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• Happy Stories (121)
• Surveys (18)
• Colitis Stories (771)
• Diet (60)
• Drugs (17)
• Friends & Family (3)
• Research (23)
• Surgery (2)
• Reviews (1)
• 6 MP (5)
• Adam's Meals for Colitis (26)
• Alternative Medicine (59)
• Asacol (1)
• Azathioprine-Imuran (2)
• Canasa (2)
• Colazal (1)
• Colitis-poems (1)
• Enemas (10)
• Flares (136)
• Food and Diet Treatment (64)
• Humira (23)
• J-Pouchers (18)
• Just Diagnosed (176)
• Lialda (5)
• Low Dose Naltrexone (1)
• Medication Reviews (6)
• Medication Side Effects (24)
• Mesalazine (3)
• Most Popular (16)
• News (71)
• Parents (40)
• Prednisone (28)
• Pregnancy with UC (26)
• Probiotic Reviews (1)
• Proctitis (1)
• Quiz Questions (1)
• Remicade (62)
• Remission Stories (13)
• Starting SCD Experiences (86)
• Strange Symptoms (32)
• Sulfasalazine (2)
• Surgery – After (38)
• Surgery – Before (24)
• Very Sick (8)
• Videos (8)
• Wives (4)
• Young People (10)

Happy Stories

• One year on SCD — still going strong - Comments (18)
• Does Colitis Get Better? Let’s Talk About It - Comments (9)
• A Massive J-Pouch Success Story – Finally Interviewing Curtis - Comments (52)
• Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win! - Comments (25)
• Remission is Possible, Even After 17 Years - Comments (40)
• Telling An Old Friend About Your UC - Comments (17)
• Everyone Has Their Story, It’s Your Job to Find the Positives - Comments (18)
• There is HOPE…This Is My Happy Story After a Very Long 9 Months - Comments (3)
• Relief After 30 Years of Ulcerative Colitis – Vitamin D - Comments (10)
• Farts and Arts - Comments (6)

Surveys

• 418 Person Colitis Sleep Survey Results - Comments (18)
• Pregnancy and Ulcerative Colitis – 107 Person Survey Results - Comments (7)
• Depression and Ulcerative Colitis Survey Results - Comments (5)
• If You Could Eliminate 1 Colitis Symptom Forever… - Comments (60)
• Activities When You’re In a Colits Flare – 176 Person Results - Comments (6)
• 157 Patient Ulcerative Colitis Flare Survey Results - Comments (48)
• Colitis and Stress 151 Patient Survey Results – Part 4 - Comments (6)
• Colitis and Stress 151 Patient Survey Results – Part 3 - Comments (1)
• Colitis and Stress 151 Patient Survey Results – Part 2 - Comments (1)
• Colitis and Stress 151 Patient Survey Results – Part 1 - Comments (8)

Colitis Stories

• I Was Kick Boxing When I Was Diagnosed with Colitis - Comments (1)
• Sports and Colitis - Comments (11)
• Looking For Answers – I’m Not Sure if I have Colitis - Comments (3)
• New to UC and Want Remission Soon! - Comments (16)
• The Gift that UC Gave to Me - Comments (10)
• Cher’s Story - Comments (2)
• It’s 4am - Comments (62)
• Don AKA Dee Girard from Erie PA - Comments (18)
• Super Mom/Crazy Issues - Comments (1)
• Peri-anal Fistulas Anyone? - Comments (2)

Diet

• Any Advice Appreciated on Yogurt Maker - Comments (7)
• Diet Changes Have Helped Me Achieve Remission - Comments (6)
• One year on SCD — still going strong - Comments (18)
• Naturopathic Disaster - Comments (6)
• Hope this Helps Someone – Nopelea Juice - Comments (3)
• Do Worms Do The Job? - Comments (10)
• UC, C Diff and Fecal Transplant - Comments (15)
• UC – Diet to Help or Heal - Comments (88)
• Remission/Cure with Fresh Aloe Vera Inner Leaf - Comments (22)
• Fresh Oregano A Possible Ulcerative Colitis Alternative - Comments (10)

