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  1. sickinlk

    Any ideas what to eat on a bowel rest

    So I fed up wiping my toosh. I want to give solid food a miss for a few days to see if it calms things down. Ive tried low residue but its no good. My doc gave me 30 ensure to make sure I was getting nutrition. Besides broths what else is there. Thanks in advance Ju
  2. sickinlk

    Beans are not my friend.

    beans are not my friend wine is not my friend bananas are not my friends either ill soon have no friends left. lol, seriously im trying to stay positive and find the funny side. been visiting the official funny thread. :ylol: I need to go on a low residue diet.:poo: bye bye healthy food...
  3. sickinlk

    A note to all remicade users.

    Hi All, Its been a long time. Ive been really well this past few years thanks to remicade. ive been on it nearly 3 years and after a good 6 months or more of messing with dosage and frequency i reached remission. i was so good i went back and did a course which qualified me to be a healthcare...
  4. sickinlk

    Now you are on 6mp do you react to alcohol

    hi all, since having pancreatitis last year i barely drink but i got carried away at a family funeral last wk. i had 7 or 8 bottles of cider. the next day and this is the 1st time this has ever happened, i felt dizzy and sick. i tried to get up and get a cup of tea and the room would go...
  5. sickinlk

    Guess what this is?

    Hi all. A quick question. I have a hard lump near my anus about the size of a bean. it hurts like a mofo. its under the skin. could it be an abscess or a fistula forming? can any1 with any experience shed some light. ju
  6. sickinlk

    When will double dose of remicade work

    :ybatty:hi all, I had my first double dose of remicade at 6 week intervals yesterday and judging by how im feeling today im guessing it will take a while to work. ive been on remicade since sep '12 and had some success at the start up until xmas. then it gradually started to get less and less...
  7. sickinlk

    6-mp when will it work

    Hi I probably sound impatient right now but im in my 5th week of 6-mp at 50 mg and I haven't noticed any difference apart form nasty headaches. I started at a low dose because I had pancreatitis before and we're being cautious. how long does it normally take. is 5 to 6 weeks a maximum or...
  8. sickinlk

    When the drugs dont work....they just make you worse

    see I used words from a song there to start. (the verve) well today I had 2 clinic apps in my local hospital. ENT and GI. Since xmas '12 ive had a hum in my ear and my gp said there was fluid in it and called it glue ear. it unheard of in adults. so the specialist had a look and I had a...
  9. sickinlk

    Flaring is it because i had remicade postponed

    hi All, well all I can say is boooooooooooooooooo! ive had my infusion postponed because I thought my son had chicken pox and the nurses didn't wanna risk it. it turned out not to be chicken pox, just a viral infection. its only been 3 days since my infusion was due and im flaring already...
  10. sickinlk

    High lft's what now?

    Hi All, Does any of yous know why i'd have a high liver function test. My doc rang yesterday to say they were high and id need them repeated in a week. ju
  11. sickinlk

    Calling all canadians

    hi hopefully ill be expat in Canada in the summer. me and my husband a 2 kids. we want to move to Edmonton but we'll go were the jobs are. we were also thinking Saskatoon as theres a lot of irish there. anyway, i have no clue about the Canadian health system. my GI said that they have a very...
  12. sickinlk

    Help me decide about new regime.

    im emigrating to Canada in the summer(fingers crossed) I was with my GI yesterday and asked him to take me of remicade. I didn't want to be on it incase id have trouble getting insurance or passing any medicals and i want to have more kids. im in remission since I started the remicade so im...
  13. sickinlk

    Rash on cheek and other stuff

    hi All, Im heading to my gp with this but wondered have any of you had similar. i dont know if they are all connected but these are my symptoms neck pain under left ear. circular rash on cheek random itching thats mostly upper body and face discomfort in chest. hurts when i take a deep...
  14. sickinlk

    Feel rotten

    hey All, i feel like ive been hit by a bus today. woke up with everything hurting, sore head throat bones skin. feels like a flu. have a mild temp of 99.4f or 37.4 c. my question is: those of you on remicade have said that getting an upper respitory infection is quiet common after 1st...
  15. sickinlk

    Kidney infection

    Hi all, hope some1 can advise. I had my 1st remicade infusion 2 wks ago. it improved my uc by 80% overnight and i feel very lucky. last wk i noticed my urine was a darker so i mentioned it to the nurse who was doing bloodwork for my 2nd infusion. she checked my urine and said there was blood...
  16. sickinlk

    Positive mentoux test

    Hi I wrote this in the remicade club so apologies for duplicate question. I had the mentoux test for TB on monday and ive had a positive reaction. i have a swelling that can be felt over 10mm long with redness. im freaking out. does this mean i have TB? does this mean i cant start...
  17. sickinlk

    TMI-vommiting reaction when pooping

    hi, sorry for being gross, When im on the toilet doing the do, i have this strong feeling like im gonna puke. Its not nausea or an unwell feeling but an actual mechanical pulling deep down. Its new to me since mu UC has spread just this past month or so. Does any1 know what it is. could it...
  18. sickinlk

    Hi, im julie and i have uc

    Hi every1, intro time. my story started last Feb. I had just moved into a new house and gave up the smokes. My 1st symptom was blood in my bm. 2 wks past with blood in every bm and then added mucous to the mix, i decided to head to the docs. Well she stuck a finger up my bum and said she...
  19. sickinlk

    How long till back to normal

    Hi All, I have UC and i had my 2nd colonoscopy on Monday past there. it showed that my disease had gone from proctitis to 50cm inflamation up to the transverse colon. anyway the prep was horrific. i had 6 dulcolax 2x night for 3 nights and 2 satchets of citra fleet the day b4 the test. Im...
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