I am a Pharmacist but haven't been able to work in about 4 years due to crohns & other illnesses. I really miss the interaction with my patients & having a purpose u could say. I have tried to find a...
Where exactly is the pain located? Is it cramping, stabbing, throbbing, or how would u describe it? How long does the pain last normally at each attack? Do u ever or have ever had blood in stools?...
Thanks for the advice...
I was admitted to UNC hospitals om Monday. I was having pain in mid to left lower abdomen under belly button. Also having nausea and feeling very fatigued. I was due for iron transfusion today at...
I am a patient at UNC GI clinic too. I see Dr. Sheikh. I was going to Duke Clinics and had my surgeries there. When my crohns symptoms returned, and Duke was unable to find or treat it, I went to...
I am having many of the same symptoms that you are having. I have crohns disease. I was diagnosed with proctitis about 2 months ago. It is becoming harder to have a BM but like you, it isn't...
I have had shingles on Humira and multiple outbreaks of MRSA. I have migraines and this developed after my crohns diagnosis. Now that I think about it, these migraines may have started after Remicade...
Thank you for your opinions. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have this forum to vent and everyone's experiences with living with crohns to help me through these day to day battles. I have...
You are able to get vaccines that are not live. Always make sure before you are vaccinated that it is not a live vaccine. The flu "shot" is not live but the nasal spray is live. You only need to get...
Now, my GI is back telling me that all my pain, decrease appetite, diarrhea, some constipation, weight loss, nausea all the time, eye problems, etc. are not from active crohns but from PTSD. He...
I am so sorry you are having to go through this terrible ordeal. There seems to be many of us chronnies who are really sick and for some reason our disease is not picked up by the typical films and...
/community/emoticons/smurf.gif Hi everyone!!!I have been reading the board a lot lately and making remarks. This time I feel I have something to say about my crohns. I hope this will help others...
I am so sorry. I feel your frustration. My labs are usually normal too but my symptoms are horrible. I am a healthcare professional and I also read my lab and radiology reports. I have noticed that...
I talked to my MD's RN today. He is out for weekend. I told her my situation with this and also my current flare symptoms. She said that fecal impaction would come out as hard stools and little hard...
Sounds like it may be your terminal ileum. Mine was always sharp pain on my right side until I had my surgery. If hydrocodone/apap which is lortab, vicodin, norco just different doses is makes you...
Do you ever feel it could be from a partial small bowel obstruction? I have a problem like this atleast every 3 weeks. Normally, I have just plain out diarrhea but once in a while I will have this...
I have a question. This is pretty graphic so I just want to warn you. I have noticed that my stools now have like a string like almost dental floss looking thing going through them. It is not white...
Where do you live? The reason I ask is Chapei Hill UNC Hospital in NC has conducted research on crohns patients who experience severe pain but have no active crohns in imaging (like MRI's and CT's)...
To answer your question better, sorry, I did have the bad sores as you are describing when my crohns was first diagnosed. This is how I received my diagnosis. I too couldn't eat or drink due to the...
I have been having sores in my mouth for ages. But for the past 5 years they are now in the corners of my mouth. It can be described like fissures that are usually found on your rectum in the corner...
You all sound just like me. I am so glad you posted this topic. I can't eat BF or lunch. If I eat anything during the day it is a pack of crackers. Sometimes I have to go all day without eating until...
I also took tetracycline as a teen for acne as well as septra ds. I haven't heard of any antibiotics causing crohn's disease. I do know that once you have the disease antibiotics can mess up your gut...
Do the spasms feel like flutters that run back to back? I have been having unusual tremors or I guess you could call them spasms around where men would have their adams apple. Then Sunday night I had...
My GI has sent me to pain clinic. The pain clinic MD tells me my chronic pain which I have crohns now could be just from back problems....
I had several sore (aphlous ulcers) in my mouth and throat before being diagnosed with crohns. At this time, the only thing that seemed to work was what we call Magic Mouthwash. The pharmacist will...
Thank you all for the advice and comments. I am glad that by sharing this it helped some of you know we are not alone. I feel the doctors sometimes think we are just making it up because they can't...
Thank you all for your posts. I also heard UNC Hospital was good. Do you know if I can just call for an appt with the gastro clinic? Somebody told me to just go to their ER. My Gastro at Duke was due...
Hi, I need a second opinion from a GI. I am really sick and can't do anything at this point but stay on the couch. I live close to Greensboro, NC. My GI now is at Duke Univ. but she doesn't know what...
Hi, I don't post on here often but I do respond to your posts if I can offer advice. I have been really sick since Feb. 14th. I have had belly pain, nausea, and not being able to eat much because it...
I am sorry that you are going through this tough time. Crohns is such a terrible disease and ordeal. Is there a park near your that has restrooms? I do know what it is like to go out and have to go...
Belly Pain is the worst. The constant fatigue is awful as well....
I am glad you are feeling better. It is probably the fluids. IV fluids always make me feel like a new person. Just try to stay hydrated when you leave the hospital. Good luck and don't feel guilty...
I have been posting/reading here quite frequently here lately since the fall but for some reason I missed all of this. Of course, we care about him and for me everyone on this forum. I am so sorry...
My TSH level is 10 (2 weeks ago). I have hypothyroidism and will probably start Synthroid at 75mcg tomorrow when I see my primary. I had an 8 about 2 months ago and primary tried to start 75 mcg but...
Thank you all so much for your comforting remarks. You don't know how much you have helped me tonight. I just feel so alone here at home and this forum is all I have when trying to talk about my...
Gumby44, I have asked my GI and hospital team about a camera test but they don't listen to me. I have never had one in all my years. I have had a colonoscopy about 11/2 yrs ago and just the CT to be...
I just don't know what else to do. I am trying to stay positive but it is so hard because the doctors and my GI are telling me my abdominal pain and severe pain after eating is not crohns or the...
I was diagnosed with Crohns about 7 years before getting my IC diagnosis. I was having symptoms of pressure and burning. The gyno diagnosed me but now I am seeing a wonderful urologist. I couldn't...
I feel your pain. I do wish we could see each other to give HUGS but I am sending you one across the internet and you are in my prayers. I was working a really tough and stressful job that I finally...
Right now I am flaring and feel poorly but on average I have about 3 out of 7 good days. I just can't seem to fully get into remission. I try to stay positive and not have pity parties for myself but...
I am so sorry for what you are going through. I do not have the type of inflammation in my gastrointestinal tract but I do share some of your feelings about food. I have crohns disease in my small...
Thank you asc58, the hospital did perform a c diff test on my stool. It came out negative along with some other stool tests. My D does smell terrible after I go and I am burping up an awful taste...
Big Lucy, you sound alot like me but I have just recently started going through this. It hurts when I eat but I still try to eat bland foods like mashed pototoes. I have crohns disease but the gastro...
I am so sorry that the two of you have to go through this. You both will be in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us updated....
I am also very fatigue and just don't feel good like you do with a flare. Did you feel this way with the overgrowth? I will start a probiotic and talk to my doctor. Today I still feel bad. I can't...
I really need some advice. I have had two resections with the last one being over a year ago. Recently, I have had explosive diarrhea, pain, and dehydration which feels like a crohns flare. At the...
I have been on Humira for a very long time, maybe three years or more now. I have had shingles once, which is posted as a SE. My immune system is down due to med which also causes me to get MRSA...
For the last three weeks, my crohns has been really flaring. I went to see gastro last Thurs. and CRP was elevated with increased WBC. I have been having severe D, fatigue, and pain. MD has decided...