Drugs

• Remicade’s Final Bell - Comments (4)
• To Prednisone, or Not to Prednisone, That is the Question - Comments (33)
• Methotrexate Nightmare - Comments (6)
• Ulcerative Colitis Will Not Keep Me Down! - Comments (54)
• Remicade: A Short Term Fix or a Lifetime Crutch - Comments (23)
• Infliximab (Remicade) Update! – Symptom Free for 1st time in 6 years! - Comments (6)
• Currently on Lialda, Canasa, Hydrocortisone (enema), and 40 mg Prednisone - Comments (7)
• 6-MP Reviews - Comments (7)
• Humira, SCD, Low Residue, & 2nd Opinion - Comments (5)
• Remicade Reviews - Comments (19)

Friends & Family

• A Very Concerned Friend: Am I Worrying Too Much? - Comments (11)
• When Does a Person Say “The Doctor is Right, Take Out My Colon” - Comments (10)
• My Son’s Recent Colitis Diagnosis - Comments (16)
• Blood Pressure Medications and UC - Comments (11)
• My 16 year old Son has Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (5)
• My Son’s Struggle with IBD - Comments (6)
• Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel? - Comments (11)
• Arizona Cactus Jumper – My Husband Has Colitis - Comments (12)
• Salt May Be the Culprit in Autoimmune Diseases - Comments (4)
• Lonely 12 Year Old UC Sufferer - Comments (14)

Research

• Epithelial Surfaces - Comments (7)
• Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT) Study Via Colonoscopy - Comments (34)
• Extraintestinal Manifestations from Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Comments (19)
• How Could Helminth Infections Actually Help Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Comments (10)
• Learn How To Use PubMed – It’s Amazingly Easy - Comments (8)
• UPDATE: SCD Clinical Study from Rush Medical Center - Comments (10)
• Germs, Bacteria and Some Latest News on the Hygiene Hypothesis - Comments (3)
• Mailing My Poop - Comments (2)
• Ulcerative Colitis Research Website - Comments (1)
• Remicade (Infliximab) Reviews and Survey For Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (12)

Surgery

• Slice and Dice – Part 2 - Comments (6)
• No Colon Still Rollin - Comments (2)
• My Wonderful Colon Free Life! - Comments (20)
• Proud To Be Colon Free - Comments (5)
• Shouldn’t I Feel Happy After Surgery? - Comments (11)
• Operation 1 of 3 – Two and a Half Week Update - Comments (2)
• You Can Get Your Life Back, I Did - Comments (8)
• Surgery Soon - Comments (57)
• Is it Time to Slice and Dice? - Comments (10)
• Colon Free Is The Way To Be… - Comments (16)

Reviews

• Renew Life Ultimate Flora Critical Care Probiotics Reviews - Comments (1)
• Pentasa Reviews - Comments (0)
• Lialda Reviews - Comments (1)
• Asacol Reviews - Comments (2)
• 6-MP Reviews - Comments (7)
• Remicade Reviews - Comments (19)
• Prednisone Reviews - Comments (3)

6 MP

• 6-MP Reviews - Comments (7)
• 6MP…To be, or not to be - Comments (21)
• 6MP and Away We Go - Comments (32)
• 24 Year Old with UC on 6mp – YESTERDAY Just Found Out I’m Pregnant! - Comments (11)
• The STRESS of the Big Apple - Comments (21)

Adam's Meals for Colitis

• The “What’s Up” with Sauerkraut and Digestion - Comments (21)
• Tonight’s Dinner - Comments (17)
• Butternut Squash Eggs Benedict - Comments (6)
• Introducing Zucchini Lasagna – SCD Legal, Vegetarian, and SUPER Tasty – Recipe Included - Comments (18)
• Starting Off 2012 – Video Included - Comments (26)
• Have You Ever Made A “COCO COLITIS” Smoothie? - Comments (19)
• Colitis Cooking Camping - Comments (1)
• Nearly SCD Legal Dinner of Beef Kebab, Almost Rated G - Comments (3)
• Fish Dinner with Salad, Pretty Much SCD - Comments (0)
• Is Salad Bad For Colitis? - Comments (6)

