I know.... sounds like a stupid question, right? But won't showers keep it clean too?...
Doctor drained and scraped his abscess on tuesday and told him to take 2 baths daily until his fistulotomy next week. Why does he need to take baths after the abscess was drained?...
Hubs saw the doc and he drained the abscess right then and there! YAY! He goes in next friday to get a a closer look and a possible fistulotomy. Are those scary?...
Mag... how long did you wait?? Please tell me it was longer than two weeks.......
Done and done. Talked to GI doc, he called surgeon, surgeon will called me... he goes in for a appt tomorrow and surgery is hopefully the next day....
Thank you chroniemom for your wealth of information and experience. I always thought antibiotics then draining was the standard protocol. If antibiotics never work, then why do so many doctors...
Husband has had abscess for two weeks now. He is on antibiotics for it and doc expects it will pop on it's own since it pussed a little upon his last examination a week ago, but we are thinking...
Husbands abscess didn't pop.... and now he has blood in his stool. What does that mean? He now has to put a call into his doc and will go in for an MRI and draining within the next few days,...
My friends husband has been having stomach issues for a WHILE. Diarrhea, blood in stool, nausea... He went to a GI doc and tested just positive for Celiac disease and has been off all gluten for 1...
Husband saw Dr yesterday about perianal abscess. Doc confirmed it was an abscess and was concerned that it was from a fistula. The abscess (1 week old) is no longer painful and when doc pushed on it,...
Thanks guys! I talked to the doc and he suspects an abscess. He put DH on two antibiotics and will see him in the office on monday to get a better idea of what's going on. Sucks...
On monday, husband discovered a new growth, hense all of my questions this week, but now he described it to me and it's not an anal tag like his others.... it's something else, but what. It's about...
Thank you all for the info! I checked out the site and they are definitely tags, not hemmies. Husband says they are not inflamed, not painful, and look like earlobes.... What do they look like when...
My husband grew two anal tags in five years... but now he has two more that just showed up in 2 months. Why or what causes them to form. Is there any concern behind them? Should he be concerned about...
I'm just wondering as my half sister has Crohn's too and she said that for as long as she can remember she's always had tummy issues.... whether it be your general gas or bloating to food...
I do not know the statistics but I have friends. One friend has a mom who has Crohn's but she does not. She is 30. Her brother who is slightly older also does not have it. Another friend has Crohn's...
Thank you so much for the information. The current plan of action is to go in for a colonscopy next month and then start remicade. At this point I debate whether he should just wait until those...
Hmm... so does that mean he should contact his GI?...
That's what we were planning, but for whatever reason, husband if feeling apprehensive....
Husband has 3 tags... and he has a scope next month. What he thought were hemmies are tags so the doctor doesn't know that he has tags yet. Should he inform him in prep for the scope or just wait...
Kaz - please describe joint pain. He's been having A LOT for a month or so. Does your joint pain mean you're flaring internally?...
Who flares without diahrrea or increased trips to the bathroom? What are other flare symptoms to look out for when the obvious one (the big D) doesn't happen? When we found out husband had crohn's it...
So, in other words, when a new one pops up, it doesn't mean he's flaring internally. Right? They appear independent from flares....
Just before my husband was hospitalized for perforation, fistuals, abcess, and partial obstruction, he was still only going 1-2x per day. He was diagnosed with SEVERE Crohn's....
DH grew a new tag in July - 1 month after his resection. Are they a sign of a flare? He has two others that appeared 3 and 5 years ago, but since we didn't know he had Crohn's he just thought they...
HAHAH! Oops! It will now be my own personal nickname for you! Hope you like it. /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
In what ways are your families, spouses, partners, loved ones etc supportive? What do you like? What types of support do you absolutely hate? There is such a fine line between support and smothering....
Thank you dizzy. What a perfect response. How to support him is exactly what I needed. Now I'm off to make it a topic so that more people can share how their spouse, partner, family supports them....
NCOT - I am SOOO sorry that this topic was a trigger for you and probably others as well. I hold myself as a very sympathetic, understanding person, but sometimes I just don't understand it all. I...
Your post sounds EXACTLY like what my husband said to me last night. He's going through an F-it phase....
dinky - you're right. Suicide is very serious and I suppose that I should reword the topic as although he has talked about suicide... he is not suicidal. I know that he will be here today and then...
PV - what a wonderful story about the mom trying to find a bowl of rice. It's very true that everyone has suffered in some form or another. I often find myself wishing that it was me suffering from...
Thank you all for your quick and heartfelt responses. MMMNavy - Anxiety is a perfect word for it. He as always been an anxious guy - marked with OCD and depression. He is also a pessimist by nature...
Hi. I'm new here. My husband has Crohn's. He is 34 and was completely blindsided with a diagnosis this May. He is currently in surgery induced remission. Since then he is beyond depressed. He says...