Ulcerative Colitis Stories – Colitis Symptoms, Colitis Diet, Colitis Information

My name is Autumn. My story begins in August of 2011 actually. I began having slight symptoms (a little blood in my stool) but thought it was only hemmeroids again (I had had a case of those earlier on in my life). So I figured it would just go away on its own. Once September [...]

Introduction: Diagnosed w/UC 1987 (9th grade)…living with it since. Brief periods of Asacol use to subdue flares…other than that, no meds for 18 yrs. Rule #1 – NO ALCOHOL Georges story about “Colitis Controlled” Nothing brings on a flare up like stress and alcohol. Why do Colitis patients react this way? I have spoken with [...]

Introduction: In late July/early August of 2011 I was the happiest I had been in a long time. I was in a relationship with the most amazing man I have ever met and I was getting ready to move in with him. I had a plan to begin graduate school and felt that my life [...]

I had never even heard of colitis until my 12-year-old son was diagnosed with it. He had lost a tremendous amount of weight over the past 6 months, was refusing to eat or would throw up after eating, and was extremely (what we thought) lazy and irritable. His pediatrician ordered a string of blood tests [...]

Here’s Survey: http://www.ihaveuc.com/joint-pains-survey/ As you can probably guess, its Survey Season again. Yesterday, it dawned on me that a whole bunch of us (myself included) are dealing with “joint pains” or arthritis as some of us might call it. Because so many people have participated in previous surveys, and the data is so useful to [...]