Alternative Medicine

• Any Advice Appreciated on Yogurt Maker - Comments (7)
• Diet Changes Have Helped Me Achieve Remission - Comments (6)
• Naturopathic Disaster - Comments (6)
• Hope this Helps Someone – Nopelea Juice - Comments (3)
• Do Worms Do The Job? - Comments (10)
• UC, C Diff and Fecal Transplant - Comments (15)
• UC – Diet to Help or Heal - Comments (88)
• Remission/Cure with Fresh Aloe Vera Inner Leaf - Comments (22)
• Fresh Oregano A Possible Ulcerative Colitis Alternative - Comments (10)
• Anyone Need Natural Pain Relief? - Comments (22)

Asacol

• In the Middle of a UC Flare Up - Comments (15)

Azathioprine-Imuran

• 23 Years Of Great Life After UC - Comments (4)
• 6 Years Later And Finally Inflammation-Free - Comments (21)

Canasa

• UC Has Taken Over My Life and I Don’t Know What To Do? - Comments (9)
• EXPERIENCE with CANASA Suppositories? - Comments (15)

Colazal

• Happy, Healthy, and a Warning About Complacency - Comments (1)

Colitis-poems

• Thank You White Squares - Comments (13)

Enemas

• Please Help Answer These Colitis Questions - Comments (11)
• There Is Hope, So Don’t Give Up - Comments (10)
• Too Many Times To Count - Comments (5)
• Coming to Terms with Colitis - Comments (3)
• Cramping and Stressed - Comments (2)
• Long Time Ulcerative Colitis Sufferer - Comments (4)
• Vitamin E Enema, It’s Working as My Colitis Treatment - Comments (5)
• Vitamin E (d-alpha tocopherol) Enema Treatment - Comments (3)
• How to Make a Vitamin E Enema - Comments (17)
• Stopping Ulcerative Colitis with Enemas in Cyprus - Comments (2)

Flares

• The Gift that UC Gave to Me - Comments (10)
• It’s 4am - Comments (62)
• Super Mom/Crazy Issues - Comments (1)
• Char’s World of Colitis - Comments (6)
• Getting Fed Up Now - Comments (9)
• Starting to Have a Flare Up of Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (11)
• Never Ending Flare and I’m At My Breaking Point - Comments (7)
• Help with Meds and Food - Comments (14)
• Losing My Life Over Colitis - Comments (7)
• Just Want the Bleeding to Stop Please! - Comments (38)

Food and Diet Treatment

• Any Advice Appreciated on Yogurt Maker - Comments (7)
• Diet Changes Have Helped Me Achieve Remission - Comments (6)
• Hope this Helps Someone – Nopelea Juice - Comments (3)
• UC – Diet to Help or Heal - Comments (88)
• Making a Change and Need Advice about Supplements: Please Help - Comments (98)
• UC’er with the Moral Issues – VEGAN - Comments (10)
• An Awesome Winter Time Tea That’s Almost Dessert - Comments (10)
• It Has To Be “Extra Virgin” (Olive Oil) - Comments (23)
• Ulcerative Colitis Survival - Comments (14)
• Extraordinary Raw Food Healing - Comments (24)

Humira

• Ulcerative Colitis Will Not Keep Me Down! - Comments (54)
• Humira, SCD, Low Residue, & 2nd Opinion - Comments (5)
• Humira Side Effects Part Two - Comments (35)
• Pooped From Pooping - Comments (5)
• New FDA Update Regarding Humira Being Approved for Colitis - Comments (21)
• Help, I Feel Lost, Big Decision Ahead - Comments (29)
• FDA Update on Approving Abbott’s Humira Medication for Colitis - Comments (21)
• Humira and SCD for Colitis? - Comments (5)
• Humira May Just Be Gods Gift to UC Patients - Comments (5)
• Does Taking Supplements Help Your Ulcerative Colitis? - Comments (4)

