This post is identical to your two posts on 12/1 in the UC and also the Crohn's forums. Sounding kinda spammy here... There's been discussion about CBD/MMJ numerous times over the years here, so it...
Do the enemas, as they will help heal you. Yes, there's an initial ick factor, but when you realize how well they work then you quickly get over it. Do not worry so much about stool firmness. Stool...
Very cute doggy picture, and snowman too! We have lots of snow up here in northern Vermont (about 30 centimeters or 1-foot of snow on average on the ground for the month of November, and now into...
Frustrating from both a patient (and also imagine) a doctor's perspective as well, when insurance calls all of the shots. I'd say arguing with insurance is the official past time of the chronically...
It's possible to have an IBS in addition to your UC. It's possible to have food-intolerances that are giving you trouble. For me, a clinical remission is 1-bm a day without urgency, blood, etc....
Depends on the biologic, for inflectra/remicade then I'd say 6-8 weeks is sufficient to tell if you're going to get a response or not. You should have at least some positive improvement within that...
Yes, Imuran is used to treat many different illnesses and the UC dosage is very, very low in comparison to organ transplant and other similar usages. The higher the dosage and the higher the odds of...
There's a number of diets other have tried for UC from SCD, IBD-AID, low-residue, and none of them worked for me! Some have reported success. The research is spotty, only small sample-size and open...
Yeah your next options are thiopurines (azathioprine/imuran/6mp) or biologics (humira/remicade). A lot of gasteroenterolgists are skipping over the thiopurines these days, take 3-months to work,...
It says you have inflammation in the ileum, known as ileitis, present within the mucosa (shallow tissue). The inflammation demonstrates both signs of acute (non-chronic) and chronic changes. When...
Although 6MP is used in very high dosages as one of the multiple cocktail of drugs in chemo, it is not the same reaction at all for Crohn's patients (much lower dosages, only the one med and not many...
My wallet has a divider in the center, one side meant for currency and the other for checks. I take an arm's length of toilet paper off of the roll, and lay it flat on a table. Two-squares of tp in...
Xeljanz works pretty fast if it's going to, so maybe give it a try if you're not in total dire-straights? You've already failed 3-classes of biologics, so there's a point of diminishing returns where...
I'm 5-mgs per kilogram every 6-weeks (decreased from every 8 weeks)....
I found pred side effects to be the worst above 20 mgs (bad insomnia, rapid heartbeat, wild mood swings, insatiable appetite), and much milder at lower dosages (down to mild agitation, increased...