One thing I have learned on this board is that everyone seems to find things that work best for them. Suggests to me that the researchers still have a long way to go to fully understand this disease....
What I am about to say is complete hearsay, my old GI Doc when I lived in Boston told me this when I was initially DX'd with CD, and it turned out to be true, but I have no scientific proof, he said,...
Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us....
All, I have been an intermittent participant on this forum over the past decade since I was diagnosed with CD, and I am happy to report that on my last colonoscopy / biopsy / endoscopy the GI said...
Cheers Roni. I second everything you said. Looks like this may be an internet troll. Surprisingly few on healing well, likely due to the good work of the moderators!...
I try to make the best of the good days and manage the bad days. When I don't feel bloated, or have bad D, or pain, I get out and do the things I enjoy doing. With work, the days I feel good I try to...
I have taken Forvia off and on for a few years. I feed noticeably better when on it (energy), but notice that sometimes vitamins upset my stomach generally....
ladybug, I second your advice about diet variety and eating as well as you can tolerate. I feel so much better when I eat a variety of foods. I don't have scientific evidence as to why this is, but...
UC21, Wow, I really identify with your story. Not that part about a roommate biting me, thats just strange. BUT, I was a baseball player. Went to college to play ball, lived in the dorms, started...
I used to be so tired that I would sleep from friday night until noon on saturday, get up and eat some food, nap until dinner, eat dinner, go to bed and sleep until noon on sunday, lunch, nap,...
when I googled images of folliculitis. HS and PG, I got back images that were DEFINITELY NOT what I have going on. I can absolutely rule out the PG and HS just by looking at it. In additition HS...
Mike, Thank you so much! Wow, what a story. I have to say it worries me a little. Did anyone give you any insight as to why the 6MP didn't work as it had in the past when you tried to restart it?...
off topic I realize, however, ski "bum", that is one of the simplest yet most clever names I have seen on this site! Here's to a lots of snow this year! cheers...
thanks for the welcome lyn, but it looks like Ive been here longer than you =) Just haven't signed in for quite a while!..........lol duh is me i just saw the amount of posts n didnt rec name so...
I don't know what part of OC potatoqwn is in, but I can't imagine it taking only 25 minutes to get to Loma Linda. try an hour and 25 minutes! at least! In OC I would recommend Dr. Donald Abrahm. He...
Sorry this post is a little gross, but I want to be descript ive to see if anyone else experiences the same issue. Ever since my diagnosis with CD (2003) I have had consistent acne on my scalp. Or...
Any thoughts about /opinions/experience out there with having kids while on 6MP? I am a 30 yo male that has been on 6MP for about 6 years. In the next few years my wife and I are planning on having...
Heatmiser, sorry to hear what you are going through. When I was first diagnosed with CD I was only put on Asacol. It seemed to help my symptoms fine for about 3 months. However, after those three...
2 - 4 is typical when I am not flaring. 4 - 6 is a bad day. Over 6 is a flare. Here's something I can't figure out, and it happens from time to time whether I am flaring or not. I will wake up and...