Glori: Yes, I had heard of them while I was in the hospital this time. I put in for an appointment there too on Friday and hope that I might get in to see them if the Mayo thing doesn't work out....
flowery: I love the State! I love the fresh winters (if I can keep warm). Maybe I'll move up there when I retire although it looks like I'll have to be looking into disability if I don't get this...
CrohnieToo: Thanks so much for your words. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your supporting nature. Many times I feel like I'm all alone and desperate, especially now when a surgery might let...
MMMNAVY: There is still construction going on but it's a lot better. The big parking lot they had cranes on seems to have turned into a building and the roads out and around the hospital are cleaned...
ChronieToo: Yes, another person mentioned to call hospital records downstairs to get a full set of medical records sent to Mayo. I never thought of having a real copy to carry around. I wonder what...
MMMNAVY: Thanks for dropping the note. No, I'm at Saint Luke's in the Plaza where I went in to get healthy enough for fistula surgery. THey have been causing problems with my urinary tract. But they...
I'm in the hospital now and going to be let go on TPN on Monday after they have been trying to get my system ready for surgery. I've been trying to get a Hospital to Hospital transfer to Mayo (I am...
I have to take 4 or 5 Vicadin a day and that makes a big difference in whether I choose to participate in the day. I have some crohn's pain but for now fistulas are drilling into my urinary system...
Please don't feel blue, I am thinking about you and try to find the way out of the blueness. Sometimes it takes a while. In the meantime, it makes me so sad to hear of people that feel blue....
Ok - another scary first for me. I've been complaining about kidney stone pain to my primary and have been happy waiting for them to pass fairly pain free. Made an appointment with my primary after...
I hope I have that kind of problem since I've been skinny as a rail for most of my adult life....
You need to see a doctor immediately....
I've had my second treatment a week ago 1st treatment then 2 weeks then second treatment then 4 weeks till the third. I really felt nothing the first time and during the second time I felt very minor...
It was a good 10 days or so before I had anything come out - but I had always been slow in how fast my bowels would wake up....
I've been wondering the same thing with regard to a sharp pain that I've been having in my groin. I thought I detected some beginning mild symptoms of my kidney stones popping up and had my Primary...
Thanks to you all. I called my Primary when I was getting my second Remicade treatment and had to leave a message that he had not returned by close of business. I think I hear that I should try to...
TPN-alpha > Tumor necrosis factor-alpha...
I have my second Remicade treatment on Monday and am going to ask my Doctor if the pain I have is going to go away. I'm having trouble concentrating due to the pain I'm having an Ibuprofen doesn't...
All I know is I have a fellow at work that when he had his colon removed and got a J-Bag that his problems went away. He said that other than going to the bathroom about ten time a day he hasn't...
I just had my first injection a week ago and so I am trying to see what effect it will have. So far I still have pain in the gut at about 4-5 on a scale of 10. I've noticed that my temperature will...