I load up on immodium or pepto so that I won't have to...
We just got new insurance as well and while it's better than no insurance, it still sucks. I have to pay 20% of everything (doctor visits, labwork, outpatient procedures, medications) which is...
If you're passing a lot of blood and undigested foods, and you're in a lot of pain, I don't think you should only be on mesalamine enemas. In my past experience, they always treated me with steriods...
The bleeding can definitely be scary- especially if it's something that you didn't experience very often before- but it is very common for UC patients to have after a colonoscopy. Our intestines are...