Ed's Ulcerative Colitis

I went on Remicade 2 weeks after it was approved for UC and it has been like a miracle! I felt better within 24 hours of the first infusion. Within 3 days my bleeding was almost completly stopped. Within a week I started to taper off my Prednisone. The 2nd infusion was 2 weeks later and it's been a total of 3 weeks now as of today and I feel great! My system is healing and I can't believe how well this has worked. I feel like I am about 80% in remission. I will say that it is 100% when I get off all the drugs. Hope fully in about 3 months. (Slow taper off prednisone where I was at 60mg/day) I have no side effects what so ever. Hope you can get this treatment approved for your UC! I'm getting my life back!

If you have not had this yet, don't panic. It's not that big of a deal. The worst part for me was the prep. It tasted bad and I spent the whole prep time in a recliner next to the bathroom watching TV waiting for the next call (or scream in my case) of nature. I was already in bad shape so I was in the bathroom ALL THE TIME! I don't think normal people have this problem, at least I hope not. I hate getting an IV in my arm, so that was the worst part of the day for me. That and praying that I would make it to the office without having to stop and use a bathroom. I was awake the whole time, but it was like being really high. Your just really easy going and you don't care about anything, you might even go to sleep. The air that they pup in there makes the colon larger so that they can see and move around, but it feels like you have to go.. so I had a little panic there until they explained that to me. I don't remember the trip from the exam room to the waiting area, bu...

When I first got diagnosed with UC the doctor put me on Asacol. The first 3 weeks it made me really sick. Peppermint mentos seemed to take the nausea away the best. Now they have no negative affect on me what so ever. I can take them any time, with or without food. I was taking Metamucil caps when I thought I had IBS because that will absorbe the water in the colon. But after I went on asacol I found that all it did was bulk up my stool and make it more painfull as it passed through the colon. If you are taking Metamucil for IBS or UC, save yourself some money and go to GNC and just get some psyllium husk caps. They do the same thing and cost much less. Psyllium Husk is the main ingrediant in Metamucil. Before my diagnosis my family practice doctor gave me a prescription for belladonna to stop the cramps. This works great. It also help with the urgency caused by the cramps. I'm off them now since I don't have cramping anymore, but I still have urgency problems. Just an ...

How I think I got Ulcerative Colitis In September 2002 I moved from Waco, Texas to Seattle, Washington and my buddy and I rented a truck and drove cross-country with my stuff. I still believe that somewhere on this trip I ate or drank something that gave me Ulcerative Colitis. One thing that stands out is the rustic cabin we stayed in near Yellowstone that was part of Buffalo Bill's hunting cabins back in the day. Was it the sulfur content in the Yellowstone water? Who knows. When I noticed abnormal visits to the bathroom Soon after I moved to Seattle I noticed that I was visiting the bathroom more often. I also noticed mucus and I thought that I must have picked up a tapeworm or something like that. I went to visit the doctor and he gave me a parasite test kit. That's when I noticed trace amounts of blood. The test came back negative and the doctor said I had IBS. He never mentioned a colonoscopy. Should have got a colonosopy After about 7 months it continued to get worse. Urg...