Extreme heat tends to bother me more....
Hello all. I have not posted in quite a while because things have been pretty good.........Surprise! I started mildly flaring earlier this week. This disease turns on like a light switch. Anyway, I...
Hey guys. Past few days my gut has been crampy, with EXTREME flatulence that smells horrid. No real diarrhea or anything. Has anyone tried taking activated charcoal? I took it a few times and it...
Hey guys. My disease was slightly on the rocks but has gotten better the past few weeks. The past week though I have noticed that my stools are green. Sometimes dark, sometimes light. They are not...
Very scientific - but from what I understood it sounds promising....
Hey guys. So Ive been kinda flaring for about 2 weeks. Usually have a bout of diarrheah in the morning, and sometimes later on in the day or nothing at all. The past 2 days I have been waking up...
Thanks for the replies guys. I guess I need to monitor it. And it seems that I am not the only one this happens to. It's extremely weird though. Like seriously?...
So I'm in a bit of a flair. Not too major but still there. I am on a 20-day course of Xifaxan, 3 Apriso a day and mesalamine enema as needed. There is a weird thing that happens to me and I can't...
Hey guys. I've pretty much been ok lately until now. So last Sat I went to a wedding and didn't eat anything crazy but Sunday morning I woke up with diarrhea (went about 4-5 times). I was a little...
I'll probably give the doc a call, but he downplays everything all the time. He's the "don't worry" type. Could it be a hemmorhoid? I do get them occasionally but this is in kind of a weird spot....
Hey guys. From time to time I get this pain in/near my "butthole opening". I realize it after a BM and I wipe. It comes and goes every few months and I'm not sure what it is. I found the culprit and...
Hey guys. I had a rocky first week of January so my doc put me on Xifaxan for 20 days. I finished the course this past Wednesday. I felt good throughout while I was on it. Last night I went out and...
Hello everyone. Its been a while. Happy New Year. Basically, I've been feeling like crap. It started New Years Eve with some cramping and gas (i did not drink any alcohol). New Years Day I woke and...
Hey guys. I was diagnosed with Crohns in Aug 2009 (mostly in rectal area). Just had my first annual follow-up colonoscopy. Results were good. My colon cleaned up (no visual ulcers). I did have minor...
Hey guys. The Crohn's has been fairly good since my big first flare last summer. About a month after my flare I got this nasty scrotal yeast infection (cant remember if I was on Flagyl at the time or...
I am going on an interview in a few days. Its actually a pharmaceutical sales position for Asacol....LOL I was wondering if anyone would share their disease info, regardless of job position. Thanks!...
Just an FYI. A common ingredient in most toothpaste's can be the cause of mouth and gum sores. My dentist had brought it up and I also read about in a Men's Health article. The ingredient is sodium...
Hey guys. Thanks for the responses. I'm still in serious pain but I went to the doctor and he says its a thrombosed hemmie. No garlic (which I eat every day) and no lifting weights for 3 weeks. Sitz...
So I woke up today and felt OK in the morning. I have been having a little bit of constipated (little pellet) stools lately but I don't really strain. Just a little push. Any way I all of a sudden...
Hey guys. Ive had this allergic sinus thing over a week now. Stuffy nose, mild sore throat, nasty sticky green mucus. Dry cough. My doc gave me some Nasonex and a 4-day course of Avelox. He says it...
Good luck and God Bless...........
Hey guys. I recently noticed that my BM's have been leaving skidmarks in the toilet. My BM's are semi-solid, but for some reason they leave skidmars. If I flush twice it usually goeas away. Is there...
Hey guys. My Crohn's is concentrated in the rectum. For the time being, I have about 1-2 BM's a day, pretty solid, but sometimes loose as well. Occasionally I do see mucus, but not too much. My BM's...
So in a month I'm due for vacation time. My girlfriend really wants to go away for a week and so do I. I feel I really need one. But I'm scared. Last year when we went on vacation thats where I got...
My Crohn's disease is concentrated in the lower part of the colon. I also have some minor erythema (inflammation) in the anal canal. After a BM I usually have some leakage. Its much better than it...
