Its been over 20 hours since I took it and I have only gone once @ about 6am. I should be up to about 10-15 times by now. Is this reason to be alarmed? I'm debating on weather I should notify my...
Thank you so much and as this was my first time reaching out to someone besides my wife to hear my story and tell me the ideas that come to mind, I am very surprised at the outcome. I have already...
So, like I said I took Imodium last night at 7:30pm and I havnt had an urgent bathroom run since then. I tried to go and couldn't because I didn't need to. Its 2:10pm the next day. Should I be...
I took immodium last night at about 7:30pm and it is the next day now at about 11:30am and my symptoms have not really come back in full force yet so I don't see myself using it very often ... I...
Bentyl instead of Imodium? I will try that heating pad idea out. Thanks :) Im wondering though if it is the diseased parts of my intestines that hurt of the amount of trapped gas I accumulate from...
Ok, I started the Imodium last night. It works great, however... Without my Oxicodone I can feel my cramps and they are major. Im having a hart time sitting up strait let alone standing. It hurts my...
Thank you so much it feels good to be able to talk to someone who knows what im going through. As far as the Flex goes, I opt for sedation because if that area is touched I am screaming in pain so...
About the enimas, When I had one of my Flex Sygmoidoscopy my doctor wanted to give me enemas to clean everything out. Upon giving myself the enema I was in excruciating pain from the inflammation...
Sorry I keep finding bits of my story that I left out. When I started I had 15 mm of sygmiod inflammation found via colonoscopy. A couple of months later I had a flex sygmoidoscopy and a little over...
My insurance covered the last fecal test so im hoping they will cover this one. I have Blue Shield. The test for the inflammatory markers is because I complained to him about the cost of doing...
So, I just got off the phone with my doc. He is going to want another Fecal Sample to test for Inflammation markers and C.Diff and decide the next course of action based on that. He asked me to slow...
I have been on the Azathioprine since January 2015. I started that in conjunction with the start of my Entivyo....
No antibiotics just a bit of emergen-c daily until it was gone... I felt like I had a cold for about a week then about 5 days ago I started to feel better but the uc is still out of control...
I'm located in Florida, US...
OK so C.Diff is tested with a stool sample... I had a stool sample taken about 3-4 months ago. I didn't know why he wanted it but I gave it to him and he told me everything came back ok. Im still...
Would getting my intestines removed mean I would need a pouch or is there a surgery that reconnects me at the parts that are left?...
I have been on Entivyo and Azathioprine 100mg daily for 4 months now (3 injections) my 4th injection is on May 7th...
I will get some Imodium on my lunch break. Ill try it out from then till the end of the day tomorrow and see if it allows me to maintain my work functions appropriately. As far as taking time off I...
Ok I have a list of things to ask him in a OneNote file and I left a message this morning. Just waiting for him to call me back. Isnt Immodium a high risk drug as well? (as far as TMC goes)...
I did actually get a second opinion with my medical records and colonoscopy reports about a month ago, Sorry I forgot to mention this. The Doc I saw said that my doctor is approaching the situation...
I was taking vsl 3 but only for about a week. I didn't stop for ant specific reason I just never picked up another bottle. I'll go puck up more this week. My vitamin D was really low, I have not had...
Dr. A said that I will most likely respond the same way to Rem that I did with Humira. I will ask him to give it a shot. Also do you think it is wise for my doctor to try to ween me from prednisone...
Sorry, I can't remember the name of it :(...
Hi all, Im going to try to give you my whole story so please forgive the upcoming wall of text. Im freaking out a little bit because my doctor wants to take my large intestines out. I have been on...