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Thanks for the replies - David, I'm glad that you were honest about the folic acid issue - medical advances are not always picked up and made general knowledge when they should be, and that is a sad fact! I think I'm beyond wanting to blame anyone for what happened, to be honest - I mean, why...

Wow - I really feel for you all. I live in the UK and would like to share my (very different) experiences with you all in the hope that it may perhaps comfort to know that there are good employers in the world. Perhaps employment law is different in the US but here in the UK I think it is quite...

I just had two sachets of Piccolax - two mug's worth, if you like. It seems odd that your hospital almost seems to have a 'belt and braces' approach to cleaning out the bowel in comparison with mine. Much as I recall hating the Senekot (that was VERY effective quite quickly as I recall!) which...

Hi Sarah well as far as I know its not down my throat, but up the other end! Just looked at the letter and it is actually a Colonoscopy but in the Endoscopy department! They didn't give me any kleenprep at all - just the piccolax. I've 'been' a couple more times since posting but still nothing...

Hi everyone I'm new here (my intro post here: http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?p=485976#post485976 and I thought I would post this because I've had a scout around the threads and can't see any related posts and I'm curious to know if others have had the same experience I'm having with...

Thanks David - the folic issue makes sense of the reason our first child had spina bifida : i'd been taking sulphasalazine for 7 years at that point but no one had ever suggested I take folic acid until after I lost the baby! Was the link between the two drugs known in 1991 I wonder?! Certainly...

I really wish I had found this forum a long time ago! For years, off and on, I have had small scaly patches of skin appear in varioius places about my body. I mentioned it once to my GP and she just said 'it might be an allergy to something' but didn't seem interested in following it up.. I...

Thanks for your support! I seem to remember now that it may have taken a while last time - it was so long ago! I'll let you know how I get on... :-)

Hi Thermo thanks for your response - yes, took the sachet at 4pm and 7 hours later not a dicky bird - am drinking (and now weeing!) but still no stools... I will try a walk around; the relaxing hasn't worked, LOL!

Hello I'm female, 53 yrs old and live in the UK, and I've been a sufferer of UC since 1984 and have only just discovered this forum - have a feeling I may wish I'd found it years ago but hey-ho...better late than never! Sitting here waiting for first sachet of Piccolax to take effect....took...