I'm currently living in NYC and have some horrendous doctors. I was wondering if anyone here knew of a wonderful GI doctor who actually listens to you and doesn't leave you to suffer in pain?...
I see a few doctors (primary, GI, and rheuetologist) all out of Mt. Sinai hospital. Yesterday I could no longer bear the horrendous joint pain (so bad I couldn't get out of bed) so I called a few of...
Thank you so much, I'm seeing a doctor tomorrow who I'll ask to refer me to a pain doctor....
Hi, Right now I have extremely bad arthritis due to the Crohn's. I'm currently on Remicade (my next dose is in a month) and will be starting methorexate. The problem is until one of them starts...
I had my last loading dose of Remicade about 3 weeks ago but for the past week I've had a horrendous headache on and off. Nothing has changed except for the medicine, could that be a cause? They're...
Hi, I'm in the middle of a pretty bad Crohn's flare. I'm currently on Remicade (just started, have my third dose scheduled for Tuesday). After the last round of remicade I was doing a lot better but...
I'm having a colonoscopy tomorrow and have been thinking all week of a way to make the prep drink palatable. I have to take Magnesium Citrate - lemon flavored - so I decided to try using lemonade. I...
I'm going through the prep right now. I have to take the bottles of magnesium citrate and just made a big bath of lemonade with one bottle mixed it. It's surprisingly not that bad. I'm not sure how...
I think I can only reiterate to bring your own comfy pillow. The hospital pillows are flat but they are perfect for supporting your stomach when sleeping on your side after the surgery. A blanket...
I'm currently taking Percocet for my joint pain and it works wonderfully, with no adverse side effects to my stomach. My GI doctor told me today that there's not that much evidence that advil isn't...
Today I went for my second remicade infusion. It was a pain. In the hospital they gave me benadryl beforehand and I basically slept through the entire thing. This time they did not and a had a few...
I just talked to my primary care doc and she's going to write a prescription for pain meds for me to pick up tomorrow and then I have a follow up appointment sometime in the next week. I always feel...
Thanks for all the advice! I called my primary care doctor this morning, hopefully she'll be able to help with this....
I have this exact same thing happen to me a lot. I find that I get very stressed about not being able to go and that just makes things worse. The only thing that works for me (along with taking stool...
Hi, This is my first time posting. I was diagnosed with Crohn's in 2005, had a bowel resection which put me into remission in 2007, and it just came back in full force a few weeks ago. I'm used to...