Not a problem I have, but I hope this helps: http://www.crohnsforum.com/showthread.php?t=17768 Somewhere on this forum back in around 2009 there is a thread about PG that used to be almost the only...
:rolleyes: Drat, missed him ! (As I'm sure HE never said... :smilewinkgrin: ) Nice to know he is/was still on the go - I often wondered how he and his missus were....
I had problems with this a long time ago, back in the early 90's, when dietary information in the UK was an arcane subject and the internet hardly known... What I discovered, purely by chance, is...
Beautifully put, Supernurse ! Admittedly I might be a wee bit further up the learning curve, but that was an illuminating explanation to me....
Of course it is just one more piece of the puzzle, not the whole answer, but it does make me think about what happens when these ulcers get going...
:blush: Don't want to hijack this thread, but what is this mineral oil that you speak of ? It may not have crossed the Atlantic to the land of haggis and neeps yet...probiotics are nowhere on the...
For women at least, given the known great influence of hormonal fluctuations on immune system function, I would expect at least a month is needed - six weeks would be better. For men - who knows ?...
There was a thread on here a couple of years back, asking via a poll what sorts of treatment people had had long term success with. (Or words to that effect.) Probiotics were the one type of...
:idea: Let me know how you get on. There might even be hope for me - the way the economy's going in the UK, being a jobless single male is not going to be such a disadvantage any more, while even my...
Matt, as I said you may not wish to have this side-effect. In my case it changed me from a person who watched situations develop, but never commented out loud or intervened in any way, to a much more...
:rolleyes: Don't mention it minnie, it's not often that you it's any fun looking into things this deeply when it comes to suppositories... :turn:...
My heart goes out to you. This disease is very tough on relationships, it's one reason why I am single... I used to take Prozac for Seasonal Affective Disorder, and found that it had a very useful...
:idea: The one that I had - I remember it well because it finally put an end to many months of drug regimes that didn't work - was Cortifoam. :yeah: As far as I know, it was the only one available on...
:idea: Welcome. You have no idea how long we Crohnies have been wishing for a Time out !! :eyes: :yeah: :smilewinkgrin: There have been threads here in the past on the subject of mouth sores and...
:idea: Well Firecracker, the only way from here is up...! :smilewinkgrin: Best of luck finding a good GI, but let's face it, you are certainly going to find a better one. :yeah:...
Wow chiba, you really know your herbal stuff ! Spot on. I thought it was only me knew about these sorts of arcane facts. But you know, you are supposed to use a period or colon etc wherever you would...
As regards can you ward off a flare, I'd say it is a sliding scale. The worse the flare, the harder it is. I certainly have repeatedly cut short the usual pattern of increasingly severe stomach...
:idea: If you have kittens, peashooters can be fun... :yeah:...
:nono: Let's not prejudge folks ! I agree there is reason to be upset, but let's not ascribe malice to what may at heart be well meaning, if incompetence... after all, haven't we all failed in...
:turn: Crosswords ! :idea: I listen to the radio with great frequency :eyes: when the dog is not snoring too loudly in her bed. I also have plants growing on the windowsill, which I occasionally...
:shocked: Wow, I'd never have believed this if it wasn't so attested ! Was a review procedure gone through ? Or was it simply a fiat accompli ? A note to whoever hires/fires moderators: simple...
Well, would you believe that I just suddenly got the urge to go visit Healingwell, and there was this thread ? :yeah: Of course we know that you didn't want to go to hospital Sniper...you were driven...
:idea: :nono: Don't lose heart old man ! :yeah:...
:yeah: The stories told here about exposure to chemical insults and presumed association with health problems in the following generation, would all once have been dismissed. However, there is now a...
I take 1000milligrams - I think it is milligrams, it is that upside down, back to front 'h' symbol that I can never remember the name of - chewable sublingual B12, each day. I take it first thing in...
:nono: You mind your manners when you go visiting, now. I don't know about Texas, but over here when a seedy looking man in a van turns up to a nursery they call the cops...:smilewinkgrin: (Do...
mdf, I understand that when we sleep that our nasal drip goes down into our stomach - so if there is immune system activity in the phlegm then I can see why your doc would think sinusitis does not...
:yeah: Yes, many things may mould our lives, as you say Sniper ! But it would take two mushroom to go into them all just now...(all sorts of a-pollen scenarios spring to mind :shocked:)...
:eyes: Never let it be said that advice-giving on this forum is not "fulfilling" ! :smilewinkgrin:...
:yeah: I'd second what pb says, I found Cortifoam suppositories pretty much stopped the flare from h*** in its tracks with me, and frankly the side-effects of the other meds I'd been on were half the...
There's certainly nothing in that article that I would disagree with. As far as allergies to pollen are concerned, well that sort of thing is all about the immune system reacting to specific proteins...
:idea: Let's all hoist a drink to Sniper and his sweetheart ! :yeah: (I love toasted marshmallows :smilewinkgrin: )...
:yeah: Glad to hear it, have been wondering how y'all were getting on ! ( :eyes: Excuse the broken English, I don't know what came over me there.)...
Hereabouts (Aberdeenshire in Scotland) - where Crohns Disease is so common everyone has heard of it, and knows someone with it - goat's milk is an old rural remedy for a bad gut. This is what my...
I take sublingual nuggets of methylcobalamin (1000mg ? I can't reproduce the upside down "h" symbol on the bottle - I think it stands for micrograms). One a day, and they definitely make enough of a...
It seems there is "very little" interest in microscopes here, debilitated ! :smilewinkgrin: It so happens I have two microscopes. Why two ? Because I had a really naff one, which I tried to use for...
:idea: Peripheral neuropathy ?...
Riboflavin (B2) deficiency is commonly associated with cracked lips, B12 deficiency is not so much. However sores at the edges of the lips may be a sign of borderline B12 deficiency, together with...
I'd say quite the opposite. With many people it seems it is impossible to hold back, and they just have to run; the severe and sudden urge is often caused not by any real need but rather due to...
I am inclined to think that MAP is the cause, or a cause of Crohn's Disease - or a proportion of the cases diagnosed as Crohn's Disease - BUT I would take issue (politely I hope ! :smilewinkgrin: )...
From my reading up on different varieties of Aloe Vera juice, it seems that poorer quality juices have the whole leaf including the central vein, all pulped and juiced together. Better quality...
:shocked: I find that hard to swallow, Randy ! Sniper, whatever happens I will be growing in raised beds, and I do have my eye on a couple of patches of ground which are available to me. The problem...
:idea:They have transatlantic greyhounds ? !! :eyes: Mark you, if they are anything like as punctual as FirstBus in Aberdeen, the other passengers will all be eaten before he gets here. :skull:...
I would explain to you how one works Dan, and how to tell if it is broken - :nono:but there would be no point... :eyes: And if you got confused you would just say you were lead astray... :yeah:...
:nono: You may think this is trivial, but it is life and death to someone ! Went to put on my boots in the hallway the other day, and found the toes full of peanuts. Yep, the meeces had been...
After many months of trying other meds, I tried this. It worked very well and ended the flare, basically. It seemed to reach the parts that other medicines could not reach ! :yeah: (Probably because...
:nono: Moon man speak with forked tongue. I see many bunnies in my garden, some of whom are even likely to survive until Easter. :yeah:...
:shocked: Wow, I am gobsmacked at this thread. You both obviously know a lot about pain meds, which I had not the faintest idea of. I thought that because I knew about the receptors that opiates work...
:tongue: Wealth in heaven would probably be a humble banker, or honest politician. Or should that be the other way around ? :wink:...
:yeah: An excellent question Mooby Doo, to which the answer has to be "Possibly, but not necessarily". Maybe she was exposed to one of those plasmids (genetic toolkits - little loops of DNA) that...