Information and opinions on Inflammatory Bowel Disease from SW at MyIBDCentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880 http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880 http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880/54101/discouraged Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:21:13 -0500 SW Hi, I hope it's okay if I do a little venting here! I've really been struggling lately with my IBD and I don't know where to turn. Since Monday I've been woken up most every morning with extremely intense joint pain in my knees and sometimes ankles and wrists (it jumps around). I'm pretty sure that it's arthritis...but it's sharp pain that's hardly tolerable rather than dull or achy. I used to believe that I had a high tolerance for pain-... http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880/54101/discouraged http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880/47998/medication-calendar Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:35:07 -0500 SW I'm new at this whole IBD thing. Since I am on Prednisone (a steriod used to treat UC), the dosage decreases every 4 days. This can get really confusing!!! To help me take my medications correctly, I made a calendar and chart using Microsoft Word. Now I can refer to this when I'm filling my medications each week. I hope this sample will help others trying to figure out how to keep up with all of the new... http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880/47998/medication-calendar http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880/47993/ibd-statistics Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:28:30 -0500 SW I found these statistics about IBD on the NDDIC website (http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/index.htm). I didn't know it was this rare... Inflammatory Bowel Disease Incidence:Ulcerative colitis: 8 new cases per 100,000 people per year (1984-1993) Crohn's disease: 7 new cases per 100,000 people per year (1984-1993) Prevalence:Ulcerative colitis: 246 cases per 100,000 people per year (2001) Crohn's disease: 162 cases per 100,000 people... http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/c/729880/47993/ibd-statistics