hey dawn, hopefully you surgeon has done a few colon/rectal op`s, if so you`ll be fine, I`ve had 3 total, lost a good bit of intestine, sigmoid, 1/2-rectum, ilieum, and had quite a few stricture`s...
when i took those antibiotics for a crohn`s flare, i just drank plain ol peppermint tea. it seemed to slow stuff down, try it warm just no sweetner or milk. might help ya ??...
might try coconut water, better than powerade and most brands are all natural an loaded with potassium.....
when i was in the hospital because of a blockage, and about a day away from surgery to remove it, doctor ask how i felt i said besides the gut problem, my back was killing me from the hospital bed,...
research perianal fistula, I got one had it lanced at age 12 and wasn`t told I had crohn`s until age 21, mine still drains a couple times a year, i have to go have an MRI/entrography to see the exact...
hey craig, sounds as if your DR`s.. have decided that all your problems are from your anxiety.. and they could be caused by stress/worrying. ? well 20 some years ago my doc.. thought the same about...
hello Martinka, do you have any small hobbies that would keep your hands, mind & thought process busy ? that way when you catch yourself starting to frett- and worry about the what-if`s.. and the...
to answer about John`s hopkins yes they have a pretty good digestive disease unit, and so does the university of maryland,, I had my first bowel resection at Hopkins.. when I had 2 fistula`s and...
get in to see a gastro doctor I went through the same crap years ago alway`s dimissed and told to avoid dairy for 2 week`s.. if you have nausea after eating along with what feels like your backed up...
I know how you feel I just backed out of my end Ileo surgery for this month, I know I deal with pain everyday and get woke up every morning with a gut ache, but researching the Ileo, it seems 50-50...
I went through same thing all my teen years, doc`s tell parents must be diet and in my head, well if it`s,, head problems,, what explains the multiple strictures and massive fistula i had when they...
I`ll have to ask the surgeon why he wants to leave it I lost all my sigmoid and half the rectum because it collapsed or as one GI, put it WAS ALL MATTED DOWN. last surgery sigmoid and some colon...
I got a question, how many people here who have a colostomy, or ileostomy, have had your entire rectum and rectal stump removed?. my ileo operation is next month, and the surgeon said that they would...
yea my aunt had ileo done in her teen years do to something was out of sorts with her colon, any ways, I wish I new 5 years ago, before last resect-- what I know now I would have had all this mess...
I figured it out... thanks for info--NiceCupOfTea......
Would like opinions please.. little history first, have had bowel problems all through life, started ER trips about age 12yrs. 46 now. have had 3 resections so far, CROHN`S DX, 1990, because of small...
if you have UC, wouldn`t an ostomy end your problems permanently ??. my surgen and future ostomy nurse gave me some reading material`s.. Tell me if I have this right? An ileostomy with a LOOP / or J...
could A moderator? please post my post "END ileostmy" to the ostomy page PLEASE? I would re-type it but my bowels hurt and I type like a chicken peck`s for food.. THANK YOU !!!!! I have till friday...
I don`t know how much help this will be but I`ve been through the wash machine and ringer that is crohn`s, at least they found YOUR`S,, sooner than mine.. every doc needs to realize you don`t goto...
You should be a little worried... nobody in there right mind would not be....I`m getting ready FOR MY 4TH.. BOWEL RESECTION.. only 4 years after my third.. the reason for this one is I`ve had bad...
if it were me,, I would ask for a sigmoid-oscopy.. to check your sigmoid-colon.. and the rectum, I had the same problem and some more problems and they found my sigmoid and half my rectum had...
yea had a fistula lanced when i was 11 yrs. old. had crohn`s scence i was 10 .. last surgury lost my sigmoid and half my rectum.. i get teriable pain every day,( I get woke up around 4am. with a gut...
I was lucky, 10.75 years of 90% pain free remission, and on asacol 3X day. was able to work, hike every weekend, and hunt during the fall month`s, deer meat is very lean it baseicly fat free..only...
oh forgot to say doctor said the drainage caniles the abcess uses can close overnight until the next time one forms..or reopens, thats way I`m letting mine alone unless it gets bad, if they close...
