Thanks so much for the great information Ides and Grace. I did make an appointment with a urologist first after thinking about the best way to diagnose this if it is indeed a enterovesicular fistula....
My two cents...UC is definately the lesser of the two evils because surgery is curative. Also, I'm not promoting smoking but nicotine has a favorable effect on UC as it constricts blood vessels in...
Not trying to burst your bubble or anything but you are on steroids and they can mask symptoms wonderfully while you are on them. Unfortunately they are hard on other organs and can cause many new...
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif You are soooo not alone. And saying don't worry about your weight is easy if you don't have a weight issue to worry about. Getting healthy means psychologically as well...
That response by voicemail is unacceptable. You should not have to elicit advice on what the doctor means. Call her office and tell them that you don't understand the results and that you need to...
/community/emoticons/idea.gif I wanted to offer a suggestion. I have successfully used very large doses of metamucil to control my stools. The mechanism is, in smaller doses with plenty of fluids...
First, only and hopefully the last was in 1991 for me....
foxy48 said... Fistula healed!! One of my screen names for another forum is hope4. "Faith is the confidence that what we Hope4 will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."...
I'm not 100% certain but I would think that you would have to have a colostomy done at least temporarily so I would definately ask if you will have one and an estimate of how long before it will be...
Hi everyone. I have been diagnosed with Crohns Disease for over 20 years and with the exception of the first few years and one bowel resection (also almost 20 years ago) I've been doing fairly well....
Rossus said... Hey everyone new here, just been researching Shingles on the net as I'm one of these people that likes to be nosey with anything that I got!Rossus sorry that you're suffering from...