Just wanted to wish a happy, blessed and amazing new year to all who read this board. That's all the Crohnies and their friends/family/supporters. This is a long one, so settle in. I am writing this...
Hey GL... just reposting my resection experience from a thread much earlier in the year (3rd of Feb I think). It seems to be the same type as your surgery. The total recovery was about seven weeks,...
Humira. The self injections are fantastic! I was terrified of them... TERRIFIED... but what Humira seems to be doing for me would be worth a self-injection every day (as long as insurance covered...
Gail... I just logged for the first time in a while and saw this. I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through, but so glad that it seems to be going well. You are such a caring, loving,...
80's... I'm glad you're doing alright now and thank God you are getting off of Pred. Best of luck to you for the future....
I don't have any advice on this one, but I've seen women on the forum who talk about taking a break from 6MP and the like when pregnant and having no problems... but I just wanted to say I wish you...
Hey 80sChick/Steph... just looked at your sig and I could honestly cry for you. Have you by chance gone the antibiotic route? At the beginning of my horrible flare that started Spring of last year...
In some ways I wish I'd been given Humira last Summer for my most recent flare. Instead, I wound through Pentasa, Entocort, Prednisone, 6MP until I got a fistula to my bladder (one of the...
Sara... As the others said, don't worry too much about the cancer or other side effects. The truth is that Prednisone and 6MP probably have equal or worse detriments to the body, including a risk for...
Activia made me very sloppy and gave me gas. Didn't like it. I rather like the Stonyfield smoothies. They are in little drink containers, and Stonyfield does have live cultures. The Yoplait active...
I just wanted to wish my best to everyone here, and send all my prayers and thoughts along. This is a truly awful disease. I had surgery to remove a really bad section of small bowel a couple of...
I started it a few weeks ago. The starter kit is the pen and I had to do four shots. Next time was two shots. It's actually pretty easy. I would NOT want to deal with the syringe. Pinch the skin,...
Thank you, ivy6!...
Just started Humira. Two of my four shot sites have turned into purple splotches. Like bruises only weirder. Anyone else ever get these?...
I had a bladder fistula, as well, and woke up with a catheter after my surgery. It came out on day 4. I didn't have any nasal tube. You need to take off all jewelry. My belly button is still...
I just had my resection on Friday the 22nd. It was laparoscopic with hand assist, meaning they used the scope and they made an incision of about three inches to take 10 inches of small intestine. I...
I never do the flavor packets with the lytely crap. Drink it plain and chilled, but not too chilled. It's awful but it's not that awful. I hope your surgery went well....
Thanks to both of you. I appreciate the advice. It's all soft and easy foods for the time being....
Thanks Gail... your constant stream of useful information here is sincerely appreciated!...
Hello. I had about ten inches of my terminal ileum removed nine days ago. I'm doing well painwise, etc, and they say they got almost all of the bad stuff out, but my appetite is pretty low. This is...
Best of luck to you, aimee. I just had ten inches of terminal ileum removed last Friday (22nd). They got me eating pretty quickly. By Sunday, I was eating the hospital version of "dijon chicken" as...
Dagger - good advice about the Wednesday thing. I will do that if I can. Also the warnings about the tiredness. I've got four weeks booked off right now, with some wiggle room. Hopefully that will be...
Thanks, you two. Best again to both of you. I have a laptop so I'll be reporting back here as soon as I can. I was in a five month flare, so I'm pretty well used to sitting around doing nothing. I...
Hello. I have a bowel resection coming this friday. It's my first Crohn's surgery. They think they only need to take about a foot of my small intestine (terminal ileum), as it's heavily scarred and...
Pimfram... just logged on to wish you the best. I'm glad to hear everything went so well. Best of luck and prayers to you for 2010 and beyond!...
Thanks yt. The info helps. I'm really overwhelmed at the moment. I still haven't heard back from my doc (he said he was going to talk to the surgeon) so I don't know what the recommendation is or the...
I had my colonoscopy this morning. I started my prep at about 2:00 PM yesterday. No OTC laxatives, just the nutra-lite drink. I had a long day and night of clearing out. Finished drinking the stuff...
I don't have any advice, but I just wanted to send my well wishes to you. Hope it's all gone in no time. It's funny you mention taking things for granted, because there's so many things we all end up...
Hello everyone. I'm back. The procedures went fine. I was somewhat conscious for both procedures... uncomfortable, but not too terrible.... Right. So when the doc got to my terminal ileum with the...
Good luck, pim....
Thanks pimfram. I'm prepping as we speak. The drink (unflavored) isn't as bad as I remembered, but it's getting worse by the glass....
JF... thanks for the advice. I think I will warn them in advance that I want them to put me back under if I wake up! I feel like such a child. But it's good to know that it's not so bad if I do. It...
Wednesday and Gail... thanks, you two. Gail... I've always been the anxious type... it seems to follow us Crohnies around. Good to know that meds are an option for it, but I am so, so sick of meds....
Thanks OG. I appreciate it. Hope you're doing ok....
I know I'm still relatively new here, and I feel strange asking for a pep talk, but here goes. I've had CD for at least five years (probably a lot longer) and am currently in what is now a five month...
A flare that will not go away....
I just got on Bactrim for a UTI, and lo and behold it seems (knock on everything wooden) to have calmed down my five month Crohn's flare. My stomach hasn't felt this good since the first half of the...
The sauteeing might not have helped. I know everyone is different, but I have only finally recently discovered/realized that grease really does me in. Even olive oil. Fried stuff is generally a...
As you can tell by my handle, it's not a weird question. I'm stuck in what is now nearly a five month flare, can't get off Prednisone... just confirmed that the 6MP ain't working... and now they're...
I read this thread and sort of chuckled, but now that you mention it... although I'd already been diagnosed with Crohn's a few years earlier, I got my first huge flareup (complete with lots and lots...
Hi. I've been lurking here for a while (actually for the most of the "moderate" CD flareup I'm in, which is since the beginning of July)... it's a great place. I'm hoping to hear from some people...
Been lurking for a while, but I signed up so I could answer this thread for the OP. I had been diagnosed with mild Crohn's in 2004, flaring on and off since 2007. Then back in February of this year I...