Hi JL Wow. Your situation is almost a carbon copy of mine. I was on pred for several months as well as Imuran in an effort to manage the Crohns with industrial strength drugs. But no joy. My doc set...
Hello all, I was at the Remicade clinic the other day when a fellow patient walked in and I could tell just by looking at her that she was in a bad way. I thought to myself that she was probably glad...
Hello all, I have read and been told of the importance of eating probiotic yogurt, not only for people with gut troubles but for people in general. Yet every time I eat the stuff, and it doesn't...
Hi Matman Not much to add to the other posts except that when I had one of those buggers I didn't have to wait long. ( I'm in Toronto ) A trip into the ER one Saturday morning, 30 mins later I'm out,...
I have never had a problem with fruit in the past. Even at the worst of times fruit didn't bother me; in fact it got me through the liquid diet days ( weeks? months? ) But lately I am having endless...
I had one of those nasties last summer; I ended up with a golf ball sized bulge that the doc had to cut out....lotsa laughs! Once the area healed I had no issues with swelling, itching or any other...
Hi styxgurl, I don't have much to add to what Ltordo and chroniemomx2 have said but I agree with both of them. From the first infusion I felt I had a spring back in my step and zero gut concerns. I...
Sounds like I had the same surgery that you are contemplating. In August of '06 I had a resection done laproscopically, losing about 12-16 inches of small intestine plus the ileocecal valve. I was in...