I'm not to sure what a stricture feels like, I'm pretty sure I've had one but thats another story, your pain sounds more like a bad ulcer. When I get one there will be blood in my stool for a day or...
Oh your not wasting our time, we love to help (at least i do!). Ativan (lorazepam) is a benzodiazepine drug, used to stop the 'fight or flight' instinct of the body and alleviate anxiety, so im...
LOL at mikeB i dont recommend doing this; it seems more then a little painful; stick to the traditional methods: shave/wax/nair/laser (if your into that) fire and skin dont get along...
mmm the joint pain seems to show up 6 hours after i take the pred, i only took half the dosage today, i started with a quarter but it wasnt enough, 25 mg seemed to take away any pain i was having,...
so its 1 in the morning here and normally it takes me all of 10 seconds to fall asleep; hello insomnia this is the worst feeling in the world!!! does this go away?!? what can i do to help it...well...
oddly i have no appetite at all im actually finding it hard to eat... but thats to do with a 9 year eating disorder my body lost its ability to feel 'hungry' and now my knees hurt SO much i can...
50mg for 10 days is what my prescription is from the ER dr and he said to make an appnt with my GI which i have for july 28th, so far i feel pretty good, really... energized i do drink quite a bit of...
and holy eff my ankles hurt what the heck!...
And im terrified with all the side effects and my past history of over sensitivity to drugs, what should i expect guys?...
Sorry nan! you can lock this thread up, but @xray if you could drop me a line at [email protected] that would be wonderfull...
I met a cronnie today, but didnt even know she had crohns for about 2 hours of being with her. She was wearing a hemp teeshirt, thai fisherman pants, no shoes, long dread locks. After a long chat she...
thanks for all the tips guys, im moving out of my home and into an apartment in august to go to university (im 19) so thats going to be very anxiety/stress provoking for me meaning bad news for...
Hey everyone havn't posted here in a while, I've been taking 5ASA's (mezavant, mesalamine...) for about a year now, the only downside is it actually gives me the big D, ironic really... My doctor...
Hmm thanks... I guess im one of those unlucky people....
Just curious ive been on mezavant for about 6 months now, and things are like 100% better but still have d constantly, should that be stopping....
I recently got a really bad bug which im just getting over involving fever for days, sickness, headache, ear ache all that fun stuff and of course sore throat. The doctor says it looks viral, but I...
I was thinking about getting a fairly extensive tattoo on my back, has any crohnie out there had tattoos done? Does it affect them at all?...
Yesterday I ate some whole wheat bread (the first fiber in my diet in a while) and I number 2'd right before bed then didnt all day today until about 530 after supper! I was so paranoid all through...
I used to have a bad eating disorder for almost 10 years.... then I got crohns and that wasnt really an option anymore; and i was wondering if i was the only one this happened too. Whenever I eat...
A friend of mines mother came up to me the other day and said she had read a book (she is very religious ps) and said it would be perfect for me, so i willingly accepted it. A book called the makers...
lol poop talk, i read through that twice before i realized there wasnt a question in there, ive had brown, black, pepto bismuth black, goldy, red, beige, green, and clear during a prep...
Haha an interesting experience, I was at one of my friends houses and really needed to go but there was NO toilet paper! so my friend said he would run to the store if i let him borrow my shoes for...
OH MAN! so i talked to him today and i was like there was this article about the stem cell transplant in the paper from ottawa, and hes like oh yes i did that hes doing great and im like WOAAAAH YOU...
Im going to see my GI again tomorrow for the first time in a few months, and im going to ask him about a stem cell treatment, my crohns is pretty bad but no where near as bad as some of the other...
I cant be to sure but i think that the most common surgery for cronnies is due to bowel obstruction no? Anyone know what one feels like? Im worried it might happen and ill have no idea its that!...
this is pretty interesting and i live 10 minutes from ottawa (where this article came from) I wonder if I could maybe sneak in on a clinical trial or something :P...
wait wait wait, eat fibre? i though you were supposed to do the low residue no fibre kinda dealy?...
I got this article in my paper today too, in my citizen...
Ok so im used to the blood red, the black, and in between those, and even on occasion brown or beigish if i eat pea soup lol. But green today like really green, and maybe 4 or 5 times. I didnt eat...
Never heard of this in some relation to crohns... losing your sense of smell is known as anosmia (sp?).. and my smell/taste is great...
I guess by taking away the inflamation food turns into a sports car on a freeway and the 5ASA's take away all the traffic... at least thats what it feels like, ill bring it up with my doctor though...
hey everyone, i started taking mezavant (a 5-ASA drug) about last week, right now im only up to half the dose but even with this I dont have the usual pain in my abdomen which is wonderful to say the...
Well its great to know some people's flares are short, and dissapointing to know some peoples are long to never ending... I went about 11 months before being dxed....I hope its over soon....
The first time I had this procedure done I had an upper endoscopy; Becuase of my poor interaction with benzodiazepiens (the drug used to sedate patients and cause an amnesia of the procedure) I had...
I realize that crohns kinda works on a flare up then remission and so on cycle. Just trying to get a vague idea, how long do your flare ups last (like major ones)?...
Wow, I really wish this would have been mainstream last year :( but still what a marevlous discovery!...
Buddah, I live in canada so I dont really have any information for you, but my heart goes out for you and I hope for the best; I just know how tough it was for me without the added worry......
Cool, I have an appt on friday so ill bring it up then, thanks for the quick answer...
Um soy? You can get soy alternatives for all those things, the taste is a bit different though, and if you have to stick with dairy eat small amounts, and I think there is some off the shelf stuff...
Just went to the bathroom for the umpteenth time today and there was some bright red blood in my stool, should I be worried? On the PS im taking 5ASA drugs and im having a bit of abdominal pain right...
Swimming is a heck yes here, i've been in the water for about two months already which is chilly by canada's standards. The only thing that really bugs me is that we usually swim at this old...
Rare sounds good to me, especially if thats usually for severe cases, the doc said mine was moderate, and that it was a strange case in that it entirely spared my rectum? I think thats what he said...
Hmm thanks for the insight guys, and looking at the present is pretty bleek too sadly... could anyone give me a ballpark as to the odds of a colostomy bag? My best friend zoe and me are already...
So I found out last tuesday after 11 months of well... sh!t to say the least. Im currently trying to adjust my body to a 5-ASA drug, my dr says he is fairly confident it should do the trick for me. I...
Hi thanks for your reply, I ended up going down the hospital, good thing too I half fainted in the waiting room and the kind lady next to me helped me in time. They said there isn't an antidote for a...
Hi everyone first post here, ive been suffering for about 11 months of chronic abdominal pain, was finally diagnosed last tuesday after an upper endoscopy and colonscopy. My GI specialist said it...