Thank you all so much for your messages. Big congrats to Isergodur too!! My dr can not see me untill the 15th of January. I had 3 differnt med presriped to me for the bile salt issue as that what...
Hi all After 20 months finally pregnant but also flaring /community/emoticons/mad.gif I Hope this does not last long as I seen statics if you are pregnant and flaring. I have to wait till the 10th...
Yeah I just wondered if there was other patterns in you family. Were just the unlucky ones i guess Honestly it just luck but just been thinking about it lot lately as trying to conceive myself. I am...
Hi All This may be a weird little theory but in are family it is always the second child born to have crohns diesease pass down from the family. Dads Side Nan was adopted and only child so dont know...
Yes I will do. Just read below your comment you have osteo too. when was you diagnosed I have it in my hips and spine but to me feels like in my shoulders and knee too??...
Hello Hope everyone keeping ok! Has anyone tried Aloe Vera Juice? What were the benefits to you? Anyone living in the uk that can tell me best place to buy? Thanks /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
I never get told anything lol i normally take parcetmol anyway I feel like 90 year old im only 23 lol x...
Why cant we use Ibruprofen? never heard of this? Thanks for tips going to get onto IBD Nurse to try get to doctors...
Hello Guys Hope everyone is doing ok? Its been 6 week since i had the small section of where the small meet the large intestine removed. Since then I been gettin awful Joint pain and if I am in one...
I never went to the gym before but was planning to start a family before I realised i need surgery so want to get my fitness right. Do you have children? The big D is holding me back doing much at...
Ah bless you. Yeah im struggling with the walking and standing up straight hurt too much at mo but slow and steady i suppose. Thanks...
Hello all It been two weeks now since my ileocaecal resection surgery (removal of ileum by keyhole) which went all ok. I am still of work and not driving yet and unable to do something. I have not...
Hello Everyone Hope all ok. Just wondered if any of you do any exercise when you feeling ok? Did you find it helped with some sypmtoms. What exercise to avoid? I am nowhere near overweight but want...
Thank you all for your replies and your stories. I got my date thru today going in next Wednesday the 20th so going to miss Easter and all those chocolate eggs :-( and bank holiday get togethers. And...
Vodka,Lemonade\with dash of blackcurrent and I dont have one single problem If i changed to vodka and coke or vodka redbull i woluld be very ill. Think the pure vodka is like pure alcohol help the...
Im on/off smoker too. Sometimes i feel smoking help and sometimes make it worse. My doc are very against smoking saying this is the worse thing you can do. But when i got a bit of a blockage smoking...
Thanks for quick reply There is no one else just me, my brother and father and neither of them know hot to operate computer! I just work from home i suppose. Thanks again...
Thank you everyone who has replyed to my thread i have private messaged some of you. Some of you said you surgery was done cause of a emergency. What made it to you a emergency? Sometime i am in so...
Hello everyone Hope life all ok. Just got home from hospital and got results from MRI Scan which shows section of small bowel is very scared and they need to remove this using key hole surgery. Dr...
Thanks guy. Where do u find more information about these types of diets and the way they work?...
Thanks Ivy not sure how to do this....
I heard lots of story about wine and beer affecting crohns patients in a big way lucky i dont drink that anyway. I drink Vodka Lemonade and Lime or Blackcurrent and it seems to be fine for me. Happy...
Hello I was after some tips and advice as you guys always seem to help me out. I seem to be flaring all the time at the moment and gone down to a very low 7 stone and defintely feeling very bad for...
Hello Hope all is well as can be? Has anyone had MRI Scan to check for crohns sypmtoms? I had colonoscopy about 2 months ago but they couldnt get all the way round so wanted to check with MRI Scan....
Hello My dad has crohns has got 3 children and 2 of them Inc me unfortunately now has crohns and our mother has no history of ibs or crohns. Im also tryin for a baby so prayin to god I don't pass...
I assume your all mainly from US we dont really get much choice in jelly blackcurrent strawberry or orange in the shops. So maybe i try the orange only. Never heard of slurpees, italian ice popsicles...
Thanks so can i have strawberry jelly? Ready made? K...
Hello Everyone Im due to go in for a colonoscopy on Friday at 8am so I have to take my laxitive at 7am thursday morning so just have drinks to live on is there anything you recommend so got a bit of...
Im not preganant :-( so not to worry...
I got married back in March and had all the same symptoms as you did and i say Imodium all the way!! I carry them in my bag all the time and if i know i have a important day or going somewhere...
Hello I am 5 days late on my period and think may possibly be pregnant. I done a preganancy test 4 days ago and said not preganant but am always like clock work so still possibility I am so will try...
Thank you everyone for all your replies. I am 23 and been trying for 6 months following lots of book, website forums and even the iphone app lol. I told my doctors 2 months before i started trying...
Hello I been trying to get preganant since i got married just over 6 months. I am currently taking azathioprine and Pregnance Care (folic acid other vitamins) and have 3 monthly b12 injections. Still...
Thank you everyone I let you know how I get on tomorrow. In from uk so don't think we have as many diffrent specilist as you. Thank fir all the advice k...
Hello Everyone. I hope everyone is a well as can be. So 7 weeks married and want to start planning for a family. Im due to go see my specialist nurse on Thursday so need to get a list of question...
I'm gonna try this! I let you know how i get on....
Hello Hope everyone is ok? Iam going to mexico in March so need to arrange to have my injections done is there any injection you shouldnt have done with crohns or if you taking azathiprine or...
Hello I have been on Predisolone for 5 weeks now and in the last two weeks i keep having very strange mood swings. From being very happy full of energy to just wanting to sleep and feeling miserable...
I dont know at the beginning i was really contastapted so one extreme to another! I got really spotty too and i get married 4 months today so bit panicky because i dont stop the Prednisone till mid...
Hi All, Been away for awhile 4 weeks ago i was admitted into hospital for the first time (it was horrible) basically it was my second week on Azathioprine and i was gettting all flu like symptons...
Hi All, Yesterday i went to the hosiptal to see what was the next step for me after being diagnosed with Osteoporisis monday. Plus my cd is gettin worse so they wanted to try something new! So now on...
God thanks everyone for you input! It has given me alot to think about just bit sad i got this at just age 22! I will let you all know how i get on Thursday and what they recommend. Thanks again...
Morning I went for a regular check up yesterday and result from my bone scan they revealed i have thinning of the bones 'osteoporosis' So was just wondering if anyone else with crohns also suffer...
It so annoying the things that give you energy eg choc, energy drink give me 'D' I have the b12 too but dont seem to make no diffrence so frustating...
I want to go somewhere warm i live in uk so been to paris etc!! Not Sure about Mexico quite expensive. Egypt looked cheap and cheerful but just her bad story about everyone getting bad tummy etc What...
Hi All, Hope everyone is ok? I am getting married in March and starting to plan my honeymoon! We was planning on Egypt but alot of people of told me not to go because the food will more than likely...
I dont know where that thumbs down came from should be thumbs up x...
Hello Everyone, Last time i was on here i just finished Modulen and was very ill but now i have come of Pentasa and i seem to be fine no problems, so looks like the modulen did work in the end or was...
Love it Ivy haha...
Yes that is it Azathioprine (a.k.a. Imuran). Sorry i am at work so trying to write as quick as i can! I know it Ivy its very frustrating that i stuck to that now i feel worse than i have ever felt!...