Some more background:
I work in information technology industry a job I enjoy, I also love going to the gym when I can and loved doing cross fit training but sadly my body has so much arthritis and my UC makes me exhausted I find I can’t do cross fit the way I would like to. I love to sing but don’t have the courage to do anything about it.
Symptoms of UC Right Now:
I have urgency with loose bowel movements and watery diarrhea, occasionally bleeding I also have feeling wanting to go but I don’t. I’m fatigued all the time and get tired very easily and suffer from mild abdominal pain
Methotrexate and Infliximab
So i have been diagnosed with UC now for over 6 years it was only mild when first diagnosed then had a flare for a year but trying I was in denial and didn’t want to go on Imuran so I sorted homeopathic meds but the flare was getting worse. I joined a colitis and Crohn’s meetings and discuss that I was going to get better doing scd diet, but was so ill I wasn’t eating and was pushing my body going to the gym 3 times a week. I don’t know how I was able to push myself lie that. Then eventually I was so sick that I was admitted into the hospital for 6 weeks I didn’t realize how sick I was until I heard my cpr was over 300 and I was basically on my death bed.
I also suffer from prednisone induced diabetes and been on medication for my diabetes now for 3 years. I also take turmeric, Green lupid muscle oil, flaxseed oil and milk thistle, plus since my first flare and I’ve being on hydrocortosone and prednisone for nearly 2 years I had to go on blood pressure meds and cholesterol lowering drugs. I’ve also had to have a total thyrictomy looking for cancer but luckily no cancer so on full time thyroxine meds. I swear I hear my meds move and juggle in my body.
Medications and Supplements:
I’ve tried homeopathic and naturalpath meds, Imuran, 6mp methutputen hydrcortson infusions, had 3 x infliximab infusions 3 years ago, I try diets but I’m not good with diets, ensure plus .
written by Anne
submitted in the colitis venting area
I have been flaring since 2009