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My surgery was laproscopic - definitely the way to go. I think my surgery lasted about 5 hours and the hospital recovery went good - in on Monday morning and out on Saturday afternoon. Like many others, I was in very poor health going into surgery. I had been in and out of the hospital a...

I've only had one infusion about a week and a half ago and I feel no different. I'm hoping that it just takes a little time to kick in!

No drugs have had any positive impact on me yet. I've tried asacol, colazal, prednisone, and remicade. Just stared tysabri last week but I'm hoping the aloe vera juice does the trick like RichardO is taking about. I'd rather not take another infusion again.

My brother's is in his small intestines - has problems with blockage and all where I just have to go all the time.

I only had 5 total infusions of remicade but never had any real side effects except for being tired afterward. I hope your other infusions go better for you!

Although I never had a cycle with Remicade like you are describing, I noticed a few days after my first infusion that things were getting better. I too figured it was a wonder drug, but a few days later all that "wonderfulness" disappeared. I had 4 other infusions, none of which did anything...

Fantastic! I have been drinking small amounts of Aloe Vera for the past couple of months and it definitely reduced my bleeding. I've been wondering what would happen if I drank a bunch of it. I'll give it a try! Thanks for sharing your experience. By the way, are you still drinking the aloe...

Greetings everyone! My story is pretty simple compared to most but with much commonality. I am 42 years old and started having problems a year ago. At first just some blood with my normal stool, then more blood, then pretty much all blood. After a couple of months I met with a GI who...