I never realized how bad I felt until I felt better! I started LDN about 7 weeks ago, and I ave been doing better on this drug then I have on any other drug. I will never take any immune supressants...
I began LDN 3 weeks ago.....and I am so happy! I havn't felt this good in 10 years I have been hospitalized at least twice a year for the past 10 years. Tried all the meds........... Was on all the...
It has been a long time since I posted here, But I like to come in every so often and give you the up-date on my Chemo treatment. So much for the Chemo putting Crohns into remsiion....didnt happen....
gma do not be sorry.i feelthe same way, I am currently in chemo had a masetomy in sept on left breast. If i had to do it over I woould have had both breast taken....... I trust nothing when it comes...
i HAVE THIS TERRIBLE TERRIBLE SMELL FOR about 7-10 DAYS AFTER CHEMO. It lingers in everything i do everywhere i lay...even my poor dog cant lay next to me she smells......and from that smell i stay...
i THINK SHE WILL E FINE. i HAVE CROHNS DISEASE AND IT HAS WRECKED A BIT OF HAVACK, BUT NOTHING i CAN'T HANDLE i GUESS wAS REALLY NAUSEATED THE PUKEY UNTIL THEY GAVE ME THE EMEND..THAT HELPED. SECOND...
Wow. So sorry to hear about the accident. I too am dealing with chemo AC . Had my first on the 17th of Nov., I was very sick, so sick I ended up in ER, don't know if having crohns has anything to do...
well...I do not have reaccurance but am currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Friday I begin chemo....I also had thyroid cancer and last week after having the ct scans they found a very...
I start adriamyosin this Friday. I am asking any of you who have been through it to tell me how you did. Where you able to work, did you get sick, tierd etc. I don't mind loosing my hair, been there...
so proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
I loved it...it was the first thing other then prdnisone that worked BUT with no side effects. I am hoping that once I am through the breast cancer thing, I can go back on it. I have a hope though...
i have not taken a predinsone in 8 months!!!!!!!!!!!!! I however was on it a very long time started on 60 mg for months took me a year to wean off then for like 5 years I took anywhere from 40 to 10...
Yes....all of you have become my dearest friends. I have no idea what i would do withot all of you. You all help me so much, I know hat I can always come here to cry, vent , laugh, all of it. You...
I started one also in the beginning Then everyone said I should write a book, so I started that too.....But, I find myself so caught up in all of this that I hardly write anymore. It seems like my...
gwen, My prayers are so with you and your entire family....
i love the pink boa idea...... I start Chemo on the 17th of this month. i got a call yesterday from a lady who is donating me a wig I get to pick one out for free... from a store in chicago. She said...
jody, This is the place you need to be.....I found it alot easier to get through to my husband if I leave things for him to read. I wa Dx'd with Crohns the year we were married, and then started...
Yes, Matthew...Pain pills do cause constipation,,,,,,But at this point, I would rather be constipated then in pain. I never took pain meds for Crohns ever, but have no choice with Breast Cancer.....
Thank you. I am going today to meet with the oncologist...I am writting down notes as I sit here. I just hope I don't forget anything to ask. I will let you know how it goes. BY THE WAY>>>I a got...
Ok as many as you know, my slides were not sent out for 6 weeks /community/emoticons/mad.gif after my masectomy. Finally it came back...my surgeons nurse called and said It was 18 + Almost 19???...
No antibiotics. Just vic's for pain, which does not seem to help much. Except to constipate me. So I try to only take them at night and when i really need them. Yes, the oncology part has me really...
Well, I am now 3 weeks post op of the expander. The masectomy was much easier then the expander, every week, I go in to have cc's of saline placed in to enlarge the skin for the implant...It is going...
I had a left breast masectomy, so I can't tell you about the length of pain you may have. BUT....under my arm I had alot of pain, and I am of Greek decent so I do have to use an anti persp.,(PEWWWWW)...
tHE MASECTOMY WAS NOTHING...iN FACT THE DAY AFTER MY FATHER PASSED IN aLABAMA, WE DROVE 600 MILES THE NEXT MORNING....i DONT KNOW IF IT WAS MY MIND TAKING OVER OR WHAT, BUT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE...
I had a balloon ablation about 2 years ago to stop my periods,becaaue of the pain associated with Crohns,and my monthly periods. I had a ultra sound done and they found 2 cycts, they wanted to start...
well, I had it.......I had the expander put in on the 9th.....it was the most painful process thus far. I was unable to do anything for over a week, went through all my pain meds....it was horrible....
Jo-Ann, My heart lterally goes out to you. I know exactly how you feel about the wine and smokes . The day after my masect., my dad died, I lit up on my way down to Alabama from chicago to claim his...
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! Today is Saturday, and it is the first day I was able to get up without help, I even took a bath!!I know Gross....Tues to sat is a long time, but honestly, I couldnt if I wanted to....
i am assuming that the breast doctor would have known, although I am bringing the idea up to her. SHe did say that he cancer had not metast. I had the reconstructtion suregery on tues, and I have to...
Well, people keep telling me that this is the "good" part of breast cancer. lolol..I actually don't see it that way, but I am going to try it. they are going to cut on the same scare I already have...
For several months prior to being dx with breast cancer I had a terrible dagging pain under my shoulder on the left side of my back. Then I was dx with breast cancer in left breast. I am about 3...
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EVE, I feel your pain...I really really do. Everyone tells me all thetime how strong I am for what I have been through,sometimes I would just like to be......"babied" ( Don't know if that's the right...
Kattbird you are so right. My sister in law and I both\went for mammo's in August, She never smoked, , always took good care of herself as far as exercising, eating well, etc. I on the other hand am...
I also was given the same dosage of xanax after years of pred use. I have to tell you it was the best thing they gave me. FOr the sleep and to take a bit of the edge off. It helps to make the...
well this friday it will be 2 weeks since my mastectomy. FIrst my husband and I talked about recostruction, of course it was my decison...he didnt mind either way... I am however am so HAPPY I...
my mouth twitches alot, like I am having a almost like a spasm, my wholemouth goes to the right, andmy husband says "are u ok, hows your levels, ya need meds?????? IT is like my eyes close shut real...
When I was using Humira I used the pens and I was very happy with them. They seemed to hurt less then the syringes. i think that it is just a personal preference....
southside of chicago....
I don't have it but I do have a friend who may have it. I was just wondering how it was comapred to hep c??? Is the 2 the same????what causes it, can it be spread etc....
what is hbcab???? Is it contagious?????...
TLW...what I am trying to say is that, I believe that your illness will make our son a better person, He will be able to be a more caring person, for he has seen his own mother suffer with this...
I am so sorry you are going through such a difficult time. I understand so well, your obligation to your son. My son was about 14 too when I was first dx'd with Crohns....then right after that the...
I feel God's grace everyday. SOmetimes, I think He gets tierd of hearing me beg. For a long time I pleadd and begged GOD, ESP., WHEN IT CAME TO MY SON, Ihad quit praying and was litrally begging Him,...
Thanks to all of you!!!!!!!!! I have found so much compassion and so many that care, If I thought of life the way I have seen it through the death of my dad & athe evil I have seen, I would not have...
I feel very fortunate. THis cancer scare is a whole lot better then it could have been,i have met somewonerful people helping me through my illnesses, and with my father. the lady cashed a forged...
I want to thank all of you for the prayers while I was having the mastectomy on Friday. I had my left breast removed on Friday...everything went great, the lymph nodes came back clean...thanks to all...
Well, I came through the mastectomy with flying colors. Came home from the hospital on Saturday, and was in a rental car on my way to Alabama Sunday morning. My father passed away Saturday evening,...
Thank you!!!! As much as I thought I was ready for all this, At the same time, I am NOT. I am so afraid. But I guess it is natural to have all of these feeling. My son came home from Arizonia this...
ucforme, I came to this site 5 weeks ago....I usually posted on the crohns forum becasue I am battling crohns disease. 5 weeks ago, they found a lump ...after a ultra sound I was dx'd with breast...