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I am an IT systems analyst for a toilet paper manufacturing company. You have to get some perks :)

I was on Entecort for quite a while (years rather than months) for me I had no great side effects. I lasted 8 weeks on Imuran and discovered I was allergic to it. I did see in the recommendations that entecort is supposed to be only for 8 weeks or so. Ah well you have to push the envelope. We...

yes it does worry me - we even considered whether we should even have kids. Hopefully my daughter has my wife's genes for her gut and her teeth and my genes for eyesight She has already been tested for crohns once but hey by the time she gets older they may have a cure and all will be better anyway

Diagnosed when I was 26 and that was nearly 25 years ago nearly half my life - scary

I am sorry for your situation Please focus on your exams for which I wish you the best of luck - I am sure you will do well As to your tutor just remember that one day your tutor will catch stomach flu and will then feel your pain - and will complain too. I am not meaning this in a nasty way...

My GI told me the same - I had a full colectomy and we later found that Colestipol worked better because the big D was being driven by bile salts. You may want to ask if you can try it. I hope this helps good luck

Thanks for the reply I just find it amazing that for food they can clarify the ingredients and yet for medication they can add what they refer to as an inert ingredient which could contain wheat. Many cronnies cannot tolerate wheat/ gluten. Would this combination of certain poisons then prolong...

Can you believe this? Yes So I went to my friendly GI - gave him writers cramp filling out my annual prescription list. I send off the prescriptions to the mail service so that I can get a 90 day supplies. So on the form it asks for allergies and I added wheat to the list. based on blood tests...

This is how my allergy to imuran started - I would check with your GI Good luck

Sorry to hear that your wife is having such a rough time. I too would look at diet. Keep a food diary and note any foods that she eats daily and remove them form her diet. Often the quickest way to identify the foods causing problems is to pick the ones she likes most. Be wary of cows milk and...

Good luck once a day I can cope with, twice a day is possible, 3 times a day I start missing and 4 times a day is a lottery. I am lucky at the moment only needing to take meds once a day. Good luck

I was camping in Cornwall England and remember going to the toilet in the middle of the night and thinking then this is not right. From there it went down hill - and I still go in the middle of the night :)

May be you don't want the balancing response. After they took out my colon they found cancer - not big. I was in the 20% that don't register with the test. Better to find out after they took it away. Just means I have been watched more closely afterwards. Good luck

Good luck and ask them doing it laproscopically - it is a much quicker recovery. I had three years of remission after the colectomy.

I think I am having the same issue - I have been on Lialda for a few months and I think it has stopped working - so I have switched to the enemas for a while let the body get used to those and switch again. There are many choices these days - thankfully not always steroids Good luck

I go for simple white rice dishes and sushi. I cannot tolerate wheat and a few other foods. I also drink carrot juice for veggies

It is still working thankfully a bit headachy but that is just my reaction to these drug types - better than the alternative Normality is returning Sounds like you hate flagyl as much as I do. And you pay the doctor for advice on how to feel that bad. :) I hope Cipro works better for you...

Sorry I am not surprised Flagyl has that same effect on me. When you explain to the Doctor they have that surprised look on their faces. I would definitely ask for Cipro, for me I had little or no other reactions to it. Lialda is working the swelling and pain have reduced, frequency is still an...

I did the fistula too - did they try Cipro too? If that does not work Remicade worked for me. :) Thanks for the feedback on Lialda - I am sure the swelling is going down but it is a slow process and I am impatient Keep healthy

Welcome to the forum I see you are using Lialda too I just started on it last Tuesday - are you on prednisone as well or just the Lialda? I have just had a 3 year remission period just broken, I am still a little shocked/ annoyed etc.. My GI is trying me on Lialda too with a less aggressive...