Hiya Folks, It is great to come across a great website like this one.Nice one Adam! Where we all get to share our experiences and issues with Ulcerative Colitis. I am from Ireland in the very south east of the country in Wexford. I am looking forward to chatting to everyone here and sharing my views and experiences on UC here from Ireland. Q: How did you get… Read More »Jennifer from Ireland
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 ulcerative colitis flare, there’s a pretty decent chance you will… Read More »Steroid Acne with my Colitis Please
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 before starting remicade. Her opinion at the time was that… Read More »Leukocytapheresis – Say what?
My GI doctor said that to me once. I think I had told him that I just want to live a normal lifestyle. If you have Inflammartory Bowel Disease (IBD), you probably want to be normal again as well. Well, I had to face it, I do have to do things differently than people who don’t have IBD and, although I have suffered for a long time,… Read More »Paul, you are not normal
I am from Jordan I have been diagnosed with multiple ulcers in my colitis back in 2003 and it’s moderately active, but for two years before my diagnose I suffered from the symptoms not knowing the reason , bleeding, lost of appetite ..etc So when I was first diagnosed I had a name for my weakness at least which I thought was normal and I… Read More »I have a UC and Keeping my Secret