J-Pouchers

• No Colon Still Rollin - Comments (2)
• My Wonderful Colon Free Life! - Comments (20)
• Colon Free Is The Way To Be… - Comments (16)
• A Massive J-Pouch Success Story – Finally Interviewing Curtis - Comments (52)
• My Diseased Adolescence - Comments (7)
• Kyle’s Update 3 Weeks out of J Pouch Takedown - Comments (17)
• J-Pouch Update – Life is Good – 8 Weeks Post Takedown - Comments (24)
• Colliding with Colitis - Comments (6)
• J Pouch Take Down in 2 weeks, Need some Advice! - Comments (25)
• Cure to UC — J Pouch - Comments (30)

Just Diagnosed

• I Was Kick Boxing When I Was Diagnosed with Colitis - Comments (1)
• New to UC and Want Remission Soon! - Comments (16)
• Busy, Stressed College Student - Comments (5)
• My Butt is Ruining My Life! - Comments (14)
• I Will Be Okay! - Comments (5)
• Amanda’s Colitis Questions - Comments (6)
• Trying to Hold Me Down - Comments (5)
• Ulcerative Proctitis Diagnosis - Comments (7)
• Dealing with the Diagnosis and UC - Comments (5)
• Recently Diagnosed 19 Year Old Male at University - Comments (9)

Lialda

• Currently on Lialda, Canasa, Hydrocortisone (enema), and 40 mg Prednisone - Comments (7)
• Wouldn’t It Be Nice? - Comments (5)
• Stagnated - Comments (10)
• Sick in NJ - Comments (7)
• Kidney Problems and Lialda? - Comments (15)

Low Dose Naltrexone

• Is LDN the New Cure for Colitis - Comments (36)

Medication Reviews

• Pentasa Reviews - Comments (0)
• Lialda Reviews - Comments (1)
• Asacol Reviews - Comments (2)
• 6-MP Reviews - Comments (7)
• Remicade Reviews - Comments (19)
• Prednisone Reviews - Comments (3)

Medication Side Effects

• Methotrexate Nightmare - Comments (6)
• Humira Side Effects Part Two - Comments (35)
• So No Colon or a Chance of Cancer or Death? umm… - Comments (17)
• 20 Years and Counting – Crohn’s and Now Colitis - Comments (7)
• SCD With Milder Symptoms or Surgery - Comments (21)
• Prednisone Questions - Comments (21)
• My Brother Has Been Suffering with Colitis for 17 Years Please Help! - Comments (6)
• The STRESS of the Big Apple - Comments (21)
• 49 Year Old With Ulcerative Proctitis - Comments (8)
• Just When Things Were Good, Here We Go Again - Comments (5)

Mesalazine

• Mesalamine Yes or No? Influence of Combination Drugs - Comments (3)
• To All the UC’ers With Families - Comments (12)
• Coming to Terms with Colitis - Comments (3)

Most Popular

• A Massive J-Pouch Success Story – Finally Interviewing Curtis - Comments (52)
• Got That I.B.D. (Crohn’s and Colitis Rap) - Comments (6)
• Colitis Country Bob Will Survive - Comments (16)
• Alcohol, Surveys and Learning About Colitis - Comments (20)
• Colonoscopy Results Video – How Is The Colon Really Doing? - Comments (37)
• Colonoscopy Prep – Are You Pumped For Yours? - Comments (32)
• Blake the New J-Poucher Just Kicked off the Pull Up Challenge - Comments (9)
• Tents, Rivers, and Bears “OH MY” — VIDEO INCLUDED - Comments (9)
• Relationships and Ulcerative Colitis – 50 Person Survey - Comments (3)
• Ulcerative Colitis Update August 2011 from Berkeley, CA - Comments (16)

News

• Good Sleep – Does This Help with Hard Poops? - Comments (8)
• Simponi Approved for Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (39)
• 3 New Scientific Articles – ALL Colitis Related - Comments (8)
• iHaveUC Mid 2013 Update - Comments (21)
• Happy Easter UC’ers - Comments (8)
• Faith, Patience and A Cure - Comments (3)
• Newly Diagnosed and Wanting to get Pregnant - Comments (49)
• On The First Day of Christmas, My UC Gave To Me - Comments (10)
• 22 iHaveUC Stories From the Past - Comments (5)
• Who’s the Colitis Pullup Champion? Cast Your Vote Now! - Comments (6)

