thanks for all the input. i will be living in west seattle. but an willing to travel for a great doctor! :)...
chronic diarrhea. abdominal pain. weight loss. i didn't get diagnosed for 4 years - mainly due to crappy military docs....
yeah. sounds like a mild version of my issue after resection. kazbern is correct - faster transit time and less water absorbed from the stool in the colon. talk with your GI before doing anything,...
Moving to Seattle, WA in a few weeks and would like some recommendations of any good GI docs in the area. I am sad to leave my GI of over 10 yrs here in VA (crohns) :( any info is appreciated!...
i've been thinking about doing the same thing because of side-effects. i have infections in my ear piercings that wont heal - for like 3 months at least, also have issues with bartholan gland...
i've been on cimzia about 7 months? i started it instead of going back on humira after surgery to keep me in remission. i've had a lot more side-effects than with humira: minor skin infections that...
i've been on cimzia for about 7 months. i started it after surgery that removed all active crohns - so i dont really have any input on that. i also hate the idea of being on this the rest of my life...
thanks everyone for your input.. i have been on the entocort since the surgery, but my GI wants me to start humira within 4 to 6 weeks. i guess my question was more about if i should continue the...
there is also entocort.. supposed to be for short term use - but i used it for 5 years cause i had probs with everything else until i tried humira. entocort is a steroid but has a very low...
I just had my first resection on 3/22. actually healing quickly - but really missing my ileocecal valve! I had an abcess and what my surgeon described as a big knot of intestines removed. he also...
insagent.. that is what mine is like.. and new bumps just keep popping up under old ones. at its worst, i would have described it as kind of crusty/scabby and oozing, but clear. its cleared up some...
just in the last few months i've been having terrible breakouts on my cheeks - i've tried all kinds of things.. slightly better, but will not completely go away. i was just wondering if anyone else...
i didnt realize you couldnt get modulin anymore - i used to drinkit a long time ago - it did taste pretty good - better than boost and ensure. used to be able to order from nestle website....
got my second set of shots today - less painful than last time, i think. but i was just realizing last night that i havent had any abdominal pain in 2 days! yay humira!...
def check to make sure it was the right med. also, was the pill broken or damaged? they are delayed release - if broken can cause high dose of drug to be absorbed. - but that is not a typical side...
i understand completely.. the only meds i could take were pentasa and entocort.. i finally decided to try humira after having crappy reactions to imuran, 6-mp and remicade, and failing mtx. and i was...
currently: calcium, vit-d, iron, multi, align, zinc, vit-c, super b complex, b12 shots.. i used to take enteric coated fish oil - then i ran out about 5 months ago and just keep forgetting to get...
i just had my first shots last week.. its totally not the needle - its the sting of the med. the nurse did all 4 shots for me - i chickened out, but will give myself the next 2 next week. i iced down...
glad there is someone else out there! ;)...
rowasa is also the same kind of thing, but in an enema form - also expensive....
i also have lots of probs with fissures, tags, roids, etc.. but no fistulas. i was using corticosteroids like crazy (anusol, proctofoam, etc) and my rectum seemed to be getting more and more...
i have been on pentasa about 8 years - off and on. i have compliance issues so i stopped taking it completely since i was just wasting money by not taking it correctly. but both times that i started...
http://www.naturalnews.com/022356.html i was just reading this article.. maybe you've read it too.. interesting, and while the author does list references at the end, there are no citations on...
i think i am finally ready to make a change in my diet. i eat A LOT of sugar and other carbs. and since my major prob lately with my CD/IBS is abdominal pain (no diarrhea), i think my diet may have a...
ugh - military doctors! i went undiagnosed for 3 years under military care. as soon as a saw a civilian gi doc - she diagnosed me with crohns. i would suggest that whenever he is not feeling well...
tucks to clean and desitin for raw skin. and a lil hydrocortisone if you have any hemorrhoids...
man those shots burn.. it went well so far. i do believe the humira made me have a period, though. i have been on continuous BC for at least 2 years with no period to ease my IBS symptoms - and an...
i had the same kind of pain a few weeks ago - lasted about 2 weeks - still not 100%, but better. i also know i have strictures and i always have probs in the lower right ab. but i was also having the...
starting humira tomorrow.. finally! i can't believe how much my ins paid! would have been $30 copay per month, but with a coupon the pharmacy had.. only $5! unbelievable! i should know in about a...
you can usually get a box of 100 syringes for $20-$30 at the pharmacy. you dont need a prescription; i find this to be cheaper than using insurance that will only let me get 2 syringes a month. I...
i had to have a hepatitis panel drawn and a tb test before starting humira. still waiting on my prior auth.......
definitely drink gatorade or something. when you get dehydrated from diarrhea, etc., you lose electrolytes, and drinking only water dilutes the blood even more, can be dangerous....
yeah. i know it cant cause the flu cause its dead, and i probably did have something brewing. but you do mount an immune response to the shot- maybe activating the immune system more, increasing...
i just read something interesting in another post: j_web said... Interestingly enough though, there are 2 different presentations on the effects of influenza shots on IBD patients. Since diagnosis in...
yeah - probably a trigger. i developed crohns after having salmonella this is a link to a short article talking about bacteria as triggers http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703876...
Have you looked at LDN or diet yet? I really just learned about LDN from this site - I have been reading a lot about it - I am definately going to bring it up at my next appointment! it sounds pretty...
hmm, good to hear about the humira and stomach spasms.. i hate those the most - debilitating sometimes....
i have been on entocort for.. 4 years i think. my doc wants me to at least try humira, even though we both think i will have the same reaction that i have had to remicade, 6-mp, imuran, and...