amazongypsy

Close Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis

Treatments

Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Working / Worked

Try not to eat something that will stop my up or irritate-- spicy foods, nuts, popcorn, etc.

Azulfidine Working / Worked

Been on this for over a year now.

Dietary Modification Working / Worked

See Avoiding Certain Foods.

Lialda Working / Worked

My pcp prescribed this while we were still doing the preliminary workup and referring me to my GI doc. It helped a little while I was on it--at least, it controlled some bathroom necessities.

Prednisone Working / Worked

Been on this. Was up to 30mg/day at one point. Moon face-- how I hated it! Eating was okay because I had lost a lot of weight by the time I was dx'd. Also sprouted a lot of hair that decided to stay after I was off the med. That sucks more than the moon-face, I think, since that at least went away.

Probiotics Not Working

This didn't seem to help me the few months I was on it, so I stopped taking it and instead upped my yogurt intake. That at least is tasty.

Close Ankylosing Spondylitis

Recently dx'd with AS.

Treatments

Humira Considering

Working on getting this. The copay is expensive so I am trying to get their assistance card.