Well when I decided I would go to my dr. the office was already closed but I did go to the Urgent Care...I had the strep test and it came back negative so they gave me an antibiotic...I will take...
Hello, I have been taking Imuran for several months now and have been doing fine with it. For the past three days I have had a sore throat and muscle aches and weakness. No runny nose or feeling like...
Hello, I have just recently started azathioprine and have noticed in the last 1/12-2 weeks I have had no appetite. I don't feel sick but I'm having to really force myself to eat. I have a very...
There is a blood test to find out for sure...I just had one done a few weeks ago...I had three infusions in 2007 and did fine. I started back right before Christmas and a week after having the...
Now that it has been metioned, I do remember an odor at first with the temper pedic, but as someone said, it do go away in a day or two...AND, yes, it did take me a while to adjust to it...It was...
I don't know about[b] the sleep number bed, but we purchased a temper-pedic a few years ago and my husband and I both have said its the best $2500 we've ever spent...I have heard that the sleep...
Oh I hate that sound...For me, its definately not just the sound of being hungry...It does sound angry...Also, the sounds seem to come more from the rectum area...Beeswax, I'm right there with ya...
Before I was diagnosed with UC, my PCP Rx me anusol...He could only do so much at his office and could only see so far "in there"...He said I had procitis...I had no side effects but it also didn't...
Thanks everyone for your responses...I did have tylenol and benedryl before my infusion....Yes, the benedryl definately makes me very groggy and sleepy...I came home and slept 3 hrs and was pretty...
Just wondering if its possible to be VERY sore a week after an infusion. I have done fine up until last night and then serious muscle pain started. At first I thought it was from returning to work...
Thanks...I have noticed in the past that my kidney area would have a few small pains...Nothing to bad, but enough to notice...I didn't think anything of it though...It would just happen on occasion...
Just had a GI visit the other day and had some blood work done. They called me yesterday and said I needed to follow up with my PCP because of abnormal creatinine level. Something to do with the...
Thankfully I have a great GI too...He takes time with me and really cares about how I am doing?Like most people, I don't like to go to the dr, but if I had to choose I had rather see my GI than any...
The first one I had done was terrible...I guess maybe because I was flaring at the time...It was painful for me but it didn't take long at all...There was a few people I knew that had had one before...
As bad as that stuff taste I would drink it all...I just know I had rather make sure I am all the way cleaned out the first time so I didn't have to go through it again...I think even if you have 3...
I took pred for about 7 or 8 months and I ate everything in sight...My appetite didn't decrease until I was off of it...Actually the weight came off rather quickly...I don't know if I was just...
I am not sure if this will help but a friend of mine who does NOT have UC kept having problems as you described...She finally went to the dr. and found out she has "lichen sclerosis"...Its a skin...
Quincy, I have been noticing symptoms for a while now...Mainly terrible gas, some mild cramping, and the other symptom I described in the first post, however, that one not being every day, oh and...
Thanks Judilyn, I thought I was crazy by thinking that...I just know it happens to me often...I actually do have rowasa that I used a while back...Haven't used them in a long time...Needless to say I...
Hello everyone, it has been a long time since I have posted on here...I have been meaning to ask this question for a while now but wasn't sure how to put it...Its a little wierd, but I know thats ok...
I personally have never used a neti pot but a lady I work with went on an on about how wonderful they are...I don't really have many sinus problems so I didn't feel like I needed one...She was even...
Its funny I just saw this topic because I just got back from vacation a week ago and experinced a mild flare up then...I had just bought some cheap toilet paper to take with us as we rented a house...
The first sigmoid scope I had was TERRIBLE but I also wasn't given any kind of drug...I remember it hurting so bad I actually grabbed my doctors arm...It was just reaction!! I did try to watch it on...
I have just recently began to think that the joint pain in my hands is related to my UC...In the past, I have never really given it any thought because of the job I have...I work an incredibly...
