Been in to cycling for over a year now, oh yes and I have Crohns. When I do train hard, I drink a ton but in terms of snacks, electrolytes, protein bars, ensure, boost, etc, I have not found anything...
Clearly not hemmoroidsToo much blood and I feel that urge to go to the can that can only come from higher up in the intestines....
Where else? The blood is there when I pass stool/watery....
Does anyone have any experience with this.When I bike for a few hours, I end up with a one time bleed...which stops right away. Toilet fills up with blood and my GI has never heard of this...
Help please. Been on Remicade for 2 years and doing great...just got a back a blood test and there is a problem My Phosphorus is way low and out of range Doctor has not seen results yet Does anyone...
During the infusion my BP stays pretty much stable. Its in the weeks after that I am having the high BP...
In the past year my BP has slowly been creeping up and it could be for several reasons. I see that one of the side effects of Remicade is high BP. I am on high dosages of Remicade (1000mg every 6...
Update Made it out of the hospital on Thursday. They gave me my 1000mg of Remicade on Wednesday night....usual minor reaction during transfusion (hives) Feeling better already Hope this Remicade...
Back in the hospital This Remicade is really wierd 1/2 of my treatments are slowed because of minor reactions like hives or itchness but once the treatment is completed (I get 10mg per 10 KG) then...
I have had several massive bleeds of red blood! Usually they come as I have been withdrawn from Prednisone All resulted in hospitalization and ICU treatment. Beleive it or not I think when I have...
Sniper! That may be caused by things other than CD :-)...
Got CD and Osteo at 30 and I am male I take Calcium 60mg daily and 10000 units of Vitamin D a week...
Its weird but I know my illness is active by just the burning of my legs Not VERY painful but its their and the doctors have never hear of it...
REMICADE+PREDINSONE+FLAGYL+ANTIBIOTICS = NO HIVES REMICADE+PREDINSONE+FLAGYL+ANTIBIOTICS+EXCEDRIN FOR HEADACHES = HIVES EXCEDRIN WITH ALL THESE OTHER CHEMICALS = NO GOOD Thanks god they went away!...
Has anyone ever gotten this and how long after their transfusion did they come? Woke up with 3 welts 2 on face and one on back Trying to figure out if its from Remicade or one of the other...
I hope all gets better with you. Keep her spirits up. I always try and rationalize how bad I am feeling by comparing this chronic illness with a worse one...read some of the other illnesses here!...
Well the night before I went in (which was probably hours before on top of everything that was going on I got a stomach flu and was in the washroom all night), I grabbed my laptop from my office, ran...
I remember both my surgeries. They did have some success but the illness did come back....
I am being a good boy! Told my partners I was staying away until Monday! Have been eating a bunch of small meals today and things are quiet! Don't want to jinx myself...
I hope soon for you and for me I had a huge double dosage yesterday while in hospital....
Good new again Getting my walking papers this morning. Taking the prednisone orally and hopefully as I wean off the double dosage remicade kicks in. My wife will pick me up and its off the the office!...
So far no blockages! Those are painful Got the Remicade at double dosage. No reaction Had supper and lunch and still on IV but getting my meds by mouth Tomorrow may be release day! Good stuff so...
Hi Gail I didnt understand your comment. Small bowel went well....boy do I process barium quickly! /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
We all know hospitals are not know for their complete efficiency. Yesterday after going NPO for my Gastroscope, they couldn't pull off a small bowel exray in the am. So I have been on clear fluids...
Geeze I was diagonosed 24 years ago after terrible pain and d that never stopped and I couldn't get out of bed.....thats about a million bowel movements ago...
Yes non-same sex....not decade rooms in Montreal Quebec Canada. So far something feels likes its working Ate breakfast at 7:30 and lunch at 12:15 and no urge to go make potty yet. I wonder if its the...
Wellllll......last night for supper was my first low residue food since Wednesday lunch It tasted amazing! Thats how hungry I was 2 slices of roast beef, mashed potatoes and chicken noodle soup No...
These roommates are fun One guy keeps asking for a cigarette.....he's 110 or something (by the way I am 47) One family...keeps on visiting another man next too me...I call them the VERY LOUD...
LET YOUR LIFE CONTROL YOUR ILLNESS AND NOT YOUR ILLNESS YOUR LIFE Go out and forget what anyone says!...
Went in the the ER on Thursday. Admitted Thursday night as planned Had lost 18 pounds while on prednisone for 6 weeks (I started at 220) so while I wasn't dying without strength I was losing the...
Been there done that! Already have Osteo. Take 600mg of Calcuim daily plus Vitamin D once a week Thanks!...
Guys this is amazing stuff. Going to print it out and study it I have leaved with CD for 24 years and today I went for a second opinion. Surgury is what he thought would be best and that would be cut...
PB4 Wow you seem knowledgeable ! Can you tell me a bit about your successes at treatment for Crohns...
Right now I am experiencing bad symptoms and pain eating Breakfast : Whole Wheat toast not butter but jam a couple of Ensures Lunch: a light sandwich Supper a piece of chicken no skin and maybe a...
Season ticket holder who now has to fight with my 2 sons to go to games. I don't even know if I am going to the All-Game! Sniper.....I hope you don't prefer Baseball Fights! There is no other game as...
Right now everything is going right through me with pain. Which is strange because this is the first time I have had pain since my second surgury 16 years ago. Which foods do you eat that you...
I take them in the AM. All 18+ pills! Habs RULE! hmmm I have been feeling sick as long as they have been playing bad...
I know but right now I feel like a complainer. I am not lying in bed like a rock. Just a bit lathagic and not improving. I just am going to the washroom 15 times a day Nights and A.M. are tough...
I weight approximately 210 so yes I guess my question was wrong. On the other hand I continue to lose 1/2 a day with this episode! Dr. just called and wants me to go get myself admitted to the...
How much prednison are you on I have gone into remission after having my prednisone withdrawn VERY SLOWLY so you never know...
I need to get off the 60 mg of prednison but I dont want surgury . Dont want to have a colostomy which will probably happen Have a terrible scar (hernia) on my stomach 4 inches wide from a wound...
Hi I had a fistula (sticking out of my stomach) before remicade and it did nothing for the fistula! Prednisone in 5 weeks has dried up that sucker and its dry! Could you recommend those naturopath...
Humera? Never heard of it and will ask Is it available in Canada...
47 years old, Been sick with CD since 1985! 2 Bowel Resections 1986 and 1995 5 + Hemorages where I landed in the ICU because of fast blood loss Dr put me on Remicade 15 months ago and I was already...