Anybody know if hookworms would help with fitsutlizing crohns? I tend to get fistulas/abscesses at sporadic times. Wonder if this type of therapy would help that as well....
Is 6MP an injection you give to yourself? Also, is 6MP a daily medication/how often does one take it?...
No problem NiceCup. That is my GI that I go to. He really never steered me in the wrong direction, so I take the advice I can get off his site and put it to good use....
I find green/sweet iced tea gives me terrible indigestion. I LOVE it though!...
http://www.gicare.com/Diets/Crohns-Disease.aspx There is the original writeup that sparked my research on caffeine. Doesn't say much other than "caffeine could be more of a benefit," but later...
Coffee helps me ensure I can get everything "out" in the morning before work. My Crohns is odd in the fact I never know if I'll be constipated or have D. Coffee just helps me keep it moving down...
I went through the last month sweating profusely in bed. Figured it was just my crohns being "active." Never had the sweats until recently to tell you the truth and I haven't been taking any...
So I was doing a little reading this week. I was always under the impression that caffeine/coffee was "bad for crohnies." Apparently, according to a GI website, there is no significant evidence to...
Thanks ivy. I'm not even in pain, just feels like something is there. Hopefully I can hold on for a week as I start a new job Tuesday and don't have health benefits until then!!! Crohns always seems...
Hey all. Hope you are well! Just got back from a trip and started having some uncomfortable feeling in my right "buttcheek" today. Kinda like there is "something there." It isn't painful, just...
My GI office used to do the infusions for me. At that time, I was working for the House of Representatives. Thus, working for the state, my insurance covered 100% of the $15,500 treatment with no...
Thanks Nice! I feel okay right now for the most part, but am really wanting to go see my GI soon. I was unemployed for months and recently found a job... Actually; may even make another career change...
Prep H wipes with witch hazel and aloe vera!...
Reduce as far as what? The sheer size of it? Are you overweight or is your stomach just expanded because you are bloated? First thing I'd do is figure out what foods are making you bloated and...
What type of symptoms are related to bacterial overgrowth?...
Does insurance cover B-12 shots? Or do you know how expensive they are if not? Just wondering cause I have another month until my insurance kicks in for work and I've been feeling under the weather....
Starting to think its a sign of me starting to flare.... Dunno....
Thanks! Glad I'm not the only one this happens to. I get nervous once in a while as "night sweats and appendages falling asleep" are actually considered early signs of diabetes as well. HOWEVER, as...
My hands have been falling asleep a lot recently.. Mostly while I am in bed at night. I of course the get occasional night-sweat as well. Just wondering if anybody else experiences appendages falling...
Pentasa is causing some hair loss for me... Asacol did for me originally as well. I think I'm going to try Rogaine just so I can keep taking Pentasa and see what happens. At least it should...
I officially am losing hair from Pentasa now... Guess I need to start a Rogaine regimen? I was under the impression that once you started rogaine you couldn't stop using it though as the new...
What I do, is normally eat dairy before I go to bed and it won't bother me while I sleep. It normally takes a good 2 hours or so for me to start getting bloated after I eat dairy... Just very gassy...
Agree with randy.. I wouldn't go in a hot tub.. I'd just take a warm bath. Way too much bacteria in a hot tub that could cause infection; which is the last thing you need right now....
$800 to be seen sounds ridiculous. I don't know of any Dr. that would be that much just for an office visit.... Sure that wasn't your cost for an actual procedure?...
Agreed tsito! I've quit and relapsed... I'm going cold turkey again soon. I'm gonna say today will be my last day with a cigarette! (Lets see if it works lol... It worked for 9 months before)...
When I was on it; my first dose had me feeling pretty good. I recall not being "too sick" when I first started remicade as the other medicines had me somewhat under control. Remicade was my miracle...
Did anybody else drink a lot of soda growing up? Knowing how bad it is for your insides, I always thought this could be one of the underlying triggers for my Crohns... The combination of soda,...
Still having no luck finding Papayas. Wegmans is the one store I have left to try and I'm pessimistic... Anybody else know of a certain place I can find these suckers!? :-)...
Well I got over a flare this past week... Just had some constipation and pain, followed with a few days of D. I'm doing well now; just taking my pentasa. I've been eating really poorly recently and...
Well, the enema helped me out a little tonight... Still in some pain, but not so serious... Just keeping my fingers crossed it's just a flare... Still going on vacation tomorrow; so hoping for the...
Good evening all. Any of you that have had an obstruction before; what are the tell-tale signs? I'm just growing weary as I'm still flaring and have constipation this time... Which I have never had...
Thanks everyone! I went with the fleet enema and its helping to clear me out a bit already..... Stomach is pretty queasy and I have some pain... I held off on the pill-form of laxative as I think it...
Thanks alot!!! No luck yet; Costco didn't even have anything that resembled papayas lol....
Thanks Nanners... I might just do a fleet enema. I got a laxative just in case; but I'm scared that I might not be able to stop going tomorrow on the ride if I take one... At least once an enema gets...
Yeah; I used to get it on my face pretty bad.... The worst was when I was on steroids/prednisone however. Sometimes my face breaks out when I have a bad flare... Always had pretty good skin though...
So heres the deal.... I started flaring about 2 days ago (not a bad flare, your standard stomach pain, blood, fatigue, etc) Anyways, I have only gone once in about 3 days and I'm leaving for a 3-4...
I have gained and lost weight twice now... I was husky in high school; then my senior year I got sick and lost weight in the matter of months..... Tapping the scales at only 118 pounds as a senior...
Congrats to you! I've been in plenty of weddings, but haven't found the right woman yet to plan my own lol... I can imagine how stressful it must be. Wish you the best of luck! I'd go with the...
I had a similar experience. I was diagnosed when I was around 17 or 18, and when I was originally getting tested it was at the Penn State Hershey Med Center where a lot of "med students" practice and...
Costco trip tonight. Great advice!!! Thanks so much... I figure I could substitute this as my "snack" of the day....
^^ Right with you Shany. Any time I get any sort of pain in my rear-end, it scares me these days cause I know how painful it can end up being if you let it go. I wish you luck debil!...
Okay, thanks!!! Are these standard papayas I could find at a regular grocer; or does it take a little extra hunting?...
Yeah, I didn't have a boil either. It was a painful throbbing and it hurt worse over the course of the week. I couldn't "feel" or see if anything was there from the outside, it was just tender/sore...
Thats pretty funny.. But realistically; couldn't you just flush the toilet you were sitting on? lol...
Hey all. I have struggled with a fecal smell for years now...Every since I had my fistulotomy years ago. I could never tell if it was gas escaping, or maybe a little bit of draining still there after...
I would go to a proctologist immediately. To be honest, I had the exact same feeling when I had my fistula/abcess. I couldn't sit down and it was very sore down there.. I literally laid on my stomach...
Thanks Nanners! I just hate the feeling in which I keep eating (I love food) and nothing comes out the other end lol....
Good morning everybody. I'm currently have a little bout with constipation and it always scares me that it could be the start of a flare, inflammation or an obstruction (although I have never had an...
when I lived in Florida, it was my roommates birthday. My parents came into town to visit from Pennsylvania, so it was an extra-special occasion. For his birthday and my parents being there, we went...
Pre meds for me were not the norm... They actually just asked me if I wanted them over time.. I normally said no because I brought books with me. However, if I felt a little tired; I would premed so...