oh! Fair enough! I guess I just threw that out there! I was Dx with pancolitis in 1988. Have been in and out of remission for 29 years. Usually just Rowasa in addition to generic sulfasalazine...
I am still doing a lot of information gathering before I make any decisions about how to proceed with "The Next Step" so it seems like the SOP is: take a tnf antagonist when that fails take entyvio...
Screw them! Many years ago when I was working in Big Pharma as a research scientist, I walked to get a cup of coffee and a group of people were sitting around making fun of people with colostomy...
That sucks, Kulinarykidz. I love my salads, so I feel ya. It is so hard at times having UC and people don't understand. I have people saying to me - eat more fiber, eat more plants - they just do not...
Nope, I am a cancer patient; I am not going with TNF antagonists. None of my docs think this is wise. More imporatntly, I do not think this is wise. And that will be the approach towards insurance...
Last few years my UC has become unresponsive. I am on that roller coaster too. Last year was REALLY BAD. I had adverse drug rxns to Anacort and prednisone, which has NEVER happened with pred. I think...
Thank you, yes let me know how it goes Yes yes, I now remember a gut-specific oral steroid. My docs did not feel its efficacy was good enough and said they would not recommend it. I got the...
Thank you all so very much for your replies. I have had migraines since I was 9 years old. When I went off tamoxifen after my 5 years dosage for breast cancer, I had 1-2 classical migraines every day...
I have had UC for 30 years. Have been on ASAs and occ. prednisone. Last year I got really sick and my gastro referred me to an IBD specialist at UNC as I was now labeled as a complicated case. (And...