Hi all...

Nice to see you posting dunny, it's been a while eh...speakikng for myself I'm still taking this DD one day at a time.

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I'm hanging in there...yep, there's been snow in Calgary, luckily I live about 30 minutes out of Calgary and we haven't gotten as much snow as they have...Most of it's melted there though, but as we all know, tons will soon be on it's way.

How 'bout you?

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UGH, how depressing!!! Like you don't have enough to deal with...I'm glad your CD is behaving for the most part at least...I frequent the IBS forum here at HW since I have IBS too, and it seems alot of people tend to get IBS after gall bladder surgery, of course it's not written in stone or anything, but lets keep our fingers crossed that you won't get that issue...surgery is never an easy decision but sometimes it's the only option...wishing you the best of luck with it all and keep on posting when you can.

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Good to see you dunny. I know how you feel with the rain. We have had weeks and weeks of the wet stuff. Hope you get to feeling better soon and maybe a little sunshine as well.

Thanks guys. It makes a heart feel good to know you've been missed!! As far as the rain sniper, it's still
doing it, but I guess the sun is shining somewhere LOL x

Just finished our first snow storm of the year. Wasn't too bad 1-3 feet depending on where you live. I lost my gall bladder several years ago and my pancreas went bonkers early this year. That caused me to be taken off imuran. I didn't realize that Crohn's might be responsible for my gall bladder troubles?

Hope the weather clears for you soon...............

Crohn's certainly can have an effect on your gall bladder and pancreas. If you get bacterial overgrowth in the SI - not too uncommon - bacteria can infiltrate the duct that the gall bladder and pancreas use (this may happen more when the SI around the duct is inflamed causing swelling and leakage). Bacteria will cause gall stones and will irritate the pancreas. The pancreatic irritation will result in trypsin becoming active while it is still in the pancreas which is very damaging.

You said it Dunny! When your pancreas decides to hurt, crohn's is about the farthest thing from your mind! What a beautiful day today! Bright sunshine and going to be 60 degrees. Great day to crawl under a couple of cars and get the oil changed???? Ok not fun but it won't change itself. Hope you're feeling better. Guy

isergodur, gosh that's a mouthful lol, while I was taking Humira I started to get bad leg pains (mainly knee area), wrist & hand
pain & weakness and the worst kind of fatigue. So they decided to do an ANA blood test, that came back as positive. Now that alone
does not conclude that you have Lupus, but it's a strong indication. They then followed up with a DNA anti-body for lupus, that came
back as a strong positive. So that meant I had lupus for real and not the drug induced kind.
With the help of a maintainance dose of prednisone I have some relief of the leg pains. I really don't think that right now my lupus
is flaring, as I'm reasonably asymptomatic. However, when it does flare it's pretty tough going.
I hope this helps some. Why are they testing you?

Guy, yep pancreatic pain is the worst, especially in a acute attack. I had 2 attacks following 6mp treatment, they left my pancreas
scared. Recently it's gotten much worse, they are now trying to find out if I might be at end stage pancreatitis....

Keeper, thanks for that info. It is also important for people to keep an eye on their Triglyceride levels. Some of our medications
cause these fats to rise, and in turn does not do your pancreas any favors. I have a lipid panel done every 2 to 3 months....

Thanks everyone for posting, you've made me feel special LOL x

I'm so sorry to hear that. I wish you the best of luck.