I am having Botox injected into my anal fissures soon and was just wondering if anyone else has had this done? and if you have how did it go and what am I to expect? Any info or imput would be great....
Thank you all for the replies. I know my daughter loves me and cares for me I am not worried about that, it is all the time I miss because I am sick. I just don't know what to do.... I have been in...
I am at the point where i dont know what to do... I finally made it back to work almost after 2years of trying to recover from surgery that went wrong. I make it back then 1st week I have developed...
Rider fan said: "Unfortunately, if most of us were to not take any drug that lowers our immune response we would be left with little else besides Pentasa or Asacol (remember steriods reduce your...
WOW strat1163 I am so sorry for all you have been through. I hope that each day treats you better than the previous one. I believe that Humira was the start of the worst for me also. ANd at my worst...
I started Humira in late july 2008 and in August 2008 I contracted disseminated histoplasmosis . I was.in the hospital for 14 days at that time and due to this fungi infection I can mo longer take...
I feel your pain. Since i was diagnose s in 05. I have had horrible pain, and lucky me it all goes to my testicles. It. Has gone away in the past but i have been very sick over the last 2years....
Thank you all! i just take it one second one breath at a time right now. I know things will work out for all of the us i the best way possible....
I am just 29 yrs old my wife is 31 and we have a 21 month old daughter. Basically since about her second trimester I have been declining in health rapidly. Not to mention during this time I took a...
No groin pain eating just those things. My doctor told me to eat Taco Bell everyday and just laughed at him. I would love to but then i would be on the pot for days maybe weeks, It took a lot of...
Yes i have craved the sugar. I lost 70 lbs, i went from about 190 to 120 in a span of 2 and 1/2 months due to surgery and the fallout from that surgery being messed up. I had not weighed that much...
So I have been through a lot in the last year, from having what my doctor said was "routine GI surgery" to almost dying on the table of septic shock while my wife watched. I have lost 60lbs off of...
So my mother-in law got it right this year she bought me a flat screen tv to put in the bathroom! As you all know we visit that room quite a bit and now i have a tv to watch. It is quite funny but i...
yep i see one and take nice pills. I have been deep in depression and the doctor really helped me out of that funk. i recommend it highly it truely has helped me. It took me a while to open up but...
This is who i saw Dr. Robert Carroll at the U of I hospital in Chicago. The meeting went well and i seemed to like him and his staff. here is his link... good luck...
So i met with the surgeon on Monday and have schelduled my next surgery for tuesday the 13th. They wil be reversing my ostomey bag and then removing part of my colon that now is affected. I am...
oh yeah LOVE YOUR QUOTES... shake left handed.. just tried it and it through the person way off..made me smile...thanks...
I am glad you are home just after six days. i had surgery in march and was very very stubborn about walking. i didnt feel like it or law and order was on tv you know the good excuses. i have learned...
So still in recovery from surgery to remove the inflamed part of my intestine/colon the crohns has now moved to my transverse colon and i am having a HUGE flare up. I meet with the doctor tomorrow...
i was wondering if anyone has a pain management doctor? I have pain almost every day and unfortuatlly most of it is in my "man region" if you know what i mean. My surgeon is tired of writing scrips...
Thank you so much OHIO76, i didnt even realize(or look) for a forum on ostomies. I shall bring my questions here now, thanks again!...
Hey Randy sorry bout your troubles... i had 103 temp last year for about a week before i went to the hospital. i had just started taking Humira and it crashed my immune system so hard that i got...
So again I say that i have been off work for 6 months wearing strechy waisted shorts or pants the whole time. So now that I am back at work, 3rd day back, (i am a Lead Risk Assessor for children with...
Thanks Sofee! i agree it is hard to cope with the bag when you are younger im am only 28yrs old and it feels like i am 82! Ive been lucky with work im am in a union so my job was protected while i...
Yeah i cannot drink any of the Ensure type drinks either they do the same to me, constant BMs and cramping and pain. I found that protein powder mixed with water i could handle i use chocolate flavor...
So it has been about 6 months since i lasted worked a full day. I had surgery on March 6 2009 and my surgeon clipped my colon and I had to have another surgery to remove about 12 inches of intestine...
So i had surgery on march 6, 2009 and woke up in the morning and felt great and the doctor said i would be home in 3-4 days, later that night i started to not feel so good turns out my surgeon...
my surgery on March 6th started great and i only needed strictures and the next day even had bowel movements. then it took a turn for worse my body was coming cose to being septic and i spiked a...
Thank you all! Best health to you all!...
So my surgery is tomorrow and I just cant wait to have it over with. My pain over the last week as just grown and kept coming, I really hope the surgery helps. I am very scared and worried about the...
I know how you feel, i have been in a flare up since October 2007 and have been riding the rollercoaster of Meds since then. The prednisone made me ballon up and gain about 30lbs and still felt like...
So 4 days till my surgery. The time is going by so slowly, i just want it to be over with now. I am feeling very overwhelmed and as hard as this is for a man to admit, scared out of my mind. I dont...
The pelvic area is where i have 90% of my pain during my flare ups. It will shoot from either side of my intestines right to my testicles. It is probably different in males and females but it is the...
I am having a combo of open and lapo surgery. I was told about 3-6inch below the bellybutton and then various inscions across my stomach. It is my first surgery they are taking at least two areas one...
i was just wondering how much weight people lost after their surgery. I have surgery in 5 days and the waiting is really getting to me right now, i just want to feel better and have it over with....
I am waiting a total of 2.5 weeks the sooner the better. Cant wait to feel better!...
Mine started with a wierd rash on my right hand and horrible stomache pain and cramping. I was drinking 1-2 bottles of pepto or malox a day to try and calm my stomache. This went on for 4-5 months i...
I was curious what meds did they put any of you on after surgery? I was told that I would go back on Imuran and that is it. Due to me getting histoplasmosis after taking Humira in Aug 2008 they took...
I have been told it wil take me 4-12 weeks depending on how I heal inside and out....
I am going in to have at least 2 sections of my intestine removed with lap and resection surgery. So i was told they will cut below my bellybutton and then use the lap surgery to go across my stomach...
During my really bad flare ups i get shooting pain in my left and right intestines then directly to my testicles. I was wondering if I was the only person who's pain in concentrated in their private...
I am having resection surgery on at least two parts of my intestines on March 6th. I am a Environmental Health Specialist in the Public Health field who deals with lead poisoned children and the...
Thanks for the tips. My crohn's tends to give me more constipation than D. I am just tired of sitting there in pain trying to go, especially at work which is no fun at all. i am able to eat PB...
I am having resection surgery on March 6th and my doctors have just placed me on Entocort again. I am taking 9mg a day along with 4000mg of pentasa. These steroids are making me hungry all the time....
I am 28 and going in for resection surgery on March 6th. I was just wondering what to expect with this surgery, especially with the recovery. I was told I would not be able to lift heavy things (over...