I drink black coffee but I use instant which I think is milder than Starbucks. I eat chocolate rarely but when I do, I