Hello everyone, I have a couple of quick question...I will be having shoulder surgery in a couple of weeks...I know I will be giving pain medication to use at home afterwards and was wondering if...
I gained 13-15 lbs while taking pred...I ate everything in site...After coming off of it, I drank LOTS and LOTS of water and walked...I didn't do any great distances or anthing, but at least a...
YES!!!!! I have that very often and I believe I have maybe posted on here about that...I didn't describe it quiet like you, but I definately have that...Sometimes I feel like I am even going to throw...
Just wondering if rowasa is harder to keep in than steroid enemas? It seems like when I read on here about rowasa, people talk about how they are hard to keep in or either get really excited when...
my symptoms are bleeding, mucus, and the feeling my butt is falling out /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...and another thing is that so many times throughout the day i really feel like i have to go...
Quincy, I am using them at night before bed...I have only been using them for three days and really haven't seen any improvement...How long do they take to work?...
I have had this constant pressure in my rectum for about three days now...It's driving me crazy...Can anyone please explain this??? I have just started steroid enemas so I was thinking it could be...
Quincy, I know how much you recommend rectal meds and I finally got some. I have been in a flare for some time now, and have been taking lialda. That hasn't done a thing for me. Things seem to have...
bellski, everything went good today. Dont remember much of anything, which was exactly what I wanted...Results were good also...Last year when I had a c-scope, I had inflammation and ulcers...
bellski, I am sure if you are going to be sedated you wont feel anything like with the colonoscopy. I was just curious if it would be the same kind of sedation (awake but not feeling anything). As to...
UC '76, that sounds pretty good to me /community/emoticons/yeah.gif . I hope he will knock me out cold. The last time I had it done, as he got the scope a pretty good ways "up there", it hurt REALLY...
yes, my husband will be driving me. Driving home after that is a little too much excitement for me /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
I just had a trip to the GI and he is wanting to do a sig tomorrow to see what it looks like "in there"...Last time I had one done, it about killed me...I don't know if it was from my colon being...
Leicester, NC...about 10 minutes from Asheville...
Wow Fitzy, sounds like you had it rough there for a while...I imagine everything is ok now? That definately makes sense about how to grip things when picking them up...And I do notice when I have my...
He recommended some excersies I am able to do at home...I figured since the pain had lasted for so long he might set me up for an MRI but he didn't...I am curious as to what exactly the problem...
Yea, I definately felt it...It wasn't the most painful thing I have ever encountered, but it made me jump through the roof...Thanks for your responses...That gives me some kind of idea on what kind...
I had a cortisone shot today for some shoulder pain I have had for the past year or so...It had started to get pretty painful for everyday activities so my dr. referred me to an orthopedic...
Memmie, funny you should mention that...A few weeks ago my husband was out of town for the week and on my way home from work, I thought, "I think I will stop and get me a BigMac"...I normally don't...
Quincy, I really appreciate your help...You always seem to give good advice...I am taking 4 Lialda/day...My UC is throughout my entire colon...Is that considered pancolitis? I just have never heard...
I know I have read several things on here about the gas that lialda can cause...I have been taking it for a week now and have terrible stinky gas...Will this eventually go away? Its killing me and...
solomino, I am not sure if I have experience the exact same thing as you, but I have had a terrible sharp pain in the rectum before...I mean, it does feel like a knife...Probably the sharpest pain I...
Yes, I am in the US...He put me on 4 pills/day...Right before I had the remicade I was taking 4 asacol three times a day with pred ( I really was taking them...LOL) and I was to continue that until...
Quincy, my doctor has never mentioned any rectal meds to me...I don't know if that is a bad sign or not...I REALLY REALLY like my doctor and believe he is trying his best to help, but I am confused...
First off let me explain why I stopped the meds...I was having a very hard time remembering to take the asacol three times a day...Sometimes I would get one dose in, then forget the rest of the...
thanks...i think i will call my GI today and see what he can do for me. I have just started working first shift after being on second for 7 years and sometimes mornings dont go well...i will mention...