susan, i am so sorry that you have to go through this. i am in my mid-twenties too...it sucks to have to go through this so young (at any age...but you know...
susan, where are you located? i am in a very similar situation to you...similar age, working woman, and SO concerned about how all of these drugs will affect...
Hi all, I have never found any steroid based creams to work for me, when I get red spots/bumps just around the mouth. The problem seems to be related to when...
Hi again, Sorry - I meant to print "metronidazole" and not the other spelling/word that I previously typed in the email a few minutes ago, as the main active...
Hi Patti, Sorry to hear you have been through so much. My experience was that even if/though UC was suspected at my first flare-up the diagnosis and treatment...
Hi all. I have a question. My dad is 60 and has an iliostomy. He's had it for 29yrs. He was operated on last week for adhesions and they need to go back in...
Lee, Im wishing your father all the luck I can send. Im sure he will be fine afterwards. I don't have any stories about adhesions but I can say... woohooo for...
Deb- I'm on Canasa and Asacol. You must be mild if he's up to taking you off Asacol totally...I will NEVER be off. Lee Warner Corporate Account Representative ...
Lee, I don't know if i will be off it totally. but atleast down to 2 a day. Not bad if you ask me, Id rather take two pills a day then have to go through the...
I'll agree with that. I take 12 Colazal (4 pills 3 times a day) and 1 and a half imuran all for my UC. Although 13 and a half pills a day sucks I will take it...
Wow! To be totally off all meds would be a dream. Even when my UC is inactive I'm on at least 6 pills a day. My gastroenterologist predicts that will be...
Hi all, I am 31 and have had UC for 11 1/2 years. I've been having a severe flare-up since December and have been on prednisone since then (in addition to the...
Gee, I sure wish that I had that option before I had mine removed. I had not choice nor did I have any time to think things through, it all was just thrown at...
Hello My name is JL and I've had CD for 15 years. I was first diagnosed when I had my first born son, soon after that I had a colostomy put in in 1992, the...
... wrote: Hello Jason: My name is Jose and I am 36 and have had cd for over 15 years. Can you please email me so that we can further discuss your surgery. I...
Hello everyone, it's me again. I have been posting some stuff lately and was wondering if anyone in this group has ever heard of Remicade or has been infused...
Hey Jason, I'm in the same boat as you. I'm 33 years old and have had it about 13 years. I tried Imuran but couldn't take it due to side affects. I'm sick...
Hi - I posted here a few months ago when I opened a Crohn's section on my site RemedyFind. A number of the Crohns-n-Colitis board members were nice enough to...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. IBD chat Date: Monday, August 11, 2003 Time: 9:00PM - 10:00PM BST (GMT+01:00) Crohn's Zone chat- come along...
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I know about Remicade. I took one infusion but it did nothing for me since I had fistulas removed and I do not have rhemitoid arthritis, If you have these it...
I received an infusion of remicade/infliximab in June, as a last resort before surgery (I have distal UC). I felt great for a week, then things went downhill ...
In a message dated 8/10/2003 7:27:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Hi Jason, I had UC for about 12 years before having my colon removed last summer when I was...
Greetings fellow sufferers! :) I'm ecstatic to find a group of people here who have the same problem I have. I didn't realize there were so many of us! ;) ...
Greetings, I've had UC for about 4 years and after taking various drugs including prednisone I started taking Asacol and 6MP. I've been on 6MP and Asacol for...
When 40 mg of Pred, along with Colazal and Rowasa enemas didn't help me at all, my doctor admitted me to the hospital for high dosages of IV steroids...
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