I am new to this forum and just came across this thread. I have been in remission for 15 years - confirmed by routine colonoscopies and tests - and I still have symptoms. They rage from occasional D...
Ditto with the weight thing. I try not to focus on it too much - 5'4" about 190. My lowest weight before I got sick was 120. YIKES!! I really try to focus on just eating healthy and keeping the bowel...
I have always had trouble taking off weight - even at my very sickest!! Steroids didn't help. Pregnant 1 year after my resection so between feeling better because I could eat a lot of foods again,...
I have been in remission for a very long time and I still take Bentyl for cramping. It does help me. Another good one is, oh I can't remember the name, but it was sublingual, under the tongue, and...
My surgery was quite some time ago. I came home after 10 days but I was very sick before hand - I had a perforated bowel. I was alone most of the time as my live in boyfriend worked a lot. I was fine...
I agree wholeheartedly with lizard99 - anything processed makes me have a lot of gas, cramping, and D. I eat as much organic as I can afford - for my entire family - milk, eggs, fruits, veggies, etc....
This is a very long thread but I think I have gotten a large part of it. What did a colonoscopy show? I had a similar problem shortly after I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease (Inflammatory Bowel...
Yes, I have had eye problems. While in remission, a couple of years ago, I had a terrible sudden pain in my right eye and sensitivity to light. My aunt suggested I go to the eye doctor right away...
Sorry, I have never had this. But I did Google it and it appears it is a diagnosis of exclusion. A lot depends on where it is too. It seems there may be certain areas that are more often associated...
I met my husband in high school, I was 16 and somewhat of a party girl. I was diagnosed with Crohn's in my mid 20's after my husband and I had moved in together. I was unwell, tired, sick, and he had...
WOW, This is so exciting - I remember it all so well. I became pregnant 1 year after my resection. I had a perfect pregnancy, no problems, and continued to work until the day I went into labor. I...
Bloating to the point I looked 6 months pregnant - that was the very first sign - I would no sooner finish eating. I was still having bowel movements, though and had no idea what was happening. My...
Thanks so much - that does help and there is hope for me yet!! I have religiously followed with my GI doctor. I go once a year if I am experiencing no problems and they do routine bloodwork, etc. to...
Thank you all for your warm welcome. I also suffer from joint pain Margie11 and feel much older than my 41 years, but I have had a dexascan and no major problems have been found. I'm sure it is just...
Hope you made out OK blake7 and others. I wanted to comment on the "burn" these preps cause in the rectum and anus. I always use vasaline proactively before and during a prep. I apply as I start and...
Never really lost weight at all - even after surgery and 2 weeks on TPN. As a matter of fact, I am overweight!! I have this crazy disease and never even had the benefit of weight loss!! Doctors had a...
4 weeks is not a long time at all. It took me that long just to clear the anesthesia out of my head and think straight. I also was weaned off of prednisone during my recovery which prolonged things...
Just wanted to introduce myself. I am 41 and was diagnosed in my early 20's with CD after many mistakes and blow-offs. In 1992, at the age of 25, a wonderful dr. in Philadelphia finally diagnosed me...