Thank you dawn77. I've been on a soft diet only for a couple of weeks for fear of a perforation and just clear liquids the past couple days. I've had many preps in the past as well and always with go...
Day after tomorrow is my surgery. Anxiety is getting really bad. The only thing they have me taking for bowel prep is clear fluids and a whole bottle of Miralax in 64 oz of Gatorade. I thought that...
Thank you My gallstone is 9mm. I'm not sure if that is considered big or not. Still leaning towards keeping my gallbladder....
Hello I am scheduled for small bowel resection, gallbladder removal and removal of kidney stone. I am reading about the terrible diarrhea people are having after having their gallbladder out, I don't...
Thank you JLCat for the wonderful thread. My resection surgery will be on the 19th with 4 strictures in small bowel found on an MRI but they are close together. I also will be having my gallbladder...
Thank you gumby. I have been reading a lot on the forum and have got some very helpful information. I am worried as they are taking out my gallbladder as well and I've read that I can not have greasy...
I have tried iron infusions and my counts still dropped. My Dr told me take Bifera. It's OTC but I had to have Walmart order in for me. Or you can get it off Amazon. My counts are the best they have...
Thank you for the reply. The strictures are close together. I did ask how much they would be taking out and she said it wouldn't be much. I have terrible heartburn esp. at night while trying to...
Hello, I am also facing a small bowel resection due to 4 strictures from scar tissue. id you have the surgery? How are you doing?...
Hello, I have not posted in quite awhile but I really need some help. I end up in the hospital about 1 time a year with a bowel obstruction but I usually can feel them coming on and stay at home on a...
Thank you for the replies. I will call him today and ask about the sulfazine. I need to get on something. Now the pain is even in my elbows. Thank you Kay...
I have taken pentasa in the past and it did not help at all. I will be seeing the oncologist. They have to review my paperwork and they will be calling me for an appointment. I'm just so worried now...
IThank you for your reply. I was on 6mp and Entocort for over 4 years and I really think I'm getting so many melanomas from the 6mp. As soon as I got the diagnosis of melanoma my GI Dr sent me to a...
Hello. I have not posted for a while. I have been taken off all of my medications for my Crohn's disease due to melanoma times four. My dermatologist told me it would be best if I could manage my...
Thank you all for the replies. I did order the book 'Breaking the Vicious Cycle' off Amazon yesterday with the cokbook.I am anxious to try the SCd diet but my concern is the fresh fruits and...
Thank you for kazbern and gumby your replies. My crohn's is in my terminal ileum. Dx in 2004. I was just hospitialized for 4 days last month with a partial small bowel obstruction that I was able to...
HelloI have not posted for awahile. I have just been dx'd with melanoma in situ. I did have my wide local excision and the margins came back clear. My GI Dr referred me to another GI specialist. He...
Hello, My father has 2-7 days to live. He is dying from JAK2 myeloproliferative disorder, mylefibrosis and leukemia. His mylefibrosis is the hereditary kind. I am on 6MP. And I am really worried now...
Hello, the only difference between Hsv1 and HSV 2 is HSV 2 is below the waist and HSV 1 is above the waist. My husband get the cold sore around his lips and has taken Valtrex for years. He tried the...
I keep a basin by my toilet as I do this often, I have narrowing as well. Finally got on Entocort and seems to be better now, will be starting 6mp soon....
Sooooooo sorry hope you are better and free of your pain soon....KayC...
I am soooooo sorry to hear this, You and your dear wife have thoughts and prayers comming your way. (((((HUGS))))) to both of you. I pray faith will get you both through this and you both will have...
Thanks for the replys, I made it through my colonoscopy toady with the MoviPrep. Got up at 430 AM and started drinking since I had to leave the house at 8AM and wanted to be mostly cleaned out before...
I had an Infed iron infusion aver 8 hours and it did nothing at, my counts actually dropped after and I paid cash for it with hopes of feeling better. But every one is different. Hope it will work...
I thought there was one available but can't find it in the app store. Is there one available?? Would love it on my Iphone Thank You, KayC...
This is awful 4.5 hours later and still can't leave the bathrom hardley and I have to drink another quart in the morning 3 hours before I leave for my appt and I have to leave at 745 am guess I will...
Good replys, Thank You all....
I had appendectomy as well but the appendix pathology was just fine. I am sure it was an obstruction as well. I had three in a row. Good luck......
Are these two the same meds? I had read that Imuran turns into 6MP in the body is this so? I work for a Dr in a Family Practie Dept and my GP (not the Dr I work for) told me that if I was started on...
I got so fed up with my Dr. I went in on May 25th with pretty bad pain which I tolerate well. He told me the pain was from the kidney stone I had in Jan NOT. I knew better. He also put be back on a...
Has anyone had one and what are the symptoms. Thank You KayC...
I have been diagoned with Lichen Planus, a gum disease. My dentist said is from my CD....
I tried, the link didn't work????...
Thank you Elizabeth, I am in the process of getting all my medical records sent to a new GI Dr in another town. And hopefully he will see me. Hopefully he can get me on the right meds. Thanks so...
Well I finally had my GP pull up the results of my xray and it was negative for stones. Why almost 4 months after do I still have pain in that left kidney, getting very frustrated with my crohn's...
We I have been excited about my appt today with my GI. I have been on Pentasa since being dx'd in 2004 and have never really felt like I was in remission. He tried to up my dose to 500mg 2 tabs 4 x...
I went into a flare with a partcial bowel obstruction when I started oral iron....
I have heard of this a few times....
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Thank you for thr replies, I do plan on calling him, just have to wqit to see how soon I can get in...Thanks again....Crohnietoo that is very good info, Thank You. KayC...
Hello, My pain had always been on my right TI, but for the past few months I have pain from the left to the right all the way across. Tonight it is so bad I can hardly stand it. I have a very high...
I have been reading about this on the net, pretty scary. That is the reason I am putting off going on the Humaria or the Remicade...I don't know anything about it but there is alot of info on the net....
Hello, I usually hang out on the crohn's forum but have a couple of questions. My medication, Pentasa does not work at all for my crohn's. My Dr wants to put me on the big guns as he calls them...
Hello, I have not been on for awhile. I have been reading thru the post though. I have been hanging over on the Kidney Disease forum as I had a 6.5mm stone I was trying to pass on my own but had to...
Chris what good info...Thank You...So should I take calcium? The only news I have is that my kidney xray was free of stones. I never went back to see my urologist but had my primary pull up the...
Oh and to top that off I ask for a copy of my stone anaylasis so I could modify my diet and they did not do one. I was like what????? So she said they would send it in. Do they save the stone from...
Chris that is great. I am glad you flushed out the bits. I went in to see my urologists and he took an xray right away but I never got to see him. He was running to far behind and I had to leave...
Thanks Judy, Laurie and Chris for the replys. I am going for a follow up appt. tomorrow with my urologist. Will keep you all posted... Kay...
Hello, I had a 6.5 mm stone in Januarary, couldn't pass it on my after 2 weeks so I had surgery and a stent put in. (see my posts) The stone had moved and was stuck in ureter near my bladder. The...
Have you seen a Dr about the sores on your arms? That is a sign of lupas, not to scare you but that was my friends first sign.....