Shrimp meat is usually safe for me, some chicken and small amounts of red meat, pork is a no no. Agree with undone bacon not as bad. I believe the smaller amounts are the most important criteria....
Yes add my thanks as well all you moderaters are special people!...
/community/emoticons/scool.gif Mike I cannot discount what you've said here but I congratulate you on how you've handled it. I stayed out of this conversation to see how you did handled it (the new...
My ex-wife was bringing in a few pieces of clothing she needed to wear one day and quickly changed before we went out and put on a nice clean pair of panties and you can guess what happened, there...
isergodur the trick with hand sanitizers is to use them more than you think you should. Anytime you've finished handling money for instance. After handling or touching anything others touch alot,...
I forgot potasium to prevent spasms/cramps as well. Also calcium is necessary to build and maintain bone, which is a concern as crohns needs calcium for some reason and will take it from bones if...
I'm also very big on hand sanitizers, 1 in car and 1 in every coat pocket. They are all small bottles and I have the big refill at home. The flu shot every year in Nov., 3 years on remicade and 1...
Tom, your daughter should be taking vitamin d as most crohns patients don't have enough. She also should be taking calcium, magnesium, vitamin B-12 and iron. Her Dr should be encouraged to have at...
Shellybum, This is part of my post yesterday in regards to a question by 73monte regarding what a blockage feels like. Reading your first post it sounded like it could be a blockage. Read this and...
Unfortunaely sometimes these are things we need to try. It's tough when they work to our disadvantage. Now you know, so best of luck getting the weight back!...
What a terrible experience for you! I'm glad your Dr is now intervening to get you to people who can properly help you. I've had the same experience of emergency staff unwilling to give pain meds...
Sniper unfortunatly height doesn't equal a NBA payday. I'll settle for B.C.Provincial Champs in Junior High...
Nanners as usual has good points, my similar experience was because I was undiagnosed at the time but even though my flare hit hard no surgury was done for over a year. In hindsight (after the...
As long as she's not loosing weight allow her to continue as she is. I think her body somehow knows when eating is a bad thing and subdues the appetite for a good reason. It's taken me many years to...
Enjoy 40-50 after 50 sucks lol...
Don't doubt yourself CY Squared, I'm impressed with the thoroughness of your post (especially since it would've taken my an hour to type it) which reveals a Dr. who has made up her mind ,mixed you up...
My concern is even though you feel no symptoms the disease is progressing regardless and I agree with Nanners you should be on some med(s) to reduce the damage thats happening. Nanners and I both...
I've been on remicade 3 years, every 8 weeks, never had any side effects. It's just like saline going in. It helps especially with joint pain from crohn's arthritus. Unfortunately it's effectiveness...
/community/emoticons/scool.gif Symptoms at 15. I was 6'3" at 16, stopped growing until 19, then added 2 more inches, and 30 lbs. total 6'5". Can anyone guess when I first went into remission?...
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I'd recommend small amounts of any meat. Definately cut out ANY grisstle as it will be the problem! More volume equals trouble....
"My doc also said (I thought this was interesting and didn't realize this) is that with CD, a person tends to stay about the same level of severity throughout their disease. Whereas with UC, people...
Sorry Sniper i really don't remember my schooling in history. Thinks I destroyed too many cells during my younger days. Since i now live on the left coast not even anyone I know is french....
Ihave mine in the arm. no problems....
Ask your Dr. if a drug called Buscopan would be usful in this situation. It's used to relax the spasms and relieve the pain of IBS type diseases. I find it's very gentle and I've never noticed any...
Sometimes when I'm in cyclical pain due to a blockage as the pain hit it's peak I have growling and gurgling that crosses my abdomen left to right just about 1" above my belly button. As it travels...
Ahhh, learning more I thought enteral feeding was intravenous, so I'd be more interested in TPN as I want total rest for my bowels. If specialist says no then I'll try enteral feeding. Writer I have...
The french were forced out of Quebec and the atlantic provinces notably New Brunswick....
Artist Guy Green or yellow sputum can be signs of pneumonia. Suggest you get checked out, bad pneumonia really hurts and nothing scares like not being able to get enough oxygen....
/community/emoticons/scool.gif Writer thanks for posting the link as it cofirms my thinking on this matter.The idea of tube feeding is to give the bowels complete rest. Recently in mid September I...
Wonderful news Sniper! Love it!...
Here's another reference article from the Crohn's and Colitis foundation of America that you should read that will better explain the drugs used for crohn's....
Mesalamine, 5-aminosalicylic acid , 5-ASA, Pronunciation: me-SAL-a-meen are a group of asprin like medications that reduce inflamation in varing areas of the digestive system. Your Dr. would...
Yes Mr.X stress definately will affect your abdomen so that physically you feel it. It can manifest in many forms such as what you've described in your post. Symptoms may be swelling or rigidity of...
New 2 this, Sorry we need to meet this way but welcome to healing well. here you'll meet knowledgable and caring people who have experience with this disease. I too have a stricture and I'm on...
Thanks NCOT that's pretty much how I was feeling too. The break helped alot though. Nanners and Dunny 2 I agree new meds are a problem but I have learned to never try more than one at a time so I can...
Sorry to have dropped out of sight awhile ago. Things kinda piled up on me and I badly need to take a break. I've recently started seeing a Pain Management Specialist and one of the drugs we tried...
Good info yohimbe. It is hard to recognise the problem building up. I weigh myself every night and count my bm's daily. If my weight suddenly increases 5-6 lbs in a day or consecutive days with 2-3...
Tu- Zen I've had very good results with this one....
That's great information about a few snakes I've never seen, although a show last week on snakes said the coral snake is very dangerous because it's venom is so potent it only takes a small amout to...
I'm on a 4 week schedule as well. The only thing I noticed is 2 great sleeps the 2 nights after the dose, which I get IM. I do get fatigued if I go over the 4 weeks and notice increased energy after...
Welcome to Healing Well where you'll meet and interact with other patients who know how you feel and what your going through. Rob...
Hoping and praying everything goes well. Rob...
Camey I don't know what to say. I know how to feel though and certainly know how to pray for peace for you and your family. Rob...
June my GI also doesn't understand how a few small lesions could be causing me so much trouble. With blockages averaging 2 a month and side effects like fatigue, pain every day in varying degrees...
Unfortunatly I've been on too much steroids and my specialist doesn't want me on them any more. I finally got her permission to use them very short term when I get blockages. When the cyclical pain...
With pred every time I take it I get one of two reactions. Either no sleep and tons of energy or way too much sleep and extreme fatigue. Hate that drug. So far lots of energy once, fatigue 3 times....
Yah pred withdrawl is a cause of joint pain. The only helpful med other than painkillers is remicade, it helped my joint pain alot. It didn't go all away but became way more managable. The strange...
I try to carry a small bottle of alcohol bases hand cleaner just to clean the seat if I have the time. people can be worse than pigs....
Mornings thats no problem. It's when it happens in the middle of the night another story. You startle awake on the throne for the 3rd or 4th time and wonder if it's safe to go back to bed. That's...