Thanks all for the information will for sure check out the web site...will take any help I can get....
Thanks for the info. I actually have an appointment with my ostomy nurse on Tuesday so here is hoping!! So nice to hear a success with the J-Pouch. Suebear are you still on any other medications and...
I was diagnosied with Colitis about six years ago and have been hospitalized many, many times, sometimes for as long as 3 months at a time. I was on Remicade but had some major reactions and switched...
Hey Fighting Chance, Did you but that new outfit yet???lol I am afraid to say it took a few months for my hair to grow back. Just as new stuff started growing some of the old fell out. I have a...
I feel so bad for you as you go thru this. Not sure what to say that nobody else has said. I also thought it to be devistating when just about all of my hair fell out but I am happy to say it all...
A big Thank you for all the support and advice. I go see my GI tommorrow and am hoping we can get started on the Hunaria soon. I would like to be able to enjoy some of the summer with my kids. Thanks...
First I have to say I love this forum and have gotten many good ideas from everyone on here. What I have going seems to be a common problem for alot of people but I feel at my wits end. I receive the...
I can't believe you wrote this. I logged on this morning with the intent of asking for advice or help with just about the same problem. The only difference is that my pain seems to be in all my...
I try and avoid taking pain meds but when I really need I take good old demerol and that seems to knock me out so at least I can sleep. My heating pad is also always on during the day I snuggle up to...
I have also had psoriasis for many years and am on Remicade (6 week cycle double dose)and methotrexate. I find that right after a remicade treatment the skin clears up in days and about two weeks...
My thought and prayers are with both you and Justin. Take Care and let us know how you are both managing....
Ya those are famous last words--You don't even look sick-- That could make me scream, its nothing a good hairdo and lots of makeup can't fix..lol Glad you made out ok with the transfusion and hope it...
Broomhilda, I see you have psoriasis listed as a secondary disease. I also have psoriasis and I have a couple of questions. Do you find the worse your chrones is the worse your skin gets? Does the...
No Rider Fan I am not able to work. I get my kids off to school, sleep and after school run them for hockey. Ugh!! For about four months they could not get me above 52 - 60, so when I am up at 90 I...
So sorry to hear about your troubles, how frustrating to go from on top of the world to what seems like rock bottom. Hope it all passes quickly and you can get back to two miles hikes. Take care and...
You should feel the effects fairly quick, unless you are really really low. I have had about 18units in the past two years and you really just need to just get comfy, and relax, takes about two to...
Wow, I can't believe the pulsating feeling you are having because I have been putting up with this same feeling for about two months and I seriously thought I was imagining it already. Sometimes it...
When I first got sick I did not have my period for 5 months and since then I too am very irregular, my doctor is not to concerned, I have had all the pap smears, blood work, etc. and he feels sure...
No wonderful advice, just wanted to send hugs and hope things are slowing down. Sounds like things are really rough going for you right now, hope the Humari kicks in soon. And it really is good to...
Hey randynoguts!! I was at the hospital to get my remicade infusion and as always my GI came in before they started the remicade, just to see how things were. I told him about what had been going on...
Oh boy I feel terrible for you, it always seems to hit when something big is happening. Oh well, the bird probably would not be that great anyway!!! (we can always pretend, right)and I guess there is...
I just stumbled upon this sight by accident and boy is it nice to hear that other people have the same things going on as me(too bad anyone has these issues at all tho) I have often felt that some of...