I don`t know if this will help ease your mind or not when I was 11 yr, old I developed a perianal abcesss GP- sent me to a surgen,, he numbed it up and sliced it open stiched a drain in place. no...
hello, I know were your at I dealt with constant gut pain for 2.5 years, taking low dose darvacet to get through my work day, went to colal / rectal. surgen, who did a sigmoid scope.. he asked how i...
did the doctor do a sigmoid scope, to look for other causes, my problem was a collapsed sigmoid and half the rectum, witch were removed now I`ve got daily rectal pain every day, they`ve ruled out...
Don`t let it get you down!! people who don`t have crohnic digestive problems won`t really ever understand.. unless they have dealt with a painful flare up.. stressing out while trying to gain weight...
forgot to say I do have a perianal fistula, it hurts for a couple of days then breaks open drains and closes back up with a skin tag then a few month`s later it does the same thing all over again.....
hello, I had my sigmoid and half my rectum removed and don`t have a bag yet they said I`ll end up with one down the road..I wish they would have given me one at my last surgery, because I`ve had...
I take --bentyl or dicyclomine, same drug first is the brand name, seconed one generic. 20mg. tab`s 45min. before I eat seems to help, there fairly cheap, might be worth a try?....
I think it`s from big AGRI.... changing the dna or gene strains of the field crops we grow for our food supply, our bodies can`t use the grains, and other food stuff like it did before they started...
if you want plain fiber that absorbs water or juice with no sugar which metamucil has in it.. I use Konsyl..A little bit more money but worth it to me. sugar tends to tear me up and too much sugar is...
I would try predisone and remicade first before surgery...... Ihad to have surgery cuz I had multiple fistulas and strictures,, that was my first surgery, then i was on asacol until my seconed...
I took the dissolvable capsule and it was there 32 hours later on an Xray so that capsule tests for me was a no go, if your going to most likely need surgery anyways why not drink a gatorade/ miralax...
hello, I know all about liquid stool`s/ waterie or what ever you`d like to call them my comes from the antibiotic`s flygal & cipro. combo when I need to take them.. after the treatment is over about...
sorry to hear your in so much pain.. after my 3 resection and the onset of ostieo arthietest(spelling)... my primary doc, and my GI. doc decided to refer me to pain management, because I have abdomen...
I`m no doctor.. I`ve been on Elavil 50mg.. for over a year to help me stay asleep because of pain., what your describing sounds more like low oxygen flow to the brain I`d ask for a CT-scan or some...
if your not going to the toilet, and have really bad pain you very well could have a blockage?.. I would stop all solid food right now, and start fluids only and take some stool softners,, but that...
hello, welcome to the great CD, club I don`t recommend it to my friends.. all joking aside when I was 11 years old I got a perianal sist and back then my primary doc, doc said it must have been a...
every morning like clock work i wake up in pain and run to the throne,, between 4A.M.---6:00A.M. then go back to bed then around an hour later, right back to the toilet,, this goes on about 3 to 6...
yes a sticture can cause constipation, and also ahesions,, when heavy fibouress foods get to a narrow section, it bunches up kinda like an egg shaped clog.. then after a couple of hours it starts to...
never tried tramadol,, my pain doc put me on MScontin ER 2Xday--..and percocet 2Xaday as needed, for pain, and Elavil for sleep even though I still wake up every morning in pain.. don`t fear...
I had the same problem, then when I went for scope my sigmoid and half my rectum were collapsed and the stool that was in there over night would get kinda pale white also, dr.. said it was because...
hello gone 4 ever, glad to see you posted this, sorry your in pain, I`m with ya, I`m thinking of getting a colostomy my self because I`m in pain with my rectum after my third surgery, for crohn`s.....
Hello all, I want to thank everyone for there replies, yea this is a great site..yea I figure I`m heading toward the BAG?.. sooner than later.. the reason I feel that if I can eliveate (spelling)...
I'm new to this site, but have been reading other peoples stories. Would like some opinions on my story. I've had bowel problems as far back as I can remember. I'm currently on Remicade every six...