I can feel the word you type - "echo" that and over and over again. Very nicely put. It warms me a bit to share the same thoughts as you ... in this time of my life I too feel unworthy and I to ask...
:cry: yeah so I gotta ask - for some help and some "i know how you feel'' 's. Anyone else out there have acne and kidney stones? I really don't know if its worth it...taking this...
Oh and yes I was in the sun one day wearing a tank top back in August and I do believe that could be what caused the rash to occur. I didn't get a sunburn but I was let's say: "lightly toasted" :o)...
thank-you all so much for the responses! still no cure ... yet ... I remain positive...when you have crohns you have to... I am trying something from THE BODY SHOP. They have a WONDERFUL selection of...
:sad: for a about a month now I have had a pimple like rash on my upper chest area and a bit on my upper back and shoulders. It is kinda itchy sometimes too. A few months ago I was prescribed an...
thank you for the info so far. i will be sure to discuss it with my family doctor when i see him on the 8th. And yes, I hope I will find happyness & friendship very soon also ;o)...
I take this med as well and it is a new med for me, but no I have not noticed anything like that, sometimes I take 2 pills at the same time ... I am instructed by my GI to take 1 pill after every...
I figured I'd start a new thread for this question: Any of you out there taking Remicade experience kidney stones or kidney related issues?? It seems that I have one - its about 1cm - which I think...
:rolleyes: so seeing my GI in Edmonton on Thursday made me realize things could be worse and also things could be a whole lot better. My appt. went fairly well - He took me off of the Imuran...
I agree with everyone else - take a change of clothes in your carry on with you - baby wipes a must - all just in case-ers! I do this whenever I go on trips - wether its driving or flying. Wear a pad...
Well it is interesting to read some of your feedback. My parents are wanting me to look into this as well. I was also on Acutane in my teen years and there is NO history of Colitis or Crohn's disease...
Hey there guys - thanks 4 the support - yes - i will be sure to keep ya all "informed" as to what my GI says when I have my appointment in a few weeks. And YES Ivy I have really really thought of...
yes, welcome! I know it is "ruff" to say the least. We are all from various corners of this BIG vast world but we are all the same cause we all suffer the same and deal with the same things.... I...
Okay, this is most likely the 2nd or 3rd post that I have done on this topic - and I am greatly sorry for the repeativeness, but I am suffering from MAJOR Borborygmi or what is also known as stomach...
So I had a quick appt. on June 10 with the GI specialist and back home I came with a combo of 4 meds. One is this Tetracycline and it is making me feel very very sickly. Nausea & vomiting are 2...
Hey yeah, I feel for you and I am wondering the same. What is after Humira ... what happens when nothing else works? That is a good question. I am the same in a way: I would rather have my colon back...
So it sounds like there are many of us out there that have been on Remi and have not reached much success. I am thinking that this is what's happening with me. And I am wondering why? It was said at...
thanks for the responses, I can clearly see that I am not alone! And yes, Zanne101 I agree I am actually alergic to Cipro which is an antibiotic also so yes, they say you can only take antibiotics...
Welcome to the forum! (handshake) its great to vent here when you need to, everyone here understands. Each situation is different but yet similiar. Forgive my spelling. I had IT on my side as well a...
So I have asked and put this question out there before but I just gotta ask everyone again. I suffer from BORGARIGIMI - or whatever the hell its called - a VERY NOISEY GUTT and I am SO SICK OF IT!!...
well, sorry for the delay on responding back - thank-you to all of you who responded. Good thoughts, good friends! I know you are all so very right, Bor-bor-ygmi should be the least of my worries,...
I am making a plee ~ I suffer from what I think is called Borgariagmi - a noise gut. It is very very loud and very very annoying. I is constantly making noises, and is very embarrising. I have tried...
I am in Northern Canada and I have Blue Cross for health coverage and I was very upset as one time last year I had to pay like $$3200 for my 3 vial dose as the health care agency I am with did not...
Oh okay, ... I guess I will have to do some reasearch and ask my GI some questions about it. And yes my stoma was small and very close to my skin. Which caused the output to like "eat away" at my...
I too can contribute a lot to this post. As I have experienced IF as well due to scar tissue. I feel your pain and worry, I really truly do! I had all the tests done and it is vertuily impossible for...
yeah, I have a hard time thinking it is the water, but who knows, .... I personally drink bottled water, Aquafina just for the taste of it. The city water here doesn't taste very good. I have lived...
Thanks for the GOOD words guys, and yes Bammer ... I do want to BIG, STRONG, AND BEAUTIFUL like that oak tree. I will make that my motivation! Heck, I always say: "what doesn't kill you only makes...
So here I am bouncing back & forth from the Crohniee site to this site. I am suffering from a very bad bad bottom problem it is burning pain and non stop D. I live off of butt creams such as zinc...
:cry: Yes, I am sure all of us here at this site has asked this question way to often. I know I have. Why me? Why do I have to suffer so much? Why do YOU have to go thru all this crap? Why is it so...
:sad: Hey there, just someone else out there sharing your pain and frustration. I am on a road of man troubles my self as well, and there isn't a day that goes by that my eyes are not filled with...
Just as the subject title says: can you guys fill me in on Humira? I am worried I may have to start it, I hate needles and I thought someone - a nurse - told me that Humira was injections? Is this...
Hey there, from one Canadian to another, great to hear your doing well! Reading your post took me back when I had surgery and my god it wasn't so easy, I was pretty sick. I ended up with a temp....
Randy after giving your story another read, I must say when I had my ostomy on my side awhile back, I had help from home care which was arranged thru the hospial and drs. that I saw when I was really...
Yeah, Randy - what you have indicated is quite "off the wall" to me too. Man, and I thought I had issues! My goodness! I am from Northern AB. and well sorry I can't be of much help to the situation...
Oh gosh, I so know what you mean, I have the same things going on with me and have been the same for quite a while now. And yes me too, I AM GETTING SICK OF IT! I need help & relief as well. It jsut...
there are a lot of replies on this post but I just had to say - "great topic" - Laura, I too feel this way lots as well. I hate taking all the pills that I do. I actually don't take that many meds...
I want to get my problems across quickly so bare with me if this post sounds a bit blunt. I need to know what my options are. My rectum or illieum or whatever is making me feel like I got razor...
Oh an nope - no pred - all for meds for me is just the remi & the Imarun. Maybe I just need to do more walking? Why do your feet or lower extrimities swell anyhow? I had swollen feet awhile back when...
yeah well i thought it would get me some attention - all smiles - much lacking in that catagory - in need of a bit of spice in my life! but not the kind you eat - no - that wouldn't be any good at...
Yeah, so today and I think I had this a few days ago as well. Swollen ankles. What the heck is that all about? I am a bit worried. Last time my feet were swollen was a year ago - I was alergic to...
Gotcha! Thanks so much fellow crohnies!...
:shakehead: Yeah, so I know I have had this kind of x-ray in the past, when I was really sick. Quite a few yrs. back. And i remember I had to drink this really gross chalky white crap!! And I recall...
I am taking both now and I think they have help me quite a bit. I have been on since March of '09. I still have some bad days, rectal pain - kinda like internal hemmroids. and I have about 10-15 BM's...
WOW lots to read there! My goodness, it seems that we all are doing our best to keep our jobs and hang in there. Like it was said: gotta pay the bills! I am in a similiar boat: just got a new job,...
Oh my you got a lot of replies there girly! Just wanted to say that my heart goes out to you. I can't imagine what you have been thru. I am currently on Remicaide - almost for a year now. it seems to...
GO CANADA GO!!! How great it is to be Canadian! Now only if I didn't have crohns, that would even be better ... but then i guess i would be here chatting with all you fine folks ... so I guess life...
Thanks for the replies! Much appreciated!...
Yes I have been perscribed many creams & jellies ... The specialist that I have now says steroids are really bad and not the way to go. Being that I have been fighting this for a very very long time...
oh yes, I have this all the time!! And yes I have tried so many things too! For me it seems to be a loosing battle most of the time. i sucks cause I dance around holding my butt and I look like an...
:shocked: I need help! I so don't want to go into Emerge. But something tells me I'm going to have to tomorrow. I have adhesions or whatever inside my rectum. They have bothered me before from time...