Re: A medication that has helped me
From: Laura (sweetiepie42055423@yahoo.com)
Tue Nov 5 21:17:07 2002
At Tue, 5 Nov 2002, toni welsh wrote:
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>At Mon, 4 Nov 2002, cindy shruhan wrote:
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>>At Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Laura wrote:
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>>>Hi everyone,hope you are all feeling well. Since April I have been
>>>expeiencing horrible problem's with my bowels. Constipation,diarhea,pain
>>>after eating,and substanial weight loss. I was started on a new
>>>medication called Asacol. It is an anti-inflamatory specifcally for the
>>>bowels. It has helped me greatly. I am having normal bowel
>>>movements,and barely any pain. I thought this medication might be of
>>>some help to those of you that are suffering from bowel problems. I
>>>have ulcerative colitis,and this medication has been a godsend. It was
>>>perscribed to me by my GI doctor,and I take 2 pills 3 times a day. God
>>>bless. Laura
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>>DEAR SWEET LAURA, A POSTING IS COMING YOUR WAY MY FRIEND, I HAVE READ
>>THIS POSTING, AND SEVERAL OTHERS, I ALSO HAVE ULCERATIVE COLITIS, AND
>>ALOT OF THE SMALL BOWEL PROBLEMS, SO IM GONNA WRITE TO YOU ON YOUR
>>PERSONAL ADDRESS, IS THIS OK..I HOPE YOU SEE THIS, BUT I WILL POST A NEW
>>ONE, JUST TO MAKE SURE, THIS INFO WE SHARE ON THE BOWEL STUFF CAN REALLY
>>HELP OTHERS, CANT WAIT TO TALK TO YA..THIS IS TO COOL, TO HAVE THE EXACT
>>SAME THINGS IS UNREAL..YOUR FRIEND CINDY SHRUHAN
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>>I'M VISUALLY IMPAIRED, I NEED THE CAP'S IN ORDER TO TYPE, NOT TO OFFEND ANYONE..THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING...cindyandbobby@webtv.net
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>Hi, yes this asacol is wonder drug, my 26 year old son has IBD, they are
>not sure at this point if it is ulcerative colitis or Crohns disesae as
>my sister has crohns! He has taken the Asacol for almost 6 years and NO
>FLAREUPS so far! He has been in remission for years but was very ill
>when he was diagnosed, I worry about him daily as my 38 year old sister
>has a permanent colostomy! I will keep you in my prayers!
>
>Toni
Thank you for the prayers,I am doing so much better,it is like night and
day,and I hope that maybe this medication can help others. Laura