I got UC as a smoker. I didn't flare when I quit. I flared severely when I started up again after 9 years quit. I know I'm not the norm, but it can make some of us (at least me, lol) flare....
Makes sense to me. Hope you continue to improve....
I'd most likely do it if I was at your point and having severe symptoms, but it would be an awfully hard decision for me to make....
Wow, so happy for you! Congrats on now being UC-free. I can't imagine being in a flare with no relief for 5 years. I am surprised you are already able to go on a backpacking trip 3 weeks out from a...
Lol! :)...
I'm a member of a Crohn's and Colitis Foundation support group on Meetup, and a few weeks ago, a University of Indianapolis student posted there looking for participants for a research study she is...
The vanco made me feel kind of messed up and crappy but it did get rid of my c diff after a few weeks (can't remember how long). I hope they re-tested you for c diff and/or did a scope and that you...
Did they try Dificid yet? Usually that one is tried after vanco. Why did your doctor just pull you off antibiotics if you still have c diff? How are you doing now? Don't be scared of the fecal...
Yep, I got my tonsils out the same year I got UC -- great year, medically! Lol. I had an extremely painful abscess and could barely swallow prior to the tonsillectomy, so I was actually in less pain...
38.4 percent? Wow, that is scary....
80 mg pred is an insanely high dose! I would lose my mind on that much pred. Was that given in an IV in the hospital or something? The few times I was on IV pred for just a couple days, I felt like i...
No, that's not a high dose. My first time on prednisone, I was on 40 mg for 2 weeks, then tapered by 10 mg a week. My most recent time on prednisone, my doctor had me taper by 5 mg per week and I had...
I agree with quincy....
I take Aleve (an NSAID) sparingly for headaches still. It's never caused my UC to flare up and my GI okayed it for me. I probably take it twice a month on average. Tylenol does absolutely nothing for...
Ugh, I just wrote out a super long and awesome post reassuring you and then saw where you said this post was 2 years old -- Lol. Glad you're doing better though....