Someone from my neck of the woods...I live in Wallingford and drive to Avon to see a wonderful rheumy, Melinda Ramsby. Another rheumy I have heard is good out of the UCONN Healthcenter is Anne Park....
Hi, I have been on Humira weekly since April of this year. I was on the every other week schedule for 6 months before switching to the weekly injections. I also experienced an increase of symptoms...
I agree with the previous posts...leave the humira out for about 20 minutes and for me what helps the most, is that I ice the injection site for a few minutes and then I inject. I compare the pain to...
Hi, Yes I have gotten pretty bad headaches, actually migraines while on Pentasa. What I discovered however is that my headaches were made even worse while I was on entocort and Pentasa together. When...
While I admire every ones environmental efforts in recycling clothes and buying things second hand (which I do on occasion) and I also appreciate that we have limited budgets. I must say I take every...
Hi HM, I have been on Entocort for 1 1/2 years and this has been the only treatment that has kept my symptoms at bay. I have not had any adverse effects thus far. My GI feels that Entocort is a...
Hi there Indigo, I have the same insurance as you and actually I had to postpone a capsule endoscopy I had scheduled for yesterday for next Tuesday because they were dragging their feet on...
Hi Fitzy, I too have similar problems. Let me preface this with before I was diagnosed with crohn's I was dx with endometriosis. I was on the bcp for many years w/out any problems before I was dx...
You are in a position that no mother should ever in. I do not know where you live however here in Connecticut all school aged children without health issurance are offered coverage at the beginning...
April- As if starting a new job is not stressful enough.... I guess what I would recommend is to keep working but since the work conditions are unlikely to change I would also continue to look for...
A few years before I was diagnosed I was running up to 10 miles 4 days/week, along with weight training and mountian biking. Slowly but surely I had to decrease my mileage and activity level. Like...
I totally know how you feel and how confused you are about your body image. I fotunately was relatively thin before this all began (a size 6-8) but I have gradually dropped down to a size 4 and now...
I voted 3-5, with 5 actually being my daily average. When there is a bump in the road I am usually up to 10x/day. When things are at their worst I would be in the 20x/day. I am actually happy when I...
I would recommend physical therapy. I had pretty bad lower back and hip pain but since completing physical therapy my hip only acts up a little when my bowels are acting up. I feel that physical...
Hi Jellybean, I am new here and felt really compelled to respond to your post. I am so sorry that this past year has been so difficult for you. I fortunately did not have crohn's while I was in...
Hi, I am new here. I am happy that you started this post as this was going to be one of my questions. I notice every time I am having a bump in the road, increased D, abdominal pain and joint pain,...