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My Remicade Experience is Great for UC

24. July 2010

I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis January of 2006, and it completely changed my life. Luckily my doctor was able to diagnose me quickly, and get me on a treatment plan. Unfortunately is consisted of 20 oral pills a day and presented little relief of my symptoms… With the way insurance works these days, doctors [...]

Trust Your Gut…Even When it Hurts

18. July 2010

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I was diagnosed late 2008 by an internist in a town close to home. My bleeding, frequency kept getting worse. He continuously kept switching my “preventative” meds. If I saw the slightest bit of improvement I would think hopefully “ok now I will get better”…only to get worse again. I quickly read a few books [...]

Ready for Remicade?

29. April 2010

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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 [...]

How Fast Does Remicade Work for Colitis

21. April 2010

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Infliximab also known as Remicade is a drug that is used to fight autoimmune diseases, and many ulcerative colitis patients know it rather well. In the drugs early days in the late 1990′s the drug was approved by the FDA to treat Crohn’s disease patients and in 2005 Remicade was also approved to treat UC [...]

6-MP? Not for me…

12. April 2010

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Back in 2007 I was in the middle of roller coaster rides of flare ups followed by brief periods where things were going ok. I had recently been diagnosed with osteoperosis – softening of the bones. Osteoperosis is associated with UC among other things probably due to mal-absorption of minerals along with treatment with steroids. [...]

3rd Remicade Infusion and Frustration

31. March 2010

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I had my third Remicade infusion on Friday last week, 3/26. It actually wasn’t the coolest experience since I had a reaction within an hour of it starting. The Benadryl made me feel awful the first time I took it, so I had half the amount for my second infusion, and a ¼ the amount [...]

My First Remicade Experience

3. March 2010

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The Day Before I was really worried about what it would be like to get my first Remicade infusion. I have only been there to visit people or to go to the emergence room when I was little! I didn’t even know what I could do, eat or bring with me while I was there. [...]

In Case You have not read the Book Yet, "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" is a must read for UC people. This book was written by the woman who discovered the SCD Diet.

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