Parents

• My Son’s Recent Colitis Diagnosis - Comments (16)
• My 16 year old Son has Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (5)
• My Son’s Struggle with IBD - Comments (6)
• Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel? - Comments (11)
• Salt May Be the Culprit in Autoimmune Diseases - Comments (4)
• Lonely 12 Year Old UC Sufferer - Comments (14)
• It Was Never UC - Comments (21)
• Urging Others with UC to Test for Food Allergies - Comments (37)
• Conflict with Traditional or Alternative Treatment for UC - Comments (34)
• I Want My Son Back - Comments (12)

Prednisone

• To Prednisone, or Not to Prednisone, That is the Question - Comments (33)
• Prednisone Reviews - Comments (3)
• Fearing Moon Face for My Wedding - Comments (16)
• My Colitis Journey and Chronic Disease Struggle - Comments (9)
• What Is the Next Step AFTER First Round of Prednisone? - Comments (11)
• One Said I Had UC and One Didn’t Say - Comments (37)
• Stupid UC - Comments (7)
• CANKLES - Comments (12)
• Prescribed Prednisone When NOT in a Flare - Comments (7)
• Can Prednisone Hide the Disease? - Comments (7)

Pregnancy with UC

• Newly Diagnosed and Wanting to get Pregnant - Comments (49)
• Pregnant and UC Flare - Comments (17)
• The Scoop On My Poop - Comments (7)
• Newly Diagnosed And Pregnant! - Comments (4)
• Getting Prego with UC/ Lialda - Comments (11)
• Newly Diagnosed with UC, Pregnant, and Overwhelmed - Comments (6)
• 24 Year Old with UC on 6mp – YESTERDAY Just Found Out I’m Pregnant! - Comments (11)
• Struggling to Get Healthy - Comments (2)
• Coping with a Colitis Flare Up During Pregnancy - Comments (9)
• Please Help – Using SCD But Still Have Pain and Blood - Comments (6)

Probiotic Reviews

• Renew Life Ultimate Flora Critical Care Probiotics Reviews - Comments (1)

Proctitis

• Ulcerative Proctitis Flared Up the Exact Same Time Last Year - Comments (11)

Quiz Questions

• Colitis Quiz #1 - Comments (14)

Remicade

• Remicade’s Final Bell - Comments (4)
• Remicade: A Short Term Fix or a Lifetime Crutch - Comments (23)
• Infliximab (Remicade) Update! – Symptom Free for 1st time in 6 years! - Comments (6)
• Remicade Reviews - Comments (19)
• Bring on Remicade Round #4 - Comments (4)
• Remicade and Health Insurance in the US - Comments (4)
• Remicade and Questions About My Treatment So Far - Comments (11)
• DING…REMICADE ROUND # 3 - Comments (14)
• Remicade Treatment Round #2 - Comments (14)
• Evil UC – Part Two - Comments (12)

Remission Stories

• Fecal Transplants Cured My Case of Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (49)
• Joint Pain Remedies - Comments (7)
• Peppermint Tea Anyone – Helps My Colitis - Comments (16)
• A Way Out of Colitis - Comments (13)
• Will this Help Anyone, It Helped Me - Comments (1)
• Lialda Cured My Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (5)
• Vitamin E Enema, It’s Working as My Colitis Treatment - Comments (5)
• Ulcerative Colitis Bathroom Talk #1 - Comments (6)
• UPDATE: 2nd Ulcerative Colitis Surgery a SUCCESS - Comments (3)
• Over 8 Months on SCD :) - Comments (8)

Starting SCD Experiences

• One year on SCD — still going strong - Comments (18)
• Home Made Yogurt – Major GOOD Bacteria - Comments (38)
• Recipes to the Rescue for the Carbo-Holics Now on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet! - Comments (5)
• UPDATE – 16 Years with UC, Still Active and Happy - Comments (12)
• 16 Years with UC, Athletic Married Female with Two Kids - Comments (20)
• Read: Breaking The Vicious Cycle - Comments (3)
• Fit 33 Year Old Diagnosed with Colitis in 2004 - Comments (7)
• How to Start SCD While on Prednisone - Comments (7)
• UC and Gastric By-Pass - Comments (1)
• Success with SCD–Our Experience - Comments (17)

