Hi, I'm Adam. I've got UC.

Oh, hey there, brand new UC’er.  Welcome to the iHaveUC website.  I hope that you are feeling great and NOT reading this from your toilet.  Especially if you are in the middle of an awfully long, stinky, and blood filled poop.  But if that’s what you are up to right now, that’s OK too.  I was in your shoes back in the day, and I know exactly how it feels(let’s not even start talking about the cramping, that’s the worst).

If you are completely freaking out right now, and worried that your life is going to end, either from all the bleeding, or from draining your bank account due to the excessive toilet paper costs, I’ve got three words for you:  Life Get Better.  You will be able to spend quality time in the bathroom once again.  Speaking of bathrooms(or “the loo” as some of you might call it)  I’ve also had some of my favorite moments in the bathroom- hearing a hard poop splash in the water, feeling a hard poop slide out, and even getting lost in a good magazine or newspaper article.  And how can I ever forget the LOUD SCREAM I shouted after seeing my first hard poop after my multi-year-flare!(Sorry neighbors)  I’m guilty, I like the bathroom.  You can too.

If you are sitting at home and getting worried that this disease is going to change your life in every way shape and form…I’ve got some news for you, It Doesn’t.  You’re still going to be you, whether you like it or not.  Take me for example, I was worried that my life was over after I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis 3 years ago.  Yep, I didn’t know what the hell was going to happen.  You understand right?  I just had my butt probed by a weird doctor with a long camera.  There was so much bleeding, I thought I might crap out my whole colon one day.  How horrible would that have been?  That didn’t happen, and none of the 350,000 visitors to this website have complained of dropping off their colon in the pool either. Our colons are pretty smart.  It’s AMAZING how they can remember to take a hard poop, even after months and years of bleeding, it’s pretty incredible if you ask me!

OK, you  want to know when your new medication is going to start kicking in.  I remember those days.  I remember them well.  I think my gastroenterologist’s phone number was on speed dial on my home phone, and probably the same for my mom’s house too.  I was calling the doctor all the time asking questions about my medications and if the bleeding I was seeing was normal.  It’s amazing how many phone calls were made to that doctor’s office.   Of course I was all jacked up on Prednisone(Prednisolone) steroids at the time, and you know how those pills work?

Speaking of steroids, what in the world is the deal with them?  Did you trip out the first time you took a big dose of them?  I sure did.  Talk about energy rush.  I was ready to kick Arnold Schwarzenegger’s butt!  “Bring it on Mr. Terminator.”  I was bleeding for months and months prior to chowing down on some steroid pills, and then BAAAMMMM!, within  an hour I thought I was cured.  Nope, not so fast, it was a quick prednisone high as my doctor explained.  It’s pretty common I’ve learned from thousands of other UC’ers in the past 3 years.  Staying awake all night, hard time driving my car, and turning into a complete jerk, well that’s what happened with me.  But you don’t take steroids forever, so things do come back to normal.

BUT, lets turn this whole thing back over to you, Dear Colitis Newbies.  You want to start feeling better quickly, and you want to get back to a normal life.  I get it.  There’s a whole bunch of things you can do.  My advice is to be honest with yourself.  Don’t try to be the hero who waits for days and days with a bleeding colon before seeking medical help.  You’re an idiot if you wait around.  If’ you’ve already received a diagnosis, believe it or not, but that’s a HUGE FIRST STEP!  Congrats to you, and I’d like to throw a party for you tonight, are you coming?  There’s nothing that can help a sufferer of these symptoms like a proper diagnosis.  This website is all dedicated to people with ulcerative colitis, so you’re in a great place.  There are stories from people all over the world who ALSO HAVE UC.  That’s right, people just like you!  So what am I trying to say?  INTERACT with other UC’ers.  You’re not alone.  The homepage always has the most recent stories and comments, check it out.  And, you should definitely join my newsletter.  That’s going to be messages directly from me.  Oh yeah, there are some funny videos of me, and some where my wife gets in on the action too.(Once you get to meet her, you’ll realize how lucky I am)

This is it, I promise, just a few more things I tell everyone who is new to UC.  Initially yes, colitis sucks.  But, like I told you earlier, it’s not the end of the world.  You can still do anything you want.  You can still meet a guy.  You can still meet a girl.  You can still do well in school or at your job.  You can most certainly still have sex and children someday.  You can even run a half marathon(or be a professional bike rider like Vicki from Canada!).  You can still hang out with your old friends.  You can still meet some new friends.  That’s the way UC life can be.

AND in-case you are wondeirng, YES, I’m medication free(no drugs at all) so that can obviously happen as well!  Everything is a possibility.  Welcome to the website, I look forward to getting to know you much better real soon!

Yours truly,

Adam

founder of iHaveUC.com

UC patient since 2008

medication free / without surgeries

pooping hard doodies for quite a while now

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