Last week my husband and I went on a well-earned vacation to the beach. After working for 10 straight months without more than a couple of days off we decided to do something that we don't do often enough - we did nothing. Okay, we ate, we laid on the beach, we swam in the ocean, and we walked along the shoreline, but other than that, and... Read more
New Study:
There was a new study published in the May 29, 2008 issue of Nature, a science and medicine journal, which may point researchers and pharmaceutical companies in a new direction of how to treat IBD. Researchers from the California Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School teamed up to conduct a study using mice and one of the... Read more
Whether we realize it or not, treatment options for both Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) have come a long way in the past 10, 20, and 30 years. Like me, my Dad has UC and when he was first diagnosed with it, options for treating the symptoms were scarce. He took Sulpha drugs after being hospitalized with a severe flare-up in the... Read more
The Ins and Outs of Colonoscopy
If your doctor suspects you have either Colitis or Crohn's disease then sooner or later you will be scheduled for a Colonoscopy. But it is not only a necessary procedure for properly diagnosing diseases of the colon like IBD but also to screen the general population for cancers of the... Read more
Ten years ago when I was finally diagnosed with UC I was given Asacol, a 5-ASA drug, to get the inflammation in my colon under control. Today, even though my symptoms are under control I still continue to take a low maintenance dose. And, my Dad who had pretty severe UC for nearly 30+ years thought he was in the clear after not having any symptoms... Read more
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