Hmmm maybe they have changed their policy ! Because I was on the phone with them a year or so ago and they told me just plain no ... Thanks Susie...
Susie really ? It’s that serious ? I called my pcp this morning about getting a blood test to see if there is infection in my body - not only do I NOT see him until next Friday , but I haven’t gotten...
Does anyone know if Stelara helps pay Medicare people? Remicade stopped helping as soon as I went on Medicare...
I’m 62 y/o F with Crohn’s for 34 years . After going on disability ins refused to help pay for remicade. Have been pretty good for 2 years until about a month ago . I am hoping my questions can be...
Thank you both for some very good info. I do appreciate you’re input. I had been on Remicade for years , but insurance changes and Johnson and Johnson no longer helping now makes it impossible ...had...
Anyone know what the lowest does of prednisone is that can be taken . I don't want to get into the whole issue of obeying my doctor and taking the large PRESCRIBED AMOUNT ... Lets just say the dose...
SCIFIGAL thank you so much for the info ... Much appreciated ...you would think I'd know this stuff after so many years !! Enjoy your baby!!...
A few months ago i was having lots of vaginal infections ...been on antibiotics and for the most part got about 90% better ...didn't bother going back to the gyno just dealt with it . About a week...
Sorry it has been so long ...thank you Exit ... as it turned out I had salmonela ! Still need to get another stool test in a week ...but have had UTI tahtwon't go away ...and it was the most painful...
Hi everyone ; has anyone ever had Cdiff and can tell me symptoms ? From what I read it was after having an antibiotic of some kind ~ it had been at least 2mos since my last antibiotic for recurring...
Thanks Everyone ... but I had my gall bladder out this last January - My docs office did call at about 5:45 ... tonight ; have an appt to see him today ....
[b] I am not sure if anyone can offer any expertise in this area. I started Remicade 2 months ago - will get 3rd or 4th this Friday ( did I mention that my memory is getting worse !) Doc took me off...
I guess i am in my 2nd month ( at least ) of a severe flare ... they just now believe me after doing a ct scan ... just dont understand why this GI is refusing to do a colonoscopy when I asked him to...
Well, I woke up still tired ... but that is normal for me ~ and I have a headache ...that concerns me since I don't usually get headaches ... Too early to tell if my breathing and chest pain have...
Hi everyone ....wanted to give you an update - after being told it wasn't my heart from the nuclear stress and the EKG ... this past Saturday I decided to get past it ... and for the first time went...
Thank you everyone ... I am on the weak side - but I rationalize that I did work I have not done in a long time too ... had blood work done but don't know results yet ... wondering if I should call...
I started Humera about 4 months ago ... I did not even think of the Humera as a possibility for my other serious symptoms [2] For a few months I have been experiencing breathlessness and a burning in...
It has been ages since I have been on ... I am now on Humera in about my 3rd month...one pen every other week .... However, it has helped the really bad Crohns in my colon ( I can tell ! ) but...
Been ages since I have been here :shakehead: Have been off meds for almost 2 years and honestly I have not felt bad - finally found a new wonderful GI for the first time in my 27 years as a CDer ......
Thanks ladies... I have such a dilemma with my Gastro Doc...his office is horrible - I have called his office twice and left a message that I now have insurance and need to talk to him about the GB...
Update : Doc wants me to have my G B out fast ...says I have stones and that is why I now have pancreatitis ... had no ins for a while so I ignored him - what else could I do ? Now I have ins again...
Wow!! Don't apologize for writing like you talk ! That was great ! So informative and I really am glad you shared ...you see you can explain it so much better than I can :turn: First of all - the...
Hey KitKat I read that you just had your gallbladder out ...can you tell me about it ? My pancreas is all out of wack and my GI is blaming my gallbladder and the small stones (which I apparently have...
I hear what yall are saying but ...how many can say they have been on meds for ever and have had resections, ER visits , constant pain , weight loss ...ect. ? Really - isn't it going to happen anyway...
aoccc .... the grass is really always greener on the other side ..so it seems I thought this was the greatest thing that could ever happen ..maybe if it wern't for this insurance issue I might feel...
Actually I did ask a lawyer friend who doesn't practice any more ; he said I definitely have a case ....BUT at what cost .. he said they will for sure find a why to fire me with some kind of reason...
Hey yall' - to make a long story short - I interviewed for a new job a few months ago ; I asked 2 phone interviewers one big question "what kind of insurance will there be ? " I was told by both...
Thanks ladies ...as much as I hate to admit it I hope this is what it is vs anything else ...but gee, I thought I was going to get away with this mena thing easy !! Who would have thought after a...
Navy ...I haven't been on in a long time and just saw that your mom passed away ...I am so sorry ... I pray you find peace in this storm and comfort in her memories ... so sorry...
I am 52 and its been a year since I had my period I have a rectalvaginal fistula - and for months have had lots of discharge ; mostly front .. went to gyn who pretty much said ..no infection , so if...
thanks so much Gail ! Sounds like you and I are similar ... Ive had mine for 25 years ...and still alive too!! Only one really big difference ... I am not hallarious at all... rather boring ! I spoke...
Colonoscopy in March showed 2 fistulas - rectal and perinum Started Remicaid ( for the 2nd time) in April - been on it since But the discharge from both ends has not stopped ; as a matter of fact...
I am so sorry - hope I can be as strong as she was...
I have bruising too : started a few years ago but I never mentioned it to a doc... all on my legs ?? Hey Lamb ... I am having blood work 2-3 times a month ... do you have any idea what it might be...
Sniper...I was thinkin about you again ... Any chance of moving !!! ??? Glad to hear you are okay and surviving another one. Lets hope and pray this is it for 2008! /community/emoticons/yeah.gif ...
Thanks for your input ...it is really appreciated ..Keeper my sed rate is within normal range so wouldn't that mean I am not in a flare ; dont' they judge inflamation by the sed rate ? ? And Vicky...
A few months ago I was dx with severe pancreatitis ...shock of all shocks! Well, after lots of tests my lipase is still really high ...BUT .. my CT scan didnt show anything ...and more importantly I...
yES that is exactly how I felt when I had fistuals and didn't know i had them ..the pain was unbearable - I tried everything to relieve the pain ; but finally began to bleed alot which put me in the...
Hey everyone .. I dont mean to sound ignorant ...but I was told with my march colonsocopy that i have 2 r...v fistuals ....but you all are saying that yours are outside ??? Am I understanding right ?...
Hi ...obviously I don't really know which it is your going through ...but I can say that in my earlier years with crohns that is exaclty how my serious flares started each time ... 3 major ones and...
Well my levels of over 700 was diagnosed as severe pancreatitis ...there is a good note ...after 4 1/2 days of being so afraid this was it for me ..and I wasn't ready to go yet .. I stopped eating as...
Fitzy - yes...I can do the Cobra for about $400 I think ...worth the borrowing for sure ... I will have to do that without even thinking twice - Thurs I go for a cat scan so I guess if this is right...
Thanks everyone - your words really did calm me down last night ...realizing there must be an explanation for it plus he scheduled me for a cat scan on thursday - and that was before seeing the...
You know MM more than anything - I am thinking about something serious happening just when I resigned from my job ! That scares the heck out of me ....not to mention something as serious as...
Met with a new GI last week - picked up my lab results today ( only partially ready ) This can't be right can it? The sed rate is normal ...but here is what is high RBC 5.57 IRON 237 !! huh/ LIPASE...
Thanks Zanne; Nope , I have never been checked ......
Now this is all making sense to me ! Can you tell me who dx your eye issues... I only had an optomitrist give me some kind of dx ; but he didn't know much about it because what he told me to do was...
Dustspeck; no, i started cymbalta about 3 months ago and its been great ...so I haven't decreased anything . Weird thing is I have this brown patch on the middle of my back and my neck that also...
The tingling in my head is making me crazy ..it is every day , more and more ..hot or cold .my head tingles and send chills throughout my whole body ! Has anyone ever experienced this or know what it...
I have had my 3rd infusion - I really don't know if it is working to attack the fistulas But , I was having vaginal discharge all along ...now i am having discharge both ways ... Is that the fistulas...