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Reply to "will my kids get UC? anyone experience this?"

Yeah, we keep it light. It is a running joke around the house, who gets to have the CCF "I gotta go NOW" card. We never rent a vacation house with only one bathroom, etc, etc.

My son was a champ about it, and I was amazed how quickly his initial flare was reversed with IV steroids and antibiotics. I spent a month in the hospital when I was first diagnosed, but that was after about six weeks of screwing around with "maybe you just have a bug, or a fly landed on your salad" type nonsense. My weight went down to 89 pounds. They didn't even have colonoscopy back then, just barium enema and rigid sigmoidoscopy. My son only lost a few pounds before he was back on his feet, and was able to go to Hawaii with us a couple weeks later.

But, I think he was lucky, because that isn't always the case, even with today's treatment protocols.

Jan Smiler
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