thanks so much! yes my son hates the tube but not sure if he could drink it. we are going in friday for another colonoscopy...
i have never heard of it. he said something about stopping all foods and putting a tube down his nose or surgery....
the doctor has never even mentioned it. he does great on iv steroids when he is in the hospital but soon as he comes home and goes back on the pill kind he gets worse and they say they have to go...
my son gets nausea too sometimes throws up but not often. who knows why. the doctor told us not to take the phenergen because it affects your nervous system. they told us to take one benedryl pill...
my 16 year old had the pill cam done. it was no big deal hardest part was for him to swallow it. its like a horse pill lol but yes to see places that the scope can't see and much closer as it goes...
they draw blood every time my son goes for treatment...
i was just wondering if anyone here has had the problem of their body not absorbing the steroid. My son has Crohns and was doing good with the treatments until they started going down on the steroid...
well the healthy shakes that i got; they gave him in the hospital. he loves them and said they are way better than the boost. haha he hates those. well his grades have been suffering this year and...
well the dietitian at the hospital has set me up with the cafeteria so that i can purchase a case (75 pints) of what they call Healthy Shake which comes in vanilla and chocolate. you can keep it in...
my son is 5 foot 5 and 120 now. yes i know what you mean about worrying about it. my sons arms look like a skeleton. Bensmom, yes i have found some websites that tell you some things, the dietitian...
yes we our keeping a food diary. started that soon as he came home from the hospital. they said that it looked like he has had this for a very long time and that we got him to the specialist just in...
what about sodas? doctor told my son no caffine. does that cause flare ups or just a precautionary thing?...
Thanks thats what i thought too. pretty much trial and error. My son used to way about 170 pounds and is now 120. They said he needed to get his weight up but wasn't too sure about the low fat thing....
My son is 16 and just diagnosed with Crohn's disease. The doctor said he needed to be on a low fat diet with this. But, being a teenager he is very picky. Does anyone have any ideas for meals. Maybe...