If you charge to 100% ALL the time then it could degrade some of the battery, just like if you use the fast DC chargers (the ones that fully charge your car in minutes instead of hours). My mother...
My Mach-E is AWD and it’s very good in the snow, because of the battery it has a very low center of gravity (near the wheels) and gives it very good traction. I always plug in my car when I get home....
I wouldn’t worry about the mileage too much, they say that people have a range of about 300 miles in a car themselves before they want/need to get up and walk around/bathroom/etc… the mileage is...
Mine is AWD too. I got the Mustang Mach-E in 2021, it wasn’t the car that I wanted at the time but it’s really grown on me. I’m not even sure what the HP of my car is, you just step on the pedal and...
The overall cost of EV ownership can be close to a gas car - there are minimal moving parts and no fluids to change, so minimal upkeep & maintenance, just tires and brakes. I’m fortunate to charge...
You’re an EV guy? I doubt that I’d ever go back to a gas powered car. I love my EV, it’s such a different driving experience. I just get in my car and go everyday, I never have to think of stopping...
www.reddit.com/r/extremelyinfuriating/comments/138sew2/i_was_told_to_post_this_here/ Hahaha, you’re correct. I love the internet. People are asking if it is a cure for that price. Other people want...
Sara, Mine is $5 for the copay but just because I pay $5 doesn’t make the MSRP $30k per injection. Our insurance companies don’t pay $30k either but if they average person without insurance had to...
Hmmm. I still see it when I click on the link. It’s a photo of Stelara in the poster’s hand and the caption if this is what $30k looks like....
Prednisone??? Medicaid? We have the lowest uninsured rate currently in the history of the US because of the ACA; Thanks, Obama. Most of the states participate in the Medicaid expansion which covers...
I saw this under the Reddit “R/Mildlyinfuriating “This is what $30K USD looks like” www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1381rpq/what_30k_usd_looks_like/ My dose of Stelara is arriving from...
I check in, there just isn’t a lot of topics for me to reply to. Maybe some members can post some new threads that they’ve been thinking about but never posted....
If you want to try some non-meds then add some probiotics, kefir, or kombucha....
Have you tried adding more medications? If you’re flaring then you should contact your doctor...
Really?? There is a better medication to treat c.diff than Vanco (I forget the name) and FMT is even better than both antibiotics. If they don’t want to treat you for possible c.diff or a bacteria...
Did they take all the data with them from the blood tests when they started the new company? I thought that I remembered something about that....
I saw that the other day. It looks like they have two drugs that are close to market for UC and more effective than anything currently on the market. It's a different Prometheus than the Prometheus...
Cyclosporine works really fast. Just make sure the doctors are experienced with it. I’ve taken it a few times, my local GIs would treat me with it and I had to go to a teaching hospital for the...
The first few vaccines I got really sick from, but each successive booster was a little better than the last one. My first bivalent booster was minor, I even got it with Shingrex vaccine. I took a...
Hello All, Yesterday, the FDA approved a bivalent booster for the immunocompromised and people over 65 years old “ Most individuals with certain kinds of immunocompromise who have received a bivalent...
I'd get tested again, you've added steroids. And you don't know if the first place conducted the tests properly - seems like they were understaffed....
Did you get your stool test backs yet? I wouldn’t be surprised if you had c.diff, you got too sick, too fast after starting an immunosuppressant....
I made the mistake of going to a NYC major medical center ER on a Saturday night of a holiday weekend for a flare — it was like something out a tv show or movie. I think did better than most of the...
My GI was very excited about the small molecule meds when I questioned him a few years ago....
The drugs secondary effects/treatments are interesting to me; I’ll probably start a new thread soon, the GLP-1 drugs are fascinating —they affect the brain/gut mechanism and slow down transit....
Interesting… I didn’t know that there were so many different types of issues that LDN potentially treated....
If you do decide to go with the temporary ileo then I’d discuss a biological that would be best to be on while having surgery. I’m guessing that it would be entyvio, Stelara or any of the JAK...
Hello All, I’ve seen some people recently on Reddit saying that they are drinking a lot to coup with their diagnosis of an IBD. It got me thinking, I know that LDN (low-dose Naltrexone) is a...
Have you discussed a temporary ostomy? So your system has time to heal?...
Not sure that I had any withdrawal either; I hated the stuff - I was miserable on it. I’d also question the fact that you could get withdrawal from it, the med takes so long to build up and then...
You might be able to find someone on j-pouch.org. Do you have pouchitis? Low absorption and low B12 could cause low energy levels....
I have a jpouch and it dramatically improved my quality of life. Most of us who have had surgery only wished that we had it sooner. It’s not perfect but I live a much better life now....
Your body will adjust, just give it sometime. Is this because you recently had surgery? I did a lot of walking after my surgeries to get my body(intestines) moving again. I somehow found myself...
I’m fine on Stelara but you can have a blood test run to see if you’ve developed antibodies to Stelara. I had a similar experience with Remicade and other ant-tnf meds, gastrointestinally I was fine...
My GI is 90 miles from me and I have to cross the Hudson River and fight NYC traffic but it’s worth it for me....
I’ve been with the same Gi for 15 years. I fired the first two that I had and then I ended up with my current GI. I follow him from IBD practice to IBD practice as he moves around. I’d get on a plane...
I think one of the places that people go for IBDs in CT is Yale. Some others from CT go to UMass and other to NYC....
I recently did this test for Stelara. I had it done a few years ago for Stelara too. My insurance covered it. When I previously did it for Remicade my insurance didn’t cover it (10+ years ago)...
I couldn’t fast until I got UC - I would get hungry easily. After not eating for months during my first flare when I got healthy I had to teach myself to eat again, I just wasn’t hungry. I have a...
I would always take two Benadryls when I got home from an infusion and sleep the night away....
When I first got sick I just didn’t eat; I had no appetite and hated eating at the time because of UC. I probably ate 4 or 5 times in the first 3 months during my first flare. I ended up dropping...
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I ended up in a similar situation with serum sickness but mine was for all the anti-tnf biologicals. I tried Remicade (first one), Humira, Simponi, and Cimzia. I had bad reactions to all of them;...
I test when I have symptoms, I never had Covid until last month…. That I know of. Back in November I got the flu or something, and it’s probably the sickest that I’ve ever been as an adult (not...
Hey Joanna, Does your GI think that discontinuing NSAIDs will reduce your flare? What IBD treatments are you going to do? There are great treatments that have been FDA approved over the past 10...
I insisted on taking Palovid and I’m glad that I did, my PCP advised against it because of the taste and that she had a 5 day rebound that was worse than her original infection. I didn’t know about...
If you are suffering from lower than normal energy after taking steroids then you might be suffering for withdrawal. Mention it to your GI and they may be able help you with your withdrawal symptoms....
I got some awful cold or flu right after thanksgiving. I was in bed for a week. I don’t usually get that sick. I had Covid at the end of January and then again last week. It wasn’t a rebound, I got...
Sara, Since these vaccines have full FDA approval (no longer under emergency status) then doctors will have the option of giving additional Covid vaccine doses to patients that they think need it....
I’ve been unmasked for 18-24 months since vaccines became much more common and I was already taking boosters. I finished my Paxlovid course yesterday and today was my first day out of quarantine. My...