to lighten the mood though, the cave-man reference made me think: either they let us go inside like civilized humans or they can make public defecation legal! hahaha one way or another, we're gonna...
upon reading this article i was tearing up from reading about someone who has more public influence than someone like me and is advocating for something i have felt so passionately about every since...
I've looked back on the site and haven't seen too much about tysabri and most of the posts about it are fairly old. I may be starting it soon because my recent tries of humira and cimzia failed......
I signed up for this study but did not qualify because I hadn't been on steroids in the past 90 days, but now i am on them so i might try and be entered in a month or so. it sounds very promising and...
yeah i know that i've read about the past winners and they are really amazing people and i'm pretty positive i haven't won because i havent accomplished anything like that yet but at the same time...
hey im just wondering if anyone here knows anything about the crohn's and me scholarship because I applied the beginning of this year and it was supposed to be announced who the winners were in July...
i am a female 18 year old kelsey! but still, that's funny that someone my age with the same name with be on here with crohn's!...
just thought i would say that i think it's cool cause my name is kelsey too and i'm also 18, weird huh?...
my doctor recommends a barrier cream/ointment. meaning using a zinc ointment, A&D ointment, anything like that to give your skin around that area a protective coating from the harsh acidity of your D...
thanks guys, and ivy, that seems very possible because im always tired, sometimes during the day im so tired and achey i feel like i can't even do anything but sink into the couch and not move a...
yeah i could be stressed or subconsiously anxious, who knows, but same thing last night, i was up til 3 in the morning, then i was starving because of the pred so i ate food then had more energy and...
okay thanks, all great advice, yeah i usually just take it when i get up which lately can be as late as noon, maybe i should just wake up early and take it and then try and go back to bed...
so as some of you may noticed, i'm always posting during hours after midnight and before 5 am, and that is because i can never sleep! i'm not sure if it's all because of being on meds like...
hey ive got the same type of thing each time since my first shot, ive been on it for 5 or 6 weeks now i think and down to one shot every week instead of every two. one thing i notice too is that it...
haha thats so funny, once my tummy had such a long deep noise that my parents looked around the room thinking the furnace or fridge was running strangely...
i'm actually very possibly going to be starting a clinical trial for stem cell research this year! im excited....
haha you guys are funny. but yeah thanks everyone for the advice. now im having more of my own problems because i definitely agree with the being close without being sexual but lately ive been...
haha nice idea, and yeah im really thinkng about seeing a sex therapist for other reasons anyway so maybe ill get some good ideas...
haha thanks guys for the good advice, may i just add though the one thing for me that's a downfall for the suggestions from fitzy and others is i do get cracks on the side of my mouth from...
hi everyone, im just wondering if some of you are willing to get personal with your stories and advice about being intimate with everything we go through. ive had a boyfriend for over two years and...
i know it is such a double edged sword. i was talking to my mom about it tonight and it pretty much is just a lose lose situation. but yeah i got prescribed percocet for pain but sadly it makes me to...
haha well try and stick with it and see if you can take one eventually, i took four years in high school and did mission work in honduras and it's great to be able to speak another language! it's not...
and by the way this is kind of corny but i just want to let you know that i really respect what you all say and think and even though we dont know each other on a personal level, i really trust in...
im taking two economics classes, a spanish class, and a mandatory freshman culture class. the good news is i only have two classes everyday so it's very evenly distributed and two days a week my...
and by the way, i caved and decided it is a little ridiculous, i mean if i'm going to let what people could potentially think about me deter me from feeling better, that's dumb. so i took the...
thanks so much for the support you guys. and if you dont mind me asking LMills what dose of prednisone are you on and have you had to deal with the "moon face" at school?...
thanks you guys are really making me consider just taking it, but it's been a while since i've been on prednisone, does it really make that much of a difference for getting out of a flare?...
there are a lot of fad's out there, trust me i know having a holistic counselor for a mom, i've tried almost every probiotic, supplement, and potion out there. but it makes me a little upset someone...
i havent been on it for three months yet but a month and 1/2 and i have not seen any improvement....
maybe this is a bad decision on my part but i decided to hold off with the prednisone despite the doctors orders because i just have so much emotional scarring from my first freshman year that all i...
thanks i hope you do well too! and i have no idea what to expect really so just want to make my main focus keeping up with my classes because that is the main reason why im there. so are you dealing...
thanks so much! i hope you are right...
my former GI was very hesitant to give it to me once a week but said he could if it was really needed but im seeing a new GI anyways and she had no problem saying yeah go ahead with once a week....
So exactly two weeks until I go to college. I went and filed with disability and then went a saw a new doctor at MassGen. I loved her and she was great. After 2 1/2 hours in her office with her she...
i don't want to further your worries but I'll just let you know that my very first symptoms of crohns occurred when i was around 7 years old and it started with mouth sores and the pediatrician just...
oh yeah ive actually heard that i just didnt know they were called that. thanks...
im lucky to get 1000 calories a day, most of the time i just get through with a piece of PB toast and an ensure because if i try and eat anything substantial i just throw it up anyways. so i know how...
thanks so much at least i have a name of a pill now because im going to the doctor tomorrow and another thursday and i was going to ask about pain relief pills. um do you get it through your GI or PC...
yeah thanks, whats ultracet? i definitely need something though because ive been in really severe pain at times and can't rest/sleep but am really tired....
um i dont think so because i dont know what NSAIDS are haha. but yeah im nervous its a hemmorage because that was my first instinct......
okay, so i've gone through the usual once in a while blood in the stool and ive been in a very bad flare for a long time now, but today was different. i though that there was a little improvement...
i also hate the feeling of getting compliments, but also i get to the point (like now) where i get too thin and people say how sick i look... all i want to do is put on healthy weight because im at...
i think about that all the time how great it would be to have a gastro doc who actually had crohns. sometimes it makes me almost inspired to become one just because i feel like i already know so much...
well the way i did it, and the way it's a generally directed to take is 4 shots the first day, then 14 or 15 days later, take two shots, and then 14 or 15 days after the 2nd dose of two shots only...
well it's good you are trying to stick with it. what school were you going to in MA? im going to college in MA, Simmons, i just ask because simmons is actually big on nursing...
wow that's cool, and it's weird cause my mom actually really wanted me to go to UCDavis...
i have real problems with work, i was working one job monday through friday 10-3 and waitressing two-three nights a week and the restaurant was more understanding when i'd call out but often i would...
aw thanks everyone for all of the great stories and advice and support! it is tough as you all know now and sometimes it's hard to optomistic but luckily today i actually feel the best ive felt in so...
not everyone has as hard of a time as i did with the humira at first, but incase you react the same (pain-wise) i very much suggest icing your stomach with ice packs a good 20 minutes before the...
no, i really couldn't tell. it's very encouraging!...