I noticed that when my mind is busy on other things I forget about my symptoms...
Hey guys. I have been pretty good recently. But I did notice something different. On occasion, my stool has these mucus looking globs but I am pretty sure its not mucus. They are whitish or light...
Thanks. I still can't pinpoint it but I'm gonna wait a little and see what happens....
I have had this new pain now for a couple of days and I can't tell if its a groin pain or Crohn's pain. It is like a sharp pain that comes and goes, and is very very low on my abdomen. It almost...
I was just wondering. Last year when I first showed symptoms, I was diagnosed via colonoscopy about a month later. Biopsies showed active crohn's in the lower half of my large colon, and I was all...
Hey guys. Its me again. Just had a semi solid BM before. But there was more mucus than usual and it was blood tinged. And the stool had what looked like blood around and in it. Or was it blood? I...
Hey guys. This does not happen all the time but it just happened again and I noticed it. Last night I had some chicken and cooked spinach (very well cooked). This was at arounf 9:30pm. I finally went...
I know people do not come on the forums to talk about how awesome they are doing. But these forums are sometimes pretty negative. All I read about is fistula after abscess, followed by obstruction...
So this happens every so often. I'll feel great for a couple of days. Then I'll wake up in the morning with bloating and lots of gas, and my farts exrete like a clear liquid, and sometimes a little...
Thanks guys. I'm not really having any other symptoms. I was feeling fine until I saw that BM, and now I am having anxiety symptoms. I guess I'll just monitor it for another day. If it gets worse...
Hey guys. Happy Holiday to all. So last night I took some Pepto Bismol (1st time ever) cause I was a bit nauseus and bloated all day and I had to go somewhere last night. I read online how it helps...
Thank you all for your advice and support. I definitely am excited, but it droned out with the anxiety and nervousness that came with it. I'm gonna go for it and just let it play out. Thank you all....
Hey guys. Have another situation. Its good and bad. I am about to get promoted at work. More money, more vacay, etc. Great right? I'm so nervous about it though and wondering if I should accept or...
[tr vAlign=top][td class=alt1 id=td_post_179914 style="BORDER-RIGHT: #c2cfdc 1px solid"] Hey guys. I'm not sure I asked this before but here goes. From time time, I get these stools that are filled...
Thanks. I hope its just that. Other than that I'm pretty good. It just started right after the scope....
Hello all. I was diagnosed about 8 months ago. I have been pretty good taking mesalamine the whole time. My Crohn's is concentrated in the rectum and sigmoid areas. Three days ago (on Wednesday) I...
Hey guys. I had to drink a Citrate of magnesia bottle this morning at around 7am. I had a sigmoidoscopy done in the afternoon. Everything looked OK for now. I will be staying on the same medication....
I am taking APRISO as well. I take 2-3 a day. He originally prescribed a half dose (2 a day) but I may need to change medications. Its really good for UC or Crohn's colitis. No side effects that I...
Congratulations! I hope it stays closed forever....
TO jeanneac - both my IgG and IgA were above normal (positive). But what I'm trying to research is what do (baker's yeast) antibodies have to do with Crohn's? Maybe its from years of bad diet or...
Does anyone have any idea what these levels have in relations to Crohns? It seems that they are yeast antibodies, the two most prominent ones being Saccharomyces Cerevisiae IgG and IgA. Also he...
I just stumbled upon this documentary on the internet. I would like to see it, but the only place I found it for sale was the original website. But its like 50 bucks. Thats a bit much in my opinion....
Hey guys. I have been pretty good lately but for the past three days Ive been getting more and more crampy, and in the mornings when I sit on the toilet I release my morning flatulence and I get some...
The only zero sugar and zero carb protein powder I know of is called ISOPURE (vanilla). You can find it at GNC or Vitamin Shoppe....
I have been pretty good lately. 1-2 solid BM's a day. Last night my fiance made some grilled chicken with salad. She makes it all the time. Half hour later I had quite an episode in the bathroom....