Strange Symptoms

• Peri-anal Fistulas Anyone? - Comments (2)
• DVT After Recent UC Flare - Comments (6)
• Hip Pain - Comments (6)
• Raised Liver Enzymes and UC - Comments (12)
• If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, How Will You Know When You’re There? - Comments (14)
• Living with UC – Almost a Year Now - Comments (4)
• Surviving a CDiff Nightmare on the Golf Course - Comments (23)
• I Hate My Guts But I Keep On Keeping On - Comments (8)
• I Don’t Understand the Pain I Get - Comments (10)
• The Four Types of Pain - Comments (12)

Sulfasalazine

• A Girl with Colitis Walks Into a Room - Comments (7)
• The UC Saga - Comments (3)

Surgery - After

• Slice and Dice – Part 2 - Comments (6)
• Proud To Be Colon Free - Comments (5)
• Shouldn’t I Feel Happy After Surgery? - Comments (11)
• Operation 1 of 3 – Two and a Half Week Update - Comments (2)
• You Can Get Your Life Back, I Did - Comments (8)
• 1 Week After Colon Removal And On My Way - Comments (11)
• From Pancolitis to No Colon and an Ileostomy - Comments (18)
• Road to Recovery – Update From Emie - Comments (28)
• Baker’s Super Detailed Surgery Update – Takedown Jan. 3rd - Comments (12)
• Update on 20 Year Old J Pouch Surgery- 6 Days Out of Surgery - Comments (25)

Surgery - Before

• Surgery Soon - Comments (57)
• Is it Time to Slice and Dice? - Comments (10)
• About to Become J-Pouch Jackie - Comments (25)
• End of the road…J-Pouch? - Comments (12)
• Celebrating Impending Surgery – It’s Time - Comments (6)
• 22 Years Old and Facing Surgery - Comments (8)
• J-Pouch or Permanent Bag? - Comments (22)
• 20 Year Old with UC, Getting J Pouch this Winter, Any Insight? - Comments (16)
• Ready For Surgery - Comments (44)
• Time For Surgery - Comments (12)

Very Sick

• UC Has Made My Life Worse - Comments (5)
• A Pile of Dirty Dishes - Comments (8)
• My Life Now – Not an Eating Disorder - Comments (20)
• Allie Needs Moral Support - Comments (11)
• Lost in Florida - Comments (6)
• Feeling Helpless and Frustrated…Please Help - Comments (10)
• Feeling Helpless in Connecticut with My Ulcerative Colitis - Comments (4)
• Colitis Is Making My Body Ache Really Bad - Comments (6)

Videos

• A Massive J-Pouch Success Story – Finally Interviewing Curtis - Comments (52)
• Got That I.B.D. (Crohn’s and Colitis Rap) - Comments (6)
• Colitis Country Bob Will Survive - Comments (16)
• Alcohol, Surveys and Learning About Colitis - Comments (20)
• Colonoscopy Results Video – How Is The Colon Really Doing? - Comments (37)
• Colonoscopy Prep – Are You Pumped For Yours? - Comments (32)
• Blake the New J-Poucher Just Kicked off the Pull Up Challenge - Comments (9)
• Tents, Rivers, and Bears “OH MY” — VIDEO INCLUDED - Comments (9)

Wives

• Blood Pressure Medications and UC - Comments (11)
• Arizona Cactus Jumper – My Husband Has Colitis - Comments (12)
• Urging Others with UC to Test for Food Allergies - Comments (37)
• Where Is My Happy Husband? - Comments (55)

Young People

• Sports and Colitis - Comments (11)
• Living with Colitis as a College Student - Comments (13)
• 11 Years with UC and Going Strong Even as a College Student - Comments (8)
• Dealing with Colitis as a College Student - Comments (7)
• Our Texas UC Story - Comments (21)
• I Am Going to Beat UC – Fecal Transplant or Jpouch - Comments (18)
• Too Young To Be a Patient of UC! - Comments (17)
• College Student Athlete Living with UC - Comments (11)
• Starting the Healing Process - Comments (3)
• My UC Life Story Thus Far – Young Person with Colitis - Comments (17)