Oh yes, you are so right about covering the bases only. Honestly, I can only describe my experience as horrendous...the care and treatment was sub-standard apart from two characters that came on...
I never ever ever take antibiotics unless I know I have a bacterial infection usually signified by an elevated white cell count. Antibiotics not only kill the bad bacteria but can also kill and...
Google it....it's a slimming aid...a weight loss drink supplement......
After an emergency room visit for severe abdominal pain I was given no diagnosis at all, just a few possibilities. The doctor on call rang a surgeon who told him to put me on Flagyl and hook me up...
Thank you Kazbern It hurts all the time, but not any more when palpating the exact spot. I kind of would of expected that, but no. My abdo is swollen too. So you get the same sensation and feel...
Sorry I have no advice except to say that you are only human and if venting makes you feel in any way better......then you vent away. I do hope you get some resolve very soon Xxx...
My pain in the upper left abdominal area was horrendously unbearable over the last 10 or so days that resulted in having to visit the emergency room twice last weekend. The pain has lessened a...
No, absolutely nothing it would seem. But I did manage to get the gastroenterologist appointment brought forward by one week to the 31st Dec. As for my general doctor, had an appointment on 16th but...
Thank you for posting. Very interesting. X...
Sorry I don't have anything useful to say, but wish you well. However, your query has me wondering about X-rays in general. Should the thyroid area always be covered up during an X-ray? I just had...
Thank you xxx...
I'm sorry I cannot really help but, have you had your thyroid checked? Wishing you well Xx...
Yes it's hard to reveal all the details about this disease. I wasn't married very long before becoming very ill. My husband witnessed almost the lot, including what happened in the bathroom. He does...
Hi and thank you Kazburn It's a long story, but I was Asacol for ages some time ago but I came off of the meds because I felt I didn't need it once I was in remission, plus I was on so many meds at...
Hi I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis several years ago but the diagnosis changed to crohns after they found ulceration and inflammation in other areas of my bowel a few years after the first...
Many of you have raised some really interesting points, but none of us are experts, even the experts can't agree. My GI might say one thing and your another thing, I personally do not believe that...
By the way, the best hormones replacement therapy/contraception for not gaining weight is a combination of the mirena coil and the oestrogen patch. The progesterone in the Mirena Coil protects the...
I did run this by my GI fairly recently who told me that being over weight and having Crohn's depends mostly on where the Crohn's is, plus the body goes into hoarding mode as soon as the fasting is...
Hey, Just re-read your post....so sorry I missed the bit that said you are in hospital right now........... So please accept my best get well wishes and a super speedy recovery. Snow xxx [b]...
I understood it all when they said it was Colitis...but I still can't my head around having Crohn's...It's all indeterminate because the biopsies did not show up like Crohn's but the inflammation and...
Well I still don't believe I have Crohn's disease...I just can't believe it...I just don't seem to fit...but the doctor will explain next Monday. Snow xxx...
Thank you Zena That is very helpful... Zena I am 52, my husband is 54... As I have never had to live with a health insurance like you guys I can't really comment...the NHS over here has huge flaws...
I understand that UC & CD are at times difficult to diagnose definitively...but while they are trying to make up their minds, it's putting my life on hold as this has a huge impact on whether I get...
How very frustrating!...But I can totally empathise your situation...And it is unforgivable for get cross with you when you need some clarification regarding your condition...after all we are not...
Thank you Former 58D Our cases do sound extremely similar...I even have a left handed discomfort...but on CT scan it showed there wasn't anything sinister going on at all. I'm hoping with the...
I still have not seen my GI yet but the results of my biopsy and CT scan have come back "Indeterminate" My GP sat me down and said that although frustrating that it is yet again not a definitive...
It shows that one size just doesn't fit all. I'm interested in the Coeliac part of your disease....It would not surprise me if there is an aspect of this that affects me. I am going to make a new...
I spoke to NACC today (National Association for Crohn's and Colitis) who told me they have many members with Crohn's who are very overweight....She said that this is why so many people go undiagnosed...
Hi again Hope you had a nice time... I am in London...so popping round for a cuppa would be a bit difficult then?...lol...only joking. I'm glad you have a good consultant...mine is supposed to be...
Hi everyone Thank you for adding to this thread and helping me to understand that I am not the only one that has Crohn's and is overweight...We all seem to have a similarities one way or the other. I...
OMG, that's a terrible experience...I hope you got their names (they should have badges) and you are going to report them...You could have had fractures and or broken bones... They wouldn't have done...
Well I have the CT tomorrow...but unfortunately I won't get the results there and then as the CT is going to be performed by a radiologist...they might tell me if there is a stricture or similar....
I am so interested in this "hoarder" metabolism theory but I can't find any information on it...can anyone give me any info on it please? Do you take any PPI's for the upper gastric problem that you...
Yes it is a problem for me, but it's the vicious circle...lack of exercise due to pain, weight gain due to lack of exercise....and so it goes on...but like you my thyroid started to fail, I became...
Hi Everyone Can you tell me what to expect when I have my CT scan on Tuesday....I have been told by my hospital that I don't have to prepare for it...I can eat and drink as usual and don't to do the...
I had to use the disabled toilets in a store here in the UK very very quickly as there was a long queue for the ladies room. When I came out there was a lady in a wheel chair who berated me like you...
May I ask what sort of pain you have in the rectum area...I had this nearly five years ago (they thought it was Proctitis at the time) and the pain put me on my back for nearly 18 months (mostly...
That's just wrong Nanners...I know we have a different system here in the UK but the one thing my GP (general practitioner) was adamant about was not changing even the brand of Asacol that I take......
In another forum that I use for weight loss surgery there are 2 women that have Crohn's and have a full gastric bypass...I was shocked when I heard it, but their bariatric surgeons knew in advance...
Thank you for your reply MMMNAVY Sorry to hear you have not been very well at all. May I ask what BMI you have at the moment?...My BMI is around 43 at the moment...I'm only 5'2". Would your surgeon...
LOL...PV you BS sounds like it makes total sense to me...but then BS always did...lol No really, all jokes aside you could have a point!...All the research I have tried to find says that 6% of...
Hi Painter Oh your poor wife...she has been through a very tough ordeal...but whilst I could probably say that your wife and I have a lot of similarities with back and hip pain and the gallbladder,...
Thank you Frogelieta What you say regarding the location of the disease in the small intestine makes a lot of sense and is what I thought would be the case...I discussed this with the bariatric...
Hi LBJ I think that what Frogalieta has said makes a lot of sense...being overweight (obese) would would still affect those prone to it if the disease was confined to the large intestine... I might...
Hi Kandc88 That's interesting....Did your doctor tell you that this is possible?...It does make sense...I would like to run this by my GI doc when I see him. Because like you I have gone crazy just...
Hi Littlemissmuffet I too am from the UK...and probably about 7 stone over weight (98lbs). Whereabouts in the UK are you...I am in London (SE). I am newly diagnosed with Crohn's and I'm still in...
Sometimes the change in water and food can cause a constipation hence the solid BM's... Hope the meds sort it all out for you, but sorry they were so expensive... (((hugs)))...
Thank you Chrisnsteph I think mine is just in the large bowel and there seems to be something wrong like a stricture on my left hand side...that's why I'm having the CT. I have never taken steroids,...
I have been seeking weight loss surgery and during my health checks it was discovered that I have Crohn's disease. I thought I had colitis but it looks like it is Crohn's (and it's active)...The...
Hi Sheryin Your reason to live is summed up in your last sentence....to take care of your children. I am so sorry you feel so down...I can only try and empathise with the amount of pain you have....