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Posted 8/5/2013 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
I had a really bad cold almost two weeks ago and took two days off work--couldn't keep my head up sheesh...could not handle typing.  Last Monday it seemed to be going away, then little by little it came back last week.  By Saturday I was down and out with cough and sinus and my shoulders ache so much.  Hoping it is not strep as that was going around (and the wonderful folks that sit near me at work came in with it).  Well I toughed it out on just Tylenol, OJ, steam and kleenex as long as I could.  Saturady night and SUnday each, I took one Advil C&S....it just got to that point where it was worth the risk (Advil does usually make my gut hurt).  Phew (see Erin wiping her brow) I managed to not have gut pain with just the one per day this time.  Not pushing it and today I am looking far and wide in the office for Tylenol---my little Tupperware cup was empty!!!!  Time to buy a bigger pill cupboard for the purse!!  I just don't have the days to take off...or I would ahve stayed home today should not be contagious after two weeks, but a nap sounds really good right now zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.  Oh well.....at least it's not CD symptoms!!!! 
Posted 8/5/2013 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Habs,
I hope you get to feeling better soon. I hate working when I'm sick, but sometimes it's necessary. I take Extra Strength Tylenol and Sudafed when I have bad colds....too afraid of bleeding risks with the Ibuprofen. My doc says some people can successfully take the Ibuprofen, but I get too afraid to risk it.
Posted 8/5/2013 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
Everyone in my house (besides me) has a bad cold right now. I'm so worried about getting it now that I'm on humira. But I've heard of so many people sick right now, strange for August!

I usually just take Tylenol and then 3 days of Afrin so I can breathe (I can't sleep with a stuffy nose). As tempting as it always is I don't touch the NSAIDS. Hope you get to feeling better! I'd see the doctor if it drags on much longer.
Posted 8/5/2013 9:17 PM (GMT 0)
Habs - I also sneak in some Advil once in a while when I'm really sick. As long as I'm not flaring.

Most of the time, I do Tylenol, Sudafed, Vitamin C, hot tea, rest, fluids - and hope for the best... For some reason grapefruit juice (not the pink kind) tastes extra good to me when I have a cold. So does warm brandy. :-)

Feel better soon!
Posted 8/5/2013 11:41 PM (GMT 0)
I guess I'm a rebel because I'll take Advil even in the midst of a bad flare because sometimes that is the only thing that will touch a headache short of my migraine meds, which I need to conserve. Of course, I'm pretty sure my chronic Advil use last summer (to treat my exercise-headaches) helped jumpstart my current flare, so I try to limit my use, but now I'm taking Celebrex daily with my GI's approval. I guess everyone handles NSAIDs differently (like everything else).

I don't know what it is about Tylenol, but it really doesn't work on anything but fevers for me.
Posted 8/6/2013 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
I've never really understood why NSAIDs are so much more contraindicted in Crohn's folks than the general population. As far as I know, they mainly affect the stomach and duodenum, whereas Crohn's is usually miles lower than that.

Anyway, I've always taken ibuprofen on a 'as needed' basis, usually for persistent pain behind the eyes (probably sinus related, but not sure) or period pains. I can go months without needing it, but sometimes I get a bad spell with the headache/eye pains and paracetamol (tylenol) doesn't really touch it: even ibuprofen doesn't always entirely get rid of it.

It's never given me any gut pain, so I presume I tolerate it okay. Still, I try to use it as little as possible.

Hope you feel better soon, Habs :p
Posted 8/6/2013 8:51 PM (GMT 0)
I think they're supposed to alter the gut mucosa NCOT. I take one or two of them when I need them, but would not risk taking them daily.
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