I had my 4 month check up last week with my gastro doc, n he discussed my lab work that was done a week in advance of my appointment. I was jus wondering if its normal for new things to show up in...
For those of you who asked I had an open ileocolectomy done on November 5th. That was the portion of my intestines where the small meets the large and or colon, My doc took about 8 inches out due to...
I'm just checking back in on everyone its been awhile. It seems that everything is under control since I had the surgery done back in November, I've even gained close to 30 pounds. I've been working...
Hello everyone, and Happy New Year. Wow its been a couple weeks since me posting. Just wanted to give everyone and update on my recovery status from my bowel resection, which was done back on the 5th...
flagyl seems to harden my stools when I take it its when I don't take it that the D gets out of hand. The med may have different effects on people. I had a resesction on the 5th of November, my doc...
Something is wierd. The D has finally tapered off and I only went once today and it was still D but the lumpy half formed ones. I have been eating a lot and gardually have noticed weight gain, but I...
Well christmas down in Orangeburg, South Carolina is quite comfortable. /community/emoticons/cool.gif The only problem that I have with it is that it never snows, I repeat never snows. Its a bit cold...
I'm on one of my up days not having to go to the bathroom except for once a today. Got some decorations done, hopefully will finish up tomorrow if the D doesn't return, just praying that it doesn't...
I think I have like a week and 1/2 still of the antibiotic. Oh yeah I just got my detailed procedure outline from my surgeon in the mail. It goes into detail of what happened in surgery. Wow, it says...
My meds as of now are my usual pentasa 4x twice a day, metanx a multi-bvitamin once a day, 6MP once a day, my antibitotic three times a day flagyl. That's about it. I have started my metamucil as of...
Tired of this up and down battle with my bowel movements. On Nov. 5th I had a bowel resection that involved the ileocecal area of my colon. Upon leaving the hospital on the third post op day I was...
Hello everyone, today went pretty well, only went twice today and my stools are still loose but not watery as before. My appettite is back again, but I have a bit of an irritated throat it seems like...
GA it probably was at bit of a cold, because today I feel a little better than yesterday. Everyday gets better. My appetite is a better, just coughing now and then but its a clear cough no mucus or...
Hi, I just had my resection done open on Nov. 5th. The resection in my opinion has helped me out a great bid and am looking forward to a long remission. First off as everyone has said no raw...
/community/emoticons/shakehead.gif I think I made a major mistake. My Thanksgiving Day went well, but jumped the gun when I tried to go out with friends that night. We went out to blockbuster and...
Oh yeah he cramed that thing up my rectum again, I was so pissed. I stiffen up like a board everytime that is just not lovely you know. What do they do with that, that they have to use it....
Hello GA, my last visit to the surgeon went well. He ripped the last coulple of terry strips that were over my incision off and abrubtley ran is gloved finger down it with pressure. I guess to see if...
My surgery took place in the exact same area the ileocolic area, my surgeon said he took out about 8 inches. I started back tacking my antibiotic and it seems that it really didn't help, maybe...
Last night I had to wake up and go to the bathroom, my bum is really sore. I am starting to use something called calmoseptine down below to try and help with the soreness. My rectum seems like its...
Okay I guess i'll go back on the antibitotic and see if it clears up. I have gone a total of five times today, I am getting nervous but I hope that it clears up when I start back on the antibiotic....
Okay Ga. I didn,t thought about bananas, I was constantly eating them when I first got out the hospital, and was at home my first week. Maybe the bananas helped me, i'll start them back right away,...
My surgeon had me on it in the hospital. I don't know if it was a precautionary step or what, but that is what had me thinking. When I was in the hospital they were alos giving me a med called...
Hello everyone. For about two days now I have been having little bowel movements of D. It didn't really concernec me at first but, now I am wondering what I should do? I just had my bowel resection...
When is the next chat day? Sorry I missed the last one, I fell asleep early that night....
OMG. I forgot that grits is a mostly southern U.S. thing. Gail grits is the dried stalk of an ear of corn. They grind it up to like to a constistency of like a little bigger than sugar. But you add...
Right now I am on a multi b-vitamin and I also drink ensure plus, regular when plus is not available. I like the new strawberries and creme flavor. It helps alot and I drink a case in like three...
Geee, thanks Margie11. I am feeling that my mission in life has been renewed and I'll overcome the hardships that life throws at me, truthfully the day before my surgery I was planning on backing out...
Yeah, the holidays are upon us. Two more weeks and I'll be stuffing myself with turkey and stuffing, and this year I won't have to stop and curl up from the pain of crohn's. It is so relieving to be...
I'm home I re-analyzed my decision of going to my aunts, becuase everyone seemed to come together on the day of my surgery. My stepmom seemed really concerned and my aunts were all there to support...
I guess that I was so small, and I am really not supposed to be that small, becuase I wear a size 11 shoe and all my family members are pretty hefty. So I guess my body said no more ad tooK in...
Thanks everyone for your prayers and best wishes. Surgery went well and I am now in remission and eating mostly anything I want. Surgery really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, right now I am...
I went to get my check up yesterday, my aunt took me. When I arrived the nurse had forgot to put me down for my scheduled time and my surgeon was in an emergency surgery at the time. So she called...
Right now I'm on an antibiotic called flagyl twice a day, and darvacet a pain pill which I only took twice since being home. Still taking my pentasa and 6MP which I saw my surgeon and gastro doc...
/community/emoticons/smilewinkgrin.gif Hello everyone, sorry it took me so long to check back in. THE SURGERY WAS A SUCCESS, YEAH IT'S OVER AND I AM IN REMISSION. I was back home ever since last...
I am in really no pain now becuase I haven't eating anything almost all day, except for a 4th of a cinnamon melts from Mcdonald's this morning....
I am about to start prep now, my surgeons nurse said that it would be okay because my surgery isn't until 2:00 tomorrow. I'm just really nervous at this point, I am really afraid of what I am in...
Having a major emotional breakdown, about twenty minutes ago I called my surgeons' nurse and expressed to her my nervousness about the surgery. She expressed to me that I was in the best of hands,...
Why won't my mind except this, I am so fustrated. Why does my mind keep telling me this is going to hurt like crap. I have to STOP being afraid of the pain, but my mind just keeps freakin out. I...
Well, when I first started getting symptoms I went to a local health clinic and complained about severe stomach aches, the doctor only did a urinary analysis and it didn't came back with anything...
Thanks for the compliment Margie11. After waking up from surgery can you feel a difference in your gut and the incision right away?...
Last night when I got back home from my aunts, I took everything into evaluation and realized that God is always with me. Remembe rwhen I told ya'll about the lump in my inner leg, I though was maybe...
Hello, everyone I am back after spending the day with my birth moms side of the family. I explain to them my situation in full and they understood my situation, and said that they are here for me...
Last night I had a good nights rest didn,t go to bed until around 2 though. I did had a bad dream or maybe a deja vu of what's to come. I had a dream where I was waking up from the surgery and it was...
Thanks your stories are really helpful. I'm just really in a lot of discomfort right now. My back is stressed from the stricture pressure and I have little spasms of pain the stricture area. Like...
What did ya'lls diet consist of after surgery, I hope the want wait to long before I can have something to sip on, I really can't stand a dry throaght and mouth. I here that chewing spearmint gum...
I like puddings, I can eat the chilled ones or either the kiddy ones you find on cereal isles. I eat yogurt to but I heard that they restrict you from these for awhile afterwards because they contain...
I didn't want to say anything but if a hernia is little lumps in your inner legs, I don't know if there just little tumors or not but I have three very little lumps in my inner right leg on the side...
When I try to talk to them about the surgery and how I feel. They cut me off. My dad listen for a minute, but then he quickly says what am I so scared about in an argumentive way. I try to explain to...
I'm such a woos. Now I'm breaking down crying and crap. I'm feeling okay today, but now when I eat I have to eat in small amounts due to pressure of the stricture. I'm really scared, just trying to...
Wednesday is fast approaching and the nerves are kicking in again. Just afraid of the pain afterwards. Lately my pain had been midly radiating to my back is this normal. My doc said that most people...