Prednisone. I’ve got more than a few names for it, but it’s helped many people get out of an IBD flare. Unfortunately, it sometimes involves trading your soul to the devil, or at least trading one problem for another.
Prednisone
I Was in Remission (and why that didn’t matter)
One lesson I’ve learned about IBD is that our symptoms can often be very misleading, and they sometimes don’t correlate with what’s actually going on in our gut. This can pose several problems as a patient and for the GI treating us.
The Stuff You Don’t Hear About IBD
Despite all the wonderfully positive stories you might see on the news or on blogs about IBD’ers who’ve overcome personal obstacles, it probably wasn’t always easy for them. Many of us haven’t climbed over those obstacles yet, and continue to live a life of pain and suffering. Many IBD advocates have attempted to bring these issues to the forefront, but our message about the true challenges we face when living with Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis usually goes unnoticed by the general public. I hope to bring some of those challenges to light in this article.
Perianal disease: A timeline PART 1
“Ken doll butt”. You’ll get the joke soon. This will be the first entry in a four-part series on my … Read more