thanks, Karen, I will see two surgeons next week and report back anything new. I have been told my l5 S1 are fusing, so maybe it will all just go away on its own :)...
I think you would need a very aggressive doctor and maybe a lawyer to make this happen. I wish I had a good answer, but would love you to keep up posted. I fly quite a bit overseas, and have to stand...
Hi friends, I have been dealing with DDD, stenosis, and budging disks in lumbar spine. I just had a new MRI and considering surgery after a discectomy four years ago as my pain has grown in severity....
Hi all, I have been taking 1500 mg of gabapentin for spinal pain for a few months. I didn't feel like it was doing much so my doc suggested cymbalta. Now I am on both for a few weeks. I was stupid...
Just wanted to check back and tell you the 1500 mg is really helping my neck pain (several levels of degenerative disks there) but not my lumbar arthritis pain. I'm scheduled for a lumbar steroid...
I'm up to 1500 mg now and I think it I helping! Pain is down some which hasn't happened in years. I'm having some diarrhea, but it's always something, right? Thanks as always for being there!...
thanks for your thoughts. I am not really having nerve pain--it is all bone on bone pain. I'll hope for some help and give it a few more weeks. I saw a surgeon last week and he didn't think surgery...
My arthritis doc swears that gabapentin will help my pain. I started on 900 mg three weeks ago with no reduced pain, but awesome sleep and a little fuzzy head. He told me to go up to 1200 and 1500 if...
Since I started this thread, I put in my notice to stop teaching Jazzercise and have started (again!) in PT and chiropractic. I have an MRI scheduled for this week and then perhaps surgery. Thanks...
I take generic Vicodin and have an awesome ice neck wrap from Amazon I throw on most evenings....
I have similar spinal issues. Sorry for you! Why no opiates, if I may ask. All my docs have said they'd rather see me on low dose hydrocodone than NSAIDS. I take hot baths in the morning and ice in...
Thanks for all the nice responses. To answer your questions, I taught very high-level yoga for about 10 years. When I had surgery for a herniated disc I stopped teaching for about a year. I went back...
Greetings all, I am struggling with chronic pain due to arthritis, degenerative disks, and all around messed-up spine. I am a 55 year old fitness instructor, very athletic, and my favorite thing in...
I am very similar to you, nccatlady--mid 50's and severe neck issues. It IS difficult to deal with something invisible. I went through a bad crohns bout a few years ago and was on HW a lot. Decided...
My first GI diagnosed me with crohn's: my current one never really thought it was crohns. So all my treatment had been rather strange. I am guessing he is starting above just to save me the hardship...
As I wrote a couple weeks ago, after a few years of perfect health, my gut is giving me trouble and I hope it is just an ulcer caused by NSAIDS. On Monday I'm having an endoscopy (with no sedation as...
hi Nanners! uh, no, still using the NSAIDS. I am taking Bentyl and Prilosec for the stomach, but I honestly can't do my life without the NSAIDS. I am taking fish oil and other supplements for my...
thanks for all the nice greetings! this is, as always, I wonderful place. my surgeries were just to cut adhesions. my tests showed crohn's, but I never responded to any of the crohn's meds. I was...
hello everyone. I have been away from you all for nearly four years. Six years ago, I was diagnosed with crohn's by one GI, but another was never sure. I went through remicade, humira, all the drugs...
I think I said that wrong, Nanners. I am here, too, feeling well, because I love this place. yp...
how did it go? beautifully, I am sure...
Hey tom, I have a couple things for you. One is, it is so scary to be a parent when things go wrong! my darling young adult son had a run-in with the law a few months ago. not the same as a chronic...
I have been 100% for 15 months and it has completely changed my health. I am a true believer!...
it seems like one would interfere with the other, but what do I know? the pill cam is easy and I didn't even have prep for it. I worked all day wired to the box. I guess it wouldn't work for me to do...
I think hard candy would be ok--isn't it mostly sugar?...
I know for some people it takes years and years to be diagnosed, but then are those like me who are quickly diagnosed with no later sign of the disease--so are some diagnosed to quickly and maybe...
interesting hearing ideas about this. Is it like when you are pregnant (or have a new car) and you just notice it more around you, or is it really being diagnosed more. I agree that people are being...
this is an odd post, but my massage therapist, very nice man I have known for years, told me the other day that all of a sudden, he keeps hearing of folks being diagnosed with crohns--HIS WORDS,...
I can't imagine doing this to a young adult child. I am sorry your dad is so selfish. I spoil my adult kids all the time--I would certainly help them with Medical care!...
lovely news. there is nothing better than a wonderful partner....
oh yeah, take the ambien!...
I bet this post belongs on the Dr House thread....
wow, I didn't think it hurt at all and I gave the shots to myself. I thought it was kind of empowering and interesting. a tiny sting, that's it. I didn't do it long as it didn't help, but it was...
I figure, no one needs gluten, so I don't care what my doc says, I don't eat it. it cuts a lot of junk out of my diet and makes me think about what I am eating, never a bad thing! and I can eat all...
I thought adhesions, too, when I read your post. 3 years ago I had horrible pain and was diagnosed with crohns, but later it never showed up again. however, pain never stopped. I had 3 pelvic...
I was unable to use my credit card in a gas station pump when I had the box strapped to me...coincedence? perhaps, but it worked later in the day! no, you don't need to retrieve the camera, Harry,...
I have seen a lot of positive research for accupuncture. I have TMJ pain and it is one thing that stops it quickly. it is very relaxing and a good way to spend an hour....
I find it very helpful for my TMJ and super relaxing....
I am sorry. do you have an organization you feel passionate about? maybe you could find a bit of time and energy to volunteer. even making phone calls from home or stuffing envelopes makes a...
how wonderful. I hope you can eat soon!...
welcome. you are in a great place with really nice people. how many tests have you had? I know the struggle of diagnosis (or un) as I have been back and forth with that. I try to focus on symptoms...
you cracked me up. have you ever seen the "how to give a cat a pill" email? can you have your husband wrap you in a towel? I had a cat on meds and no matter WHAT I did, he somehow kept them in his...
I really watched for my camera, but never saw it. I had fun with the equipment cuz I am a college prof and I made my students guess what it was. the best were first-generation I-Pod and change maker...
it's the easiest test. some people prep, but I just had to not eat for 8 hours. they have you swallow an easy capsule and then strap a cool, unibomber thing around your waste it is connected to...
hey MrsM, it is really shocking at first. the first GI I went to sent me home with pentasa and pred, told me I had a serious, chronic condition, and he would see me in 6 weeks. yikes, I was so ill...
If she has cut out gluten, that could be helping to heal her gut....
when you are dealing with C, that is pretty common. have you tried miralax? I stir it in my coffee (don't shudder, everyone, it is the only way to get stuff moving for me) and life is good! you can...
yes, that is how I can to stop gluten and feel 100% better. good luck and let us know what happens....