I think there is inflammation there, but I don't wanna call the dr. seeing as I just saw him Sept 27th and had Remi on the 5th of Oct. I was fine this morning until I ate a plain bagel with nothing...
Thank you all for your replies! Earthworms are the perfect size to describe mt stools! I am feeling a little more "rumbling " in my stomach when I eat now too! I just had my remicade treatment on the...
Hi Everyone- I am just going to ask a few questions. I have to take miralax every night in order to use the bathroom the next day and when I do the stool is maybe about as wide as my pinky and I have...
Yes it does feel like a labor pain but the pain doesn't involve my whole stomach, just the right side. I have been able to pass gas so thats why i wasn't sure about an obstruction. What do you think?...
I am having right-sided lower abdominal pain probably around the cecum area. I havent been able to use the bathroom on my own in about 2 months. I have been using laxatives and going some but not...
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with these and if so how long do they generally take to work?...
I asked the other day about anyone with constipation issues and what their remedies were. I got some responses, but now I'm concerned because I used an enema and only went a tiny amount and it was...
I was wondering if any one has any issues with constipation instead of D? I have it really bad and can't seem to go without a laxative. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I gave myself an enema...
How do you know if Remicade is no longer working for you? I have had my loading doses and it has been almost 5 weeks since my last infusion and I have had some stressful events happen in the last...
Thanks for the responses. I actually had a severe uti and the remicade treatment made it worse and it went crazy. I ended up running fevers of 103 and even one day where they were 104. I had to go to...
I recently started remicade about 3 weeks ago, I just had my second infusion on monday and ever since that I have felt like I have been hit by a truck. I started with a fever around 99.2 now they are...
I went from having weeeks of really bad D to now for the last 2 or 3 days I have been really constipated and having more stomach cramps. I still have the urgency like D but nothing comes out but what...
I have had 2 severe UTI's in the last month both of which that were cultured and showed e. coli in them. what does it feel like when you pass air when you pee?? I am just really concerned about this...
I am having my second bout in a month with a severe UTI and my second course of heavy antibiotics. ( cipro and flagyl both times) My dr is concerned about the fact that I may be developing a bladder...
Has anyone not responded to prednisone? I have never really responded to it even at 40 mgs and I can't go higher than that cause I can't tolerate the side effects. I am very frustrated cause I feel...
I am so frustrated with this! I now have thrush in my mouth from the antibiotics...anyone know any home remedies while I wait for the dr to get in the office and give me a script ?...
he didn't notify, I just get copies of my results from the lab for my own records...
I just got my blood work results from the lab and my ALT is elevated at 52. high normal is 40 on my reference range. does anyone know what this means or should it be concerning given all my meds?...
Thanks for the replies everyone! I am taking both antibiotics because I have a severe UTI apparently that I was showing no symptoms of. I think they are hoping it will help my crohn's as well. I just...
is it to much to ask Dr. to write me a note to be off work for a day or so and let me rest? I am on so many meds right now that I'm starting to feel like they are doing more harm then good. MEDS- 6mp...
Does anyone else feel just so worn out and beat down? I hate that I feel guilty about being so tired. I wish there was something I couold do to help with the fatigue. I want to take a couple days off...
I am taking pred for my crohn's and just recently discovered that I have a UTI, not taking anything for that yet. I just didn't have any D or stomach cramping before the pred so I was just wondering...
I am on 40 mgs of prednisone right now and although it has helped my bleeding, it seems to have caused D and stomch cramping like labor pains none of which I had before starting the pred. I have been...
I have been flaring for about 2 weks now and I am back on 40 mgs of pred which I hate cause I get terrible side effects and it doesn't seem to be working. I am still bleeding and having more cramps...
Has anyone ever used this???? How were your results? I was just prescribed this and Symax but I stopped the Symax cause I think it made me sick, as I spent the whole weekend vomiting with a fever....
I am having really bad stomach cramps and having constipation but with the constipation I am having urgency throughout the day. I am bleeding and have some mucus so I am considering this a flare,...
I have this gurgling sensation in my rectum. I am not sure if I am starting to go back into a flare where i have seen a little blood and mucus but it seems to go away and then I might see it a few...
I just got some recent blood work results back since increasing my dose of 6mp from 75mg to 100mg and my red blood cells are now slightly low and my MCH is slightly elevated. does anyone know what...
I just went to the dr yesterday and he said I am definitely flaring and put me back on 40mg of prednisone and increased my dose of 6mp from 75mg to 100mg. I am very concerned about this. Has anyone...
thank you for your reply. It almost feels like I have pulled a muscle but i know that I haven't. I was just hoping somebody would have some insight into it because I'm already on 6mp and lialda so I...
I was just wondering if anyone else has ever experienced a burning or aching sensation on the right side of your abdomen and if you did what was it and if not what do you guys think it could be?...
I have only been on 6mp for 5 months and I refuse to go back on prednisone again. I had horrible side effects from it. I am scheduled to go back to the dr in january but wondering if I should wait?...
Has anyone ever had 6mp stop working for them??? I am on that and lialda and lately I have seen a little blood sometimes and I am getting stomach pains and nausea after i eat. Just wondering if it...
I just got my vaccination yesterday and have had no side effects from it. I work for one of the Health Depts down here in Florida and they offered it to all of us. You also have to space the regular...
No I have no fever but I am getting nausea....
I have upper abdominal pain around the belly button and surounding the area a little....does anyone think I should be concerned? does it warrant a call to the doctor? My labs have been coming back...
Has anyone ever had their MCH come back high on a CBC? If so can anyone tell me what it means and if it is a problem?...
Thank you so much! It does help. Where can I find Biotin? It probably doesn't help that I work 2 jobs and I'm a single mom with 2 boys and I don't give my body time to rest and heal, but my jobs...
Hi All! I am having lower left pain in my abdomen and on the side radiating to my back and sometimes its almost a burning sensation and other times it is like I'm being stabbed. Is this from my...
Does anyone ever feel normal with no cramps or anything like that? I have cramps and the desire to have a BM, but I am SO constipated....the only time I can go is if I take something. Could something...
I have been on 6MP for a month. I am getting regular bloodwork, but my WBC are going up and they say that is from the prednisone, so I don't know what is supposed to be going on with my body. i would...
I was originally diagnosed with UC and switched to crohn's disease. I am currently taking 20 mg of prednisone and 4 lialda with 75mg of 6MP. I was reading about the cecal patch and that kinda sounds...
my sigmoid, rectum,and descending colon and cecum and appendix were affected,not sure if thats the whole colon or not. It was bad. The GI doc said I had severe ulcerative colitis and admitted me...
I have pics that say cecum and appendix. I am definitely feeling better then I have. I take probiotics everyday and I didn't actually start to show a lot of improvement until i incorporated them. I...
I have definitely improved amd I am terribly afraid that I am going to flare bad when I get off the prednisone. My colonoscopy pics show different pics for the cecumand the appendix. the cecum had...
I am having formed stools now. I wasn't having many stools at all before, just a lot of blood. I ended up wioth an iron infusion in the hospital cause my hematocrit level was 7. I had my colonscopy...
I don't post much on here but I do read alot of the posts and I think I get more info on here then I do from my GI doc. I was in a bed flare and ended up hospitalized for a week on IV steroids and...
I had a colonoscopy done and at first they said that they think it is confined to the rectum. But I hve been treating it that way for almost a year with no luck so the next GI doc I saw said it could...
I am a 29 yr old single mother of 2 amazing little boys and have been fighting one of these diseases for almost a year with no period of remission. I have been on asacol....pentasa, 40 mg of...