This past year and a half has by far been the most trying, exciting, happiest and depressing times of my life. In July of ’09 my husband and I moved from a large city, where I was raised, to a small town in the middle of nowhere for his medical residency. If that was not enough of a shock to my system being 5 hours… Read More »The Whirlwind
Soooo.. here it is. I am not very good at listening to my own body. So when I got diagnosed, I had already having symptoms for probably… 5 or 6 months ! It started with blood in my stools, it wasn’t dark so it did not seem to be serious. Went to see a doctor, who told me I had hemorroids and an anal fistula.… Read More »Ulcerative Colitis, Heh?
Well after 18 yrs with this disease(ulcerative colitis), my body has decided to not let prednisone and asacol work on the flare-ups. I have tried SCD and while I lOVE it and the way I feel on it, it did not help my flare at all. I have tried naturopath dr’s and even tried smoking. SO now it’s time to “roll out the big guns”… Read More »Imuran Vs. Remicade
This year (2011) has been very challenging for me. I have been in the ER 4 times and 3 times admitted. Somehow I got an infection and after much testing I was diagnosed with UC. I somehow thought that my body would go back to normal. I guess I was in denial for a bit but now I realize that I have to deal with… Read More »No More Denial
I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis on January 14th and was there for 11 days. In that time they put me on Prednisone and Remicade then I went home. Got a second round of Remicade 2 weeks later. I had to come back to the hospital on Feb 15 because the second round of Remicade wasn’t working and the SCD diet wasn’t working either and… Read More »UPDATE: 1 Month After Colon Removal Surgery