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this-to-shall-pass, how did the blood filtering process workout for you? I was just reading some reports about it but have never heard of anyone doing it except for you....

I've been drinking lots of beer the past 2 years, and it wreaks heck on my CD. Wheat beers are very bad for me, can't go near them. I have recently found that Fat Tire Amber Ale is the most benign...

I convinced my gi to let me try LDN. I dropped off the script at my local compounding pharmacy and they said I could pick it up next week. Just wondereing what to expect. Has anyone on this forum had...

I did this test just a few days ago. I did not have any shot or medicine to stop my bowels. My instructions were to stop eating/drinking 6 hours before the test. I went in and they hooked up an IV,...

My gi told me that steroids should be taken when you wake up in the morning because that is when your body normally/naturally releases its own cortisol or whatever into your body, and hence that is...

Bob, regarding Dr. Judith Lipton, is she based in Redmond, WA (I was just googling her)? Do you know what the anti-MAP regimen consists of?...

In prior years slight narrowing has been observed and has been identified as primarily fibosis (scarring). This time is different. This time there is clearly active inflammation and ulceration,...

I am an intermediate metabolizer. My gi prescribed me 75mg imuran/day. I have yet to begin the script. Years ago, I used to take 150 mg/day. I guess they did not do the metabolize test back then...

Does anyone know what happens if you urgently need pain meds, like morphine or demerol or whatever, like if you became hospitalized in severe pain? I read BeeSting's comment that you ought not use...

dms40 I'm wondering what hyperbaric oxygen therapy is. Could someone possibly clarify what that is and how it is helpful for Crohn's? Thanks!...

I had my second small bowel resection in 1997. I don't recall when I started taking Asacol, but as best I recall, I think I took it after my resection til a couple years ago. I was surprised I've...

Regarding the ng tube and your husband's comfort, I can share my 2 cents from my many ng tube experiences. NG tubes come in various diameters. The last time that I was hospitalized, I requested a...

I'm a bit ignorant on some of the trial terminology. If I understand correctly, getting "open label" treatments under 610 essentially means that you get the real treatment, rather than possibly...

Hello, I have tried a few meds over the course of my illustrious Crohn's history.....prednisone, imuran, pentasa, entocort, and asacol. After my second small bowel resection in 1997, I tried Asacol,...

Shooz, actually one other question comes to mind. Do you ever think that perhaps it mgiht be worthwhile to ask your surgeons to consider at some point, perhaps putting in a different Torax ring in...

Hello, I had a balloon dilation of my anastamosis 2 weeks ago and I still have pain at the dilation site. GI said the anastamosis was about 1/2 inch or an inch long. This is the 2nd dilation I've had...

Howdy all, I was recently in the hospital for 10 days to treat my small bowel obstruction. My last surgical resection was in 1997 and I've generally been in great shape since then, but I made a...

Hello, I'm not sure if I have LPR, GERD, or both, but in any case, it's on the verge of doing me in. At age 41, with little ones to raise, this is really becoming more of a mental battle than I can...