Ulcerative Colitis: Dealing With UC, Treatment for UC, Diet Is Important for UC

Ready for Remicade?

This Friday morning I am scheduled for my every 8 week Remicade treatment. Remicade aka infliximab is a immune modulator that is used to treat Crohn’s and Ulceratice colitis as well as many other types of auto-immune diseases. It is a humanized monoclonal antibody for TNF alpha made from mouse protein. TNF alpha is part [...]

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On the Road Again….

Well, here I am on another business trip. Back before I had UC, I loved to travel, see new places and try out new foods. Once I got sick, travel kind of became a source of anxiety even if it was just a day trip. Heck, when things were real bad, just taking my kids [...]

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Leukocytapheresis – Say what?

I once whipped that out on a GI specialist that I had gone to see for a second opinion.  She responded : “You must know a lot about ulcerative colitis if you know about that”.  I said: “Yeah, I am geek.   I know about the worm study too.”  I had gone for a second opinion [...]

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Paul, you are not normal

My GI doctor said that to me once.  I think I had told him that I just want to live a normal lifestyle.  If you have Inflammartory Bowel Disease (IBD), you probably want to be normal again as well.  Well, I had to face it, I do have to do things differently than people who don’t have [...]

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