Okay guys, so I finally changed my GI. After a rigorous internet search, I think I have opted for one of the best docs available in my city. I can't afford to dent my life forever cuz of wrong...
Yeah, I kinda bunked my chem lab for a major part of the year cuz it made me feel dizzy too often and I was scared I'd faint and drop in front of everyone, bringing over unnecessary attention. I...
No milk and milk products for me too. The doc wants to try and see how it turns out. But it kinda sucks! I mean, I have to take my coffee and tea black, and I am someone who loves milk with...
So now you're not going anywhere right?...
@Kazbern: Thanks for knocking a lil sense into me! @NCOT: (I read all the 3/4 edited versions of your reply!) Your words were nowhere near discouraaging, they opened my eyes. My belief in them sorta...
Wow! 14 replies! This is the highest for me! Lol! Ohk, 1st ill rant and then reply individually :-) Why I'm frustrated and mad is that I planned (and very seriously) of becoming a doc for the past 2...
Hello! Ohk, so again, a really basic question. What if Chronians, atleast those with the mild or moderate form of the disease, didn't take meds, or more specifically, didn't take steroids and...
Sorry about what you're going through :( I've read that usually joint pain is a marker of your intestines flaring. So yeah, like the others said, u should get a scope done quickly....
@operatic: Means a lot, thanks :-)...
@scifigal2k: have been and still am doing the heat massage...
@JaSanne: oh You don't have to be sorry for anything. My mom had also heard about the ice massage. But it not working is something for the doc to understand. Cuz the hot massage is not helping...
Lol Bane!...
@scifigal2k: I tried the ice pack massage therapy amd well, the whole of my right shoulder and neck were writhing in pain. I could basically feel the pain radiating till my right elbow. I hope that's...
@scifigal2k: Ok, call it my ignorance, but I didn't know who a chiropractor was exactly until u just mentioned. So that's gonna be my next stop as soon as I return home! Thanks a ton :-) But u know,...
@JaSanne: Thanks for the advice. And I'm definitely gonna try an ice pack. That was a great idea, just hope it works for me...
Hey everyone So I know I did post one on neck ache earlier, but that ache was relatively very less compared to my pain now.. And not only that, I've now started to even have shoulder ache and my...
Hahahaha Wow I've been on Entocort for 11 months now. 6mg for the 1st 6 months and 3mg for the last 5 months. @gumby44: Thank you for all the info and support :-)...
@gumby44 and @caia_120: Appreciate the replies :-) @gumby44: Is it possible that many of these problems are cuz maybe the Pentasa and Entocort are strong meds so they're affecting me? As in, that...
Hello everyone In just 2 weeks I have my MBBS entrance exam, I need to study like 15 hours daily, BUT my condition just seems to be deteriorating day by day. Since my condition wasn't getting any...
@big betty: Hm, i think you're right, I may be seeing ulcers, and they must be the really bad ones or something. But the thing is that I could see some white/greyish eaten up part which the doc had...
Ohk, I know this is a pretty basic question, but I'm really curious. Was just going through my colonoscopy report yesterday and I found a part of my ileum having this really thick yellow lining which...
Oh that's so very sad! She must be a fighter! Going through something like a colonoscopy at this age?! Marvelous, MashaAllah Wish her all the very best :-) And also, I didn't understand, exactly why...
An eye opener! Thanks for sharing! :-)...
Hey Nana! I'm 17 too man!! Welcome to the forum and Wishing you all the very best :-)...
OMG, I didn't know that Entocort's long term use had bad side effects.. I've been on it since June last year, so would also love the know more about it and it's side effects Thanks...
Hello! Was just diagnosed last year when I was 16 so I know what he must be going through.. Especially at this age it is a physical setback more.. I struggle many a times cuz after 'too much'...
Last time when that happened to me, the cause turned out to be anaemia plus low Hb nd Fe levels.. And secondly, please remember that whenever you even FEEL like Fainting, sit down and drink lots of...
Kazbern :-) I do no particular exercise, i had started a few, but had to give up cuz i was getting heavily exhausted.. I believe I have good flexibility compared to girls here of my age cuz I've been...
Oh i finally found loads of people with a similar case!!! :-P I have always had low temperature compared to everyone else and i get too cold easily too... My friends even suspected me to be a vampire...
Really sorry for what you are going through.... I hope you get better soon and get yourself a good job again :-)...
Hey guys Ohk so i have been having this neck pain for a while now, GI did some tests and all but found no reason to give me meds for this... Sometimes nowadays it's painful for me to even turn my...
NCOT and gumby, high five! I'm a B+ too! I've always been madly excited about all these medical test results :-P P When i was going in for my colonoscopy, i was very tensed and excited and nervous......
You know, now that you've mentioned it, for me as soon as i take milk, stomach feels heavy, rush to the washroom and have a D.. And i noticed that after drinking milk and always wondered how, because...
Hey! Even I've been having these joint pains for a while... Knees, fingers and neck mostly... But the problem was that my calcium and serum tests came back absolutely fine, so my GI didn't give much...
Hey everyone.. So i have been living in india for the past one and a half years, drank milk everyday twice and then all of a sudden 2 months ago, i'd have stomach ache, had to rush to the washroom,...
Are u saying this after using it?? Or is just based on what the internet says?? I'm a regular user of homeopathic medicines and so is my dad who has IBD... What allopathy hasn't been able to do for...
Hello everyone.. I have some info to impart today :) Ok so i tried many things other than Allopathic meds and i've found that Homeopathic medicines have had a really good effect on me and in real...
Hey! Joint pains is actually very much related to Crohn's, infact there are medications for it too.. You should get it checked (i just posted about it 2 days ago)...
2-3 loose stools a day means diarrhea and it's the main symptom of CD... That's exactly how i came to noe i had Crohn's.. As the others pointed out, best way to a definitive conclusion is a...
Hello everyone :) So i'm gonna be visiting my GI in a few weeks and i wanted to make the most of it... I have had bone pain since a long time now, but its starting to increase in frequency.... It...
I noe this is not relevant, but I badly wanted to tell... I had my colonoscopy a few months ago.. I admit I was hell nervous cuz I knew this was a big test but I was also looking forward to it O:)...
@gumby44 Totally agree with u... Crohn's is such a complicated and challenging disease and only thtz the reason a cure hasnt come up yet.. Everyone seems to have a different Crohn's.... Amd we have...
@no_pain Thank u very much, this was a lot helpful My doc says I have a mild Crohn's... I do have flare ups as my disease has picked up since I came to India fr further studies.. I have lived all my...
@Jen77 I just pray to God tht mine works out fine...
@Dingleeire thank u, im new, so knowing tht things will work out fyn helps :) @big betty let's hope there is one soon!...
@NiceCupOfTea thanks; I guess i'll find out abt tht when I have my first remission...
Thanks for replying And no! My doc's gr8, he's really good; I guess then he was just saying to calm me and my parents down.. U hv to understand, for my parents to have seen me go for a colonoscoly...
So joint and knee pain are related to Crohn's? I mean, its not just cuz im 'weak or dont have enuf nutritious food" often? (thtz what everybody says when I say my knee aches -_-)...
Btw, loved the title!...
I noe I noe, its bad fr all of us "Crohn-ians".. Even when I have high will power, my horribly low stamina lets me down... And then there are other symptoms which keep pestering... But whatever its...