u/Disastrous_Ant3479

How on earth does anyone actually keep that inside them for 5-10 minutes?

I’ve instantly gone like 2 minutes after using it hahaha they’re impossible to keep in!

24m 180cm

I was very underweight 53kg at my lowest 3 months ago. I suffer with Ulcerative colitis which makes it hard for me to gain weight when my gut is damaged. It also restricts me from eating certain things.

Over the last 3 months I have managed to put on 9kg and be the heaviest I ever have at 62kg! I think 3kg a month is insane for me and I’m really happy about it. Aiming for 70kg by the end of the year as I expect it to slow down a bit now

Is prednisone tablets better and do they work quicker than IV steroids?

At hospital now and they offered me both but I’ve never had IV steroids that aren’t part of my infusion medication.

Edit: I know prednisone works well for me

Since I started mesalamine 1g suppositories I have been having diarrhoea every morning with a little bit of blood. Today I have been on the toilet 10 times I think? Diarrhoea, blood, tenesmus, aches all over my body, urgency.

Is it the suppositories not reacting well with my body, is it possible for them to not agree and cause harm? I’m in so much pain as the title says and need some help. I left a voicemail for my nurses already but they can take up to 5 days to respond. Do I call the urgent line?

Been on them for 5 days and they are great for reducing pain, stomach aches etc but today I had a stool that was pure blood?

I’m on mesalazine 1g suppositories and infliximab infusions.

A week ago I got a lot of shit on a post about me being scared/uncomfortable using suppositories. To all the people who gave me a hard time, I did it for the first time tonight.

It was uncomfortable like I thought it would be and it’s still going to take some courage to do it again for a while. But I’m glad I was able to do it today.

To all the people who were nice and encouraging, thank you.

This might not be a huge thing for many people but it was for me. Another fear conquered!

How does everyone get over the mental block/challenge of using suppositories? I’m 24m and the last thing I want to do is put things up my bum. I physically cannot do it. I get ready mentally and physically but then freeze every time and just cannot do that last bit.

Finally after 2 years of declining in weight due to ulcerative colitis and malabsorption… I have finally gotten myself back to 60kg after dropping to 53kg.

I’m still underweight as a 24 yo man at 6”0 but I’m happy to see this progress after 2 months of trying to gain weight again after meds started working to treat my IBD. Onwards and upwards!

I am on immunosuppressant medication right… this girl I’m seeing I know she’s clean std wise and whatever. Without being TMI I was just curious as to whether it’s safe to perform oral on both front and back. Like after they’ve showered of course.

I’ve been fine symptom wise recently, been on infliximab for 7 months and today especially have felt no pain or bloating and have eaten fine. Have had no stress recently but just now I went to the toilet and there was a fair bit of blood. Why is this happening? Because tomorrow I can guarantee I’ll be completely fine and have no blood.

Do I need to try a different medication? They are doubling my dose… shall I ask for steroids again? Or see what happens over next few days

Little back story… I always struggled to gain weight throughout my life once I tried to. From age 17 ish. I ate more than everyone in my house and pretty much everyone I knew and nothing would happen. Tried dirty bulking, healthy bulking, high calorie smoothies, weight gain protein powder. Everything.

2 years ago I got diagnosed with IBD. Due to my diagnosis, I had been silently struggling with malabsorption probably since 17 and likely years before then too.

After a long 2 years I have finally been on a medication that seems to work for me and as a result I must have cured my malabsorption somewhat. Probably not fully cured and healed it but it’s better than it has been. I have figured out a lot of foods I can and can’t have which has made gaining weight that extra bit more challenging.

However, in the last 2 months, with the help of prescribed calorie drinks, I have managed to put nearly 7kg on and I’ve gone from 53kg to 59kg and a few lbs.

I’m not sure how good 7kg in 2 months is for your average underweight person with no disease but 7kg sounds incredible to me. I’m really happy! I hope to get to 70kg by the end of the year if possible. That would be insane

I think it’s crazy how we have just gone to strangers now. Breakup happened and Instantly that was it, never knew eachother again.

It’s crazy because all she did was compliment me during the breakup, say she couldn’t imagine a life without me and would like to stay friends, said I was a perfect boyfriend who did nothing wrong. It’s a small thing but she said she wouldn’t delete our photos on Instagram and apps alike because it’s part of her life, memories etc. she felt guilty getting rid of me because how good I was to her.

And after all it seems like a huge lie. Said it all just to make herself feel better probably. She hasn’t bothered staying friends or reaching out after all the time that has passed. She has removed certain pictures of just us. I don’t think there was ever any truths told really.

Who knows why she really dumped me in the end. Who knows if she really ever did feel guilty. After all it seems like she really didn’t give a fuck about me and how I was feeling. When she broke up with me the last thing I said to her was “I don’t expect you to say it back but I love you” because I wanted to say it one last time. As a matter of fact, she said it back. Again, another lie. Why did she bother?

It’s all to a point where it makes me think she hates me now when I really haven’t done anything to warrant that. I still want to talk to her parents about how they’re doing and how I’m doing because we were really close. Nothing to do with my ex, just me wanting to keep 2 great friends that I made.

Just the feeling that I’m hated by her or the feeling that she really doesn’t want to keep me in her life at all after everything she said makes me feel like a nuisance or a fly that won’t go away by messaging her parents. My goal is not to talk to her parents in a way to stay in her life, I really am not interested in that.

I’ve been told my infliximab is working at sub-therapeutic levels… no big deal they’re going to up my dose. However as soon as I got off my steroids (budesonide) which are supposedly weaker and less side effects that prednisone I have been feeling awful gut wise.

I don’t know whether it’s just in my head because I don’t have that safety blanket or what. Or if my infliximab still isn’t working. I just had my second double dose 3 days ago so I suppose there’s a chance they still haven’t properly kicked in yet?

No idea what to do whether I ask to go back on budesonide for the time being or just try ride it out for a few days and just see whether I’m having a bad few days

24m 57.3kg been suffering with malabsorption due to IBD which seems to have healed slightly with meds. Went from 53kg to 57.3kg in a month and a half! Aiming for 65-70kg as a reasonable goal within the next year. Anything on top it a bonus.

Anyway to get to my question… Anybody have a recommendations for reasonably priced vegan/dairy free whey mass gainer powders. Either flavoured or flavourless I’m not fussed.

Need to be able to get them in the UK or shipped to the UK

TIA :)

EDIT: ignore Whey I’m on little sleep I just realised what I said was stupid haha just a vegan mass gainer please

Anybody know of a good whey protein mass gainer that’s vegan? Reasonably priced, can be flavourless or flavoured I don’t mind. Accessible in the UK or available to order to UK preferably please

TIA :)