Hi, I am about to head off on an OE(overseas experience) and was wondering if anyone has any advice to offer me? I intend to go through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia and I was planning to take...
Hi, I'm having the reverse problem, my symptoms aren't that bad but my last biopsies and pathology report came back not good (no signs of cancer, but damaged cells /tissues and villi). Any thoughts...
I got hives (along with joint and muscle pain) about 2 weeks after a remicade infusion (I was also on 6MP). The hives looked like big flea bites and I was about to attack my cat, but lucky for him...
Hi Randy/others I'm a NZer and I just wondered if anyone had a link to the news story? I haven't heard about it until reading this. With no background on this my opinion is like Eva's and I thought...
This diet has also been discussed on the UC forum http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=998680...
Does anyone know why SCD yoghurt should not be started with bifidobacterium? I have found a product containing acidophilus,thermophilus, bulgaricus but it also contains the bifido one. Do you know if...
Do you take immune suppressing meds which might be lowering your white cell count?...
It looks like an interesting article angannette. Has anyone had tests for these type of intolerances (like lactulose, fructose, glucose etc?) A clinic near me has opened offering testing for these...
I take floradix to try and increase my iron a bit and my recent iron test came back a bit low. I take 10mls twice daily and I wondered if others take more of this product? (the nurse who told me the...
Thats great info thanks GeeBee, its a shame the SCD didn't work for you. I'm not interested in losing weight but I have been willing to try the medications so far and now I think it is time to try...
Thanks for your responses guys -I'm in NZ currently. The specific carbohydrate diet recommends a natural yogert and I make easi-yo currently and was wondering if something like that is ok, from the...
Hi, I'm thinking about trying the SCD (just ordered the book - so I don't know the details yet) but I was wondering if anyone from Australia or New Zealand is on it - and if so where do you get the...
are you interested in studying to be a gastro Linn? Is anyone else on the board done med school with crohns?...
Yes Illy it might be worth asking for this test if you are interested in it , but I don't know what it would cost, and on the website it says the test has only been approved by the FDA for research...
I had the calprotectin test for the first time last year. My most recent test result was similar to your 216 and previously I have had a result of around 150. You have probably seen this website?...
I take Pentasa that disolves really easily into small bits if I get it wet (I take tablets not a capsules of it). And I find if I am sick I can see the small bits in the vomit - and sometimes out the...
Thanks for the reply Ivy, I'm a New Zealander. The 6-TGN test stands for 6-thioguanine nucleotides. Here is a link to a NZ article on the topic http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1178/531/ I think it...
Hi all, I'm new here but I have had Crohn's for a while. I was wondering if others monitored their 6-TGN levels while on 6MP or azathioprine? I understand the test indicates how effective the drug is...