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by gmnjoy21
Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:51 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: HELP! Newly pregnant with AWFUL flare for 3 weeks!
Replies: 5
Views: 976

Thanks for all your responses! Tex, I was gluten and dairy free for two years during which time I experimented with going off Lialda only to see my symptoms return rather quickly. So I kept on with Lialda and added first gluten back in. I had no worsening of my symptoms so I have been eating gluten ...
by gmnjoy21
Mon Jul 21, 2014 10:26 am
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: HELP! Newly pregnant with AWFUL flare for 3 weeks!
Replies: 5
Views: 976

HELP! Newly pregnant with AWFUL flare for 3 weeks!

My LC has been controlled well by lialda (2.4 grams a day) for 4 years. A couple weeks after conception I started on a flare that is NOT getting better. My Gastro Doc told me to double my dose of lialda (already $250 a month!) and I am now taking 3 instead of 4 and I'm only going potty about 4-5 tim...
by gmnjoy21
Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:32 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Lialda- anyone?
Replies: 14
Views: 2267

Lialda

I have been on Lialda for 4 years and it controlled my symptoms very well through a pregnancy and breastfeeding, even. Recently, my symptoms have returned though. I'm not sure why. Possibly because I'm pregnant again. I've been going 5 to 6 times a day again for about a week so I'm seeing my GI next...
by gmnjoy21
Tue Jun 15, 2010 1:10 pm
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Newly Diagnosed and very confused
Replies: 10
Views: 1941

Many thanks!

Thanks, all of you, for the warm welcome and words of encouragement! I am going to try the testing method you outline here for food sensitivities and in the mean time, tonight in fact, I'm heading over to Whole Foods to try out some of their food that they make in a wheat and gluten free facility. T...
by gmnjoy21
Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:34 am
Forum: Main Message Board
Topic: Newly Diagnosed and very confused
Replies: 10
Views: 1941

Newly Diagnosed and very confused

Hi, Everyone: so glad to have find some other folks who suffer from this weird auto-immune disorder. I'm sure much of what I'm going to ask has been asked before so please forgive me for redundancies. First thing, this has really thrown me for a loop. Unlike what I've seen from many of your patient ...

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