Thanks for the info everybody!...
you can rest your eyes with cool tea bags, cucumber slices...or potatoe slices.. also..did you know that your local hemmi cream also helps...yup preparation H...I am not sure why but it does help...
Hello gang, long time no talk... I have a question about marshmallow, I have heard that its good to eat 2-3 a day(large ones) and they help with the dreaded D. Has anybody else heard of this or tried...
I just had me first resection in January so I can't compare, but this is an interesting topic as I was wondering the same thing....
I had an an appetite increase since surgery and restarting humira....I have gone from 114pds to 155pds since Jan 15th....I am now healthy enough to work all my shifts and to start an exercise...
I am a nursing aide in a senior auxilary hospital and am also on humira, I havn't had a problem at all with catching anything anymore than normal. I am currently off work and humira due to having an...
Good to hear your doing well. Thank goodness you had the surgery. Hope you feel better soon!! Walk lots even when its hard to do, you will feel better faster and get to go home sooner. Best wishes!!...
I would ask....my doc never tested me at all for that. They tested me in the hospital because I looked so anorexic...all bone and no meat except for the huge bloated belly. The funny thing is I asked...
Don't forget amino acids(vitamin levels) they tested me while in hospital for surgery and I had nothing in my body to speak of...not only did I need a blood transfusion for my hemaglobin I was also...
I had my first natural and my last two via c-section, while I would rather have had all natural my last two had complications and had to be delivered section. The surgery isn't that bad and you are...
I just got home from an emergency resection..they took 10" of small intestine and some lg...plus I had a fistula that had formed and was draing out my colon...which was why I was still having bowel...
Thats how I feel and I really thank you all for that support. I am on humira atm...well I will be starting again when my GI gives the all clear from healing...make sure chance of infection is gone...
Thats how I feel....yes study is done for you develope anti bodies....the point of the study is to see if remicade given after resection will keep a person in remmision and if so for how long....to...
Its a no pay study...they cover your parking and some travel expence...tbats it. They said no guarantee on getting drug at all...there are no phases...you either get it or dont get it....
I didnt have any side effects from it.....just takes a while for it to kick in....prednisone is its evil sister is the one with side effects......
So the hospital that I am in is a University and reserch hospital as well, they have approched me and asked if I would be interested in joining a double blind remicade after resection study....50-50...
Whenever I had a blockage or partial blockage on its way my breath smelled like bm....or if my crohns was flaring really bad...and nothing would help the smell until the problem cleared up....so I...
Im sorry you are feeling so bad....but you have is a case of get to an Emergency Room right away...you need hydration and sustanance....you can poop...pee...eat...your hurting...your dizzy...fainting...
Very true...I was severly malnurished going into this surgery....lack of protien is what my swelling is from...but they had to in or it would have been worse......
So after counting I was shocked that its day 10, but yes its Sunday today and my surgery was on Friday afternoon...so wow... Anyway...I have had the TPN in for a few days..it seems to be doing its...
They said the reason I am retaining so much fluid is because of a protien deficiency...I came into hospital very malnurished..so when givin saline IV I just reatained it all..they couldnt understand...
That is just great!! When I get out of hospital I want to print a couple of copies and post them around...talk about words to live by....
Thank you all very much!!! The talks are in the works for a maintenence drug...not sure if we are keeping humira or going for a smaller gun....time will tell..humira works for me and I dont mind...
I wish I could do alot of walking....I am so malnurushed that when they started the iv fluids I sucked it all in like a vacuum...lol....my body is so swollen I need help to get off the pot and to get...
University of Alberta..lol My NG tube was pulled today...they wanted me passing gas before they would take it out...so the nurse and I went for a short little suffle down the hall(legs have retained...
Lol...sorry about the way that looks...I am on my phone to type that..lol...
So Wed I went to the hospital in great pain..the shipped me to the U of A hospital on Friday and by Friday night I had my first resection done...25inched of intestine plus a fistula that had just...
I am doing very well with the Tramadol...I only take it if I am in pain and cannot handle it...usually I take my buscopan first and give that time to work...sometimes that is all I need to function...
Thank you so much for the replies!! I took one yesterday before supper and it helped me lots...then I had to take another at work around 3am(night shift extended care) and I finished me...
I was just wondering who here uses tramadol for pain...my Dr gave me a scrip for it and I am worried as it states its addictive...plus is it something I can take and still function at work?...
Thank you very much...I am missing sweets since going GF and have been looking for things to bake that I can eat...would really love banana bread and cinn bun recipies...chocolate chip cookies as...
Sorry dont really know...my insurance here in Canada covers my humira..but I think it goes on your income??? Hopefully someone who know more will come along with better information....
Hopefully they will both continue to post in the forums...they are both a great source of encouragment and advice...and I hope they stick around!! Big hugs to both!...
Fill your glass full of water...put glass on table or counter with a straw in it...put pill in mouth and drink from straw while holding glass or leaving on counter...you will automatically swallow...
I let mine sit out for about 20min just to get the chill off it....it stings less..and I found that out the hard way...lol I took it out and 10 min later injected and wow......
When I have to take pills I use my pill holder...it has lables on it for morning...noon....evening...night. That way I can look in my caddy and know that I have taken what I need to when I need to.......
I have a heartburn pill I take every morning a half hour before I eat plus maloxx if I need it...if I get to much acid I tend to throw up...so I will be on this combo for a very long time. Make sure...
Congrats!!!! Hes adorable...enjoy your new bundle!!!...
Mine without insurance here in Canada is aprox 1500 a month and thats for two pens...not sure on US prices...
I find it an issue for just getting a job if one of the questions is asking if you have a medical issue...I feel if the question is asked then I have to say yes....if the question is not asked then I...
For me its parsly....when we eat out I have to make sure that I ask for that to not be on my plate....
:cry: Blah...so I had my first excperience with a NG tube this weekend....What sadist invented such a mean and cruel thing!!! Once the tube was in it was not bad...not good but not bad...going...
Thank you for letting me know about that Nanners!! I had no idea...all I know is that it takes away the pain. I will talk to my doctor next time I see him about a different pain med. Its just hard to...
I take Toradol for pain...but my doctor will only give me two weeks at a time....that works for me for now as they usually last a month or more as I only take them when the pain is bad and I know...
I wash my hands all the time..and use antibacterial jel when Im not around water. I work in the public and so dont know where others hands(money) have been...plus they couph and sneeze everywere......
Do any of you flare after a B -12 shot? I flare a day after my shots...it has happened everytime..I need it..but now I am scared to go for it again....
I started humira in june....I have started to feel more 'normal' this last month with being able to eat more and add some different foods like salads etc....all of wich I havnt had for a year....I...
I get that the day ofter my shot...a little bump and itchy spot around injection site. All I use is anti-histamine cream or anti itch cream...and I let my doc know that I get that after my shot...the...
I have that as well..more on my right side close to my hip...it moves around a bit but is harder after I eat something...my heating pad helps with the pain it causes...and I try to eat...
My doc was the same...humira first...more convinient for me as then I didnt have to travel to an infusion centre......