What does this mean?!? Is this not Crohn's?...
So, after "inflammation" was shown on my initial UGI w/ small bowel follow through a year ago, I was diagnosed and treated for Crohn's for an entire year. On all meds from: Lialda, Asacol, Colazol,...
I was diagnosed back in 2003 with IBS and on every medication known to man up until 2011. None of the medications helped and I became progressively worse. My GP referred me for an colonoscopy which...
I was hospitalized back in mid-December for similar pain. I have had Crohn's for almost a year- symptoms of pain in my ileum, diarrhea, nausea, etc. This pain was different, upper left abdominal...
I had a flair three weeks ago and was on i.v. steroids then started on oral pred when discharged. They started me off on 30mg of Prednisone. My GI doctor said usually the side-effects aren't as bad...
I had recurrant UTI's before my Crohn's dx (they thought I just had IBS at the time) since 2009. But I think all the stupid antibiotics made my Crohn's go into a permanent flare! I haven't had a UTI...
Addendum to my post: I forgot to mention I cannot tolerate the 4 days of iron pills from the Loestrin Fe 24 pack! Horrible stuff! My crohn's went crazy when I started taking them, so I just skip...
A cure is so needed! The best is how I get an urge about two or three bites into my peanut butter and jelly sandwich at work-lunch. I actually work up such a ravenous appetite on certain days . . ....
I don't mean to make a joke out of this- but it seems the strangest things have been happening to me lately! I am 26 years old and since my Crohn's diagnosis, my body has just been so insanely OFF. I...
I have always had horrible, continous periods my whole life. The cramps and pain were horrible, heavy perioods as well. I always had a horrible time with diarrhea (more than usual) when my periods...
I had a hospital visit over the summer- horrible Crohn's pain and horrible ovarian cyst pain at once! It seems once they find out you have Crohn's, doctors are afraid to touch you! A dose of pain...
At my local Crohn's support group, a wonderful elderly woman in her late 70's (had three surgeries as well) was recommended to try Bitters by her GI. It is an alcoholic liquid for mixed drinks. They...
:( I realized this year that I hate Thanksgiving. And I will probably hate every holiday from now on that is food-related- which is all!...
I was put on 9mg entocort back in August. Still on it. I do have headaches, but I can't specify where they are coming from (could be the entocort, birth control or stress from work). I don't think...
[code](replace this text with your code)I know exactly what you mean! I have been keeping a log to take to my GI appts and really try to be in tune with my body. I have narrowed my pain down to three...
Sign me up! I work in the veterinary field so it's almost quite whimsical that the exact thing I am telling owners to beware about, I ACTUALLY WANT! I sometimes think, that in the human medical...
Hi Kazbern, I guess I cannot burn the idea of Colazol too much since I still have the prescription in my hand. :) I guess (regardless) I will give it a shot. I have heard a lot of good things about...
My doctors told me to increase fiber for YEARS until the found out I had Crohn's. I took fiber capsules, fiber bars, spinach/lettuce, fiber yogurt, fiber cereals- YOU NAME IT! EVERYTHING ANYMORE HAS...
Hi all, Just returned from yet another frustrating re-check appt with my GI with my Crohn's. I have been on generic Entocort for about 3 months now with no improvement. Have been on the max dose of...
I agree about more research! I wonder why more hasn't been said among gastroenterologists? I think that many doctors may feel it is taboo placing a parasite in your body to help another condition. I...
Even Dr Oz mentioned it! Dr Oz: Whipworms Cure Crohn’s Disease & Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr Oz’s final parasite was Whipworms, which exist in the rural South in America (places like Kentucky and...
A friend of mine that practices holistic veterinary medicine recently told me to research the beneficial effect of whipworm ingestion for Crohn's disease. I have found an article relative to this...
I tried a small bottle of the coconut water as well. I thought it smelled pretty good until I tried it! I try to drink coconut milk with my cereal/protein shakes but I guess I need an acquired taste...
They said fistula. Well, apparently it changed today and the doctor is unsure. Luckily it improved with antibiotics and my actual gums/roots/teeth are fine. So it was puzzling for them....
generic entocort has been doing NOTHING for me!...
Hi everyone, I just came back from the dentist with my first oral fistula (no previous dental work, etc). I am puzzled as this is quite random for me. I am on Entocort (which isn't helping at all)...
When diagnosed in March my GI dr put me on Asacol. At my 6 week recheck, I stated it really wasn't working. He increased the dose at that time. Still no relief on the Asacol weeks later. At this...
I was diagnosed with Crohn's this past March (symptoms since 2003). For the past two months, I have been getting REALLY bad joint pain in my knees. They crack, crunch, pop, snap, you name it! My...
birth control related clot) as well as bloodwork. Ultrasound negative, bw showed low potassium. I was put on 10meq Potassium and helped for a month. When my bloodwork was rechecked it was still low,...
This topic is such a great one! I thought THIS was just me! I work about 40minutes from home so I must wake up early. On days when I have REALLY bad bm's I am either late or running in the door! The...
Thanks everyone for the reply. I am assuming all those other levels were checked (I think a basic metabolic profile was done, normal back in March). I try to take a multi-vitamin too. I sometimes...
Hello everyone, I have been getting HORRIBLE Charlie horse leg cramps every night (mainly my right leg) for the past month and a half now. Initially, I thought I had a clot from my birth control....
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Thanks for the advice everyone! My doctor was out of the office today (hence the reason why I never got a callback, geesh!). I have had nodules on my thyroid since my mid-teens, so I have a yearly...
Hi everyone, in need of some help/advice. It seems as I have been having bouts of nausea more and more often with my crohn's (just diagnosed this past April, on Asacol 2400mg bid). It wasn't much of...
Ewww! I thought I was the only one that happened to (peas, carrots, peanuts, spinach, peppers, etc). No wonder I feel so UNhealthy (am taking a mult-vitamin daily)....
I also had normal bloodwork for Crohn's. My colonoscopy was also normal. My Upper GI and Small Bowel Follow Through were not- showed the inflammation in my small intestine. My GI doctor said with my...
I am in the veterinary field, and yes, dogs can get/spread MRSA....
Newly diagnosed this past April 2011. Was previously diagnosed with IBS since 2003-ish. Tried hycosamine, belladonna phenobarb and others throughout those years. My first colonoscopy was this past...
- Calypso...