I went into my first surgery at the age of 15, at 125 pounds and other than ulcerative colitis, I was generally healthy. This wasn’t done when I had been sick for months and months, was severely underweight, or anything like that. I went into this surgery as healthy as a person who needs to […]
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Been thinking about Remicade…
I have been thinking about Remicade (http://www.remicade.com/) a lot lately. I know a lot of people who are on it. I have done some projects with Jannsen on this particular medication. And I was on it a while ago so I can relate to the things people say about the infusion process, etc. There was also […]
Overview of Digestive Disease Week ’14
Hi everyone! I wanted to talk in depth about all that happened during digestive disease week but figured it would be better to break it up into a few parts. Basically, Janssen Biotech which is the pharmaceutical part of Johnson and Johnson (the makers of Remicade) reached out to a number of health advocates and […]
Most Recent Thoughts About Having an Ostomy
Tomorrow is World Ostomy Awareness Day and I didn’t just want to write a post that simply educates people about ostomies because it is a lot more than that. I also feel like that can be left for other days and times, and doesn’t necessarily need to be done during the designated awareness day. I […]
How Do You Decide What To Do Next in Terms of Treatment?
There are risks to having surgery and there can be awful side effects to taking medication. So, how do you know what is right for you? The answer is unfortunately that there is simply no answer. These types of decisions come across the lives of patients suffering from crohns disease and ulcerative colitis far too […]