The funny thing is, quitting smoking was one of the easiest decisions I ever made. I was never a heavy smoker, I probably smoked 3-6 cigarettes a day, for about 5 years. My gf still smokes, but we now have a smoke free house so she goes outside to smoke. I didn't even get any cravings the last 2 weeks, it's great. I'm still coughing up a bit of crap out of my lungs each morning and when I go for a run, which is normal for the first 6 weeks after quitting smoking apparently. It's your lungs finally being able to fully heal and cough up all the really sticky smoker's phlegm crap. I'm really feeling better than I have since before I got UC in '04.
Hey Jan, so would you say talking to my GI about humira before remicade infusions sound like a good idea if my inflammation returns after the course of prednisone? I rather try it before dealing with remicade.
Also my probiotic came in today, I have a question for people who actively use probiotics and have had to do a course of cipro&flagyl for pouchitis. My 14 day course of cipro&flagyl comes to an end this saturday, so I have 3-4 days left on them. What would be a good time to start trying my probiotic? I want to start it a little before my antibiotics run out, so it can be in my system before any bad bacteria decide to re-populate. The daily dose says 2 pills a day, one with breakfast and dinner. If I started taking 1 a day 6 hours in between my antibiotics, would that be good or would it effect the strength of the antibiotics? Any personal experiences would be much appreciated.