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

What an awesome page. Adam, you are really providing an awesome service to the “IBD Community”! I just checked “I might have UC, not sure yet” because my official diagnosis is Crohn’s disease, although my symptoms are that of UC and I’m being treated like I have UC. When I had my colonoscopy, there appeared [...]

23 Year Old Guy Taking Steroids, Azathiaprene, Topzole, and other meds for Colitis, No Workie Right Now

Monday, August 9, 2010

I am a 23 year old male was diagnosed with UC in September of 2008. My condition has not gone into remission ever since. I have been on ASACOL 1.8g 3 times a day. But it did not help at all. I in December 2009 I was admitted into hospital due to side effects of [...]

Mom of 3 and Dealing with A Nasty Colitis Flare, It’s not Easy

Sunday, August 1, 2010

My name is Michelle, I’m 35 years old and I have UC. I was diagnosed in Dec 2005, one month after my daughter was born. I currently have 3 children (via c-section) (4, 2, and 1)…so needless to say its a little busy around here. I have had flare ups before but always have been [...]

Trust Your Gut…Even When it Hurts

Sunday, July 18, 2010

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 [...]

Maintaining your Weight With Ulcerative Colitis

Sunday, June 27, 2010

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There are quite a few parts of being an ulcerative colitis patient that we just might all have in common. And today, I think its time we had a posting about maintaining your weight while you are in a colitis flare, or while you are in full blown nasty colitis. And, also, how to maintain [...]

What to Expect When Treating UC with Prednisone

Sunday, June 27, 2010

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Taking steroids for ulcerative colitis is very common. Most of the other UC patients that I have met have been treating their ulcerative colitis with prednisone at some point in time. It turns out that prednisone is one of the older drugs that exists for treatment of UC symptoms. Like any medication for any disease, [...]

Share your Ulcerative Colitis Alternative Medicine Idea and Go to Heaven

Monday, June 14, 2010

Hey Colitis People, I had an interesting office visit today with a Gastroenterologist office in San Mateo California. I happened to be in the office for something work related and I asked the gastro doctors secretary some questions about the common protocol for their patients with IBD and specifically their colitis patients. She told me [...]

Side Effects of Prednisone are As Bad as the UC Illness, Help!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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I am currently tapering off prednizone I feel like the side effects of prednisone and other medications I am on are as bad as the illness itself. I was diagnosed with UC at a severe level at the start of 2010 and I am still struggling to get into remission but slowly getting there. I [...]

Jamie’s story: part 2

Thursday, May 6, 2010

I turned 21 in August 2003. I was still in remission at that point. I always had my colitis in the back of my mind after I thought it was gone but didn’t really think about it all of the time. December 2003 came. I remember going to the bathroom one night and seeing blood in [...]

Jamie’s story: the beginning

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Hi, my name is Jamie. Adam has asked me to tell about my battle with UC/Crohn’s. I am a 27 year old, female, that as a result of her UC/Crohn’s, has an ileostomy and proudly wears a bag. My story will probably be a long one, so I will break it up into separate posts so [...]

Side Effects of Prednisone

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Everyone I have talked to about Prednisone pretty much say the same thing, “I hate it” so why do we suffer and take it, well for one reason is to feel better and not be chained to a toilet for most of the day. That is the reason I take it anyways. The first time [...]

My Story

Monday, April 12, 2010

Hi there! My name is Jennifer. I am 33. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis almost ten years ago. I have been on daily meds ever since. I have been hospitalized three times, when medication was not able to control my symptoms. I always wanted children. Once married, my husband and I made the decision [...]

Steroid Acne with my Colitis Please

Sunday, March 21, 2010

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Can you imagine ever taking steroids just for fun? I sure can’t. In fact, prednisone steroids are one of the pills I threw out of the medicine cabinent a few weeks ago, didn’t even want to look at the extra supply anymore. There’s a few reasons for this. If you are suffering from a nasty [...]

Leukocytapheresis – Say what?

Saturday, March 20, 2010

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 [...]

Eating Salad with Colitis

Monday, March 15, 2010

Have you ever wondered if it’s OK to eat salad when you have ulcerative colitis? I think everyone asks themselves this question. I sure did. For me, salad is a big part of my weekly diet, and yes, I’ve got UC and a colon.(and a colon that knows how to take hard normal craps too, [...]

My Drugs

Monday, March 8, 2010

okay, today is March 8, 2010 and I have now added another drug to my list of medications I’ve taken, as well as another drug they’ll be giving me in the coming months. I thought I would type out a list of all my drugs to better give an idea of what some people might [...]

Welcome to My World

Thursday, March 4, 2010

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hey everyone. my name is Ash and I have ulcerative colitis – or to be more specific, pancolitis – which means my entire large intestine is diseased. I’ve had every medication and experienced and tried almost everything known for the disease. here’s my story. I was diagnosed back in February 2006. some people have symptoms [...]

Prednisone Side Effects

Sunday, February 14, 2010

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Prednisone has been used with colitis patients for a very long time. This is actually a very good thing. Since so many people have used it, probably hundreds of millions of people around the world, much is known about the drugs side effects. But, everyone is a unique person, and sometimes with combinations of other [...]

Urgent Care, the early signs of colitis May 2007

Thursday, February 4, 2010