just feel like venting a bit.... i know its been awhile since i've posted on here...but i have been around, reading posts and whatnot....as some may know or remember...i was diagnosed with crohns...
beer definitely doesn't work with me.....when i'm flaring and to a lesser extent when i'm not...every sip feels like i'm being punched in the stomach followed shortly by running to the bathroom with...
what i did.....although i had a different one to drink, golytely or halflytlely or something.....they're probably pretty similar......anyway.....what helped me get that crap down was to have many...
so i had a little bit of stress added to my weekend....told my GI doc's nurse over the phone on friday i only had about 2 days left of asacol pills, so they phoned in the prescript ion, went to the...
when i'm flaring i go insane about beverages.......i'm usually fine with just water...but theres only so much water you can drink before you start to seriously crave flavor, lol......anything dairy,...
April????? thats bulls**t.......not to alarm you, but you could be dead by then, you need to get on them or find a new doctor, i don't understand how some doctors just don't see the seriousness of...
good for you for finally getting a diagnosis.......every little bit of stress relief helps, although the disease itself causes a good bit of stress and anxiety....just gotta stay positive, smile...
just got off the phone with the ssdi dude....wasn't as bad as i thought it would be, but of course i still felt sketched out the whole time.....weird thing though, all they wanted, since i filled out...
thanks for the tips and the support everyone...... my interview is going to be over the phone........the thing i'm not sure about---over the past year since crohn's has entered my life i've had all...
I have my interview for disability today at 1:30pm......definitely getting a little nervous about it, just been trying to gather all the information i'll need...gathered all my medical info, doctor's...
I just took my 2nd dose of remicade last friday......this stuff has seriously saved my life, within a day or two of the first dose i started feeling better, my digestive system began to regulate, no...
hey there, sorry about your loss, and everything else your going through..... when things start to flare up for me, i head straight for low fiber, low residue foods/beverages.....and lactose free......
So life has been very good the past week.....I got out of the hospital, after a 16 day stay, last friday, it was rough in there, lots of ups and downs, 2 surgeries...but since i took my first...
i'm pretty sure i remember my docs telling me the same price, around 30k or so, but that was the annual cost, not just one dose......i get my 2nd dose on friday! can't wait!...
definitely sucks that our disease is considered "on the fence" for disability coverage....according to the ADA and the disease list on the disability application website, we should be covered, but...
thanks for the links, just what i was lookin for!...
was just wondering if anyone knew the history of this disease, why its named crohn's disease, when was the first case, all that kind of stuff, i'm sure i could track down the info, but i figured...
i'm at about 20 if i remember to take my probiotic 3 times a day, and depending on how many vicodin i feel like taking that day........
i just had my first colonoscopy a few weeks ago, gotta say the worst part about it is the day before, was not expecting the intensness of the cleanse, lol, just be sure you are near a bathroom at all...
since i've been dealing with crohn's over the past year, i have not had any urges whatsoever to pursue a relationship, i don't like it, i'm just not interested in sex at all, maybe it has something...
while i was just in the hospital, i developed some serious thrush, they made my swish and swallow nystatin 3 times a day, cleared it up in 3 days or maybe less, kept using it for the next few days...
i usually say something along the lines of: its a condition where very little of the vitamins/minerals/nutrients of the food i ate are being absorbed into my body.... you can add whatever symptoms...
thank you! thought i'd add a few things...to clarify the first hospital i went to, last winter, that didn't do anything for me was monadnock hospital in peterborough, nh, not sure if anyone lives in...
hello everyone, my names sully, i've been lurking around this board for a few months now, glad there is a place like this where people can go for information and support, a really good community...
sorry you had a rough night, salami would wreck me too...sucks since i love the stuff...well, actually, i love all food, and miss it dearly, lol....... thats one of the rules i keep in my head...
different diets work different for all of us...no one thing will work for any two people with crohn's..... if you want to eat brown rice pasta and it makes you feel good, then by all means eat...
definitely a good idea....every hospital should have this stuff....i'm lucky to be in a hospital right now that has all of these things and more, i just have to ask, and if i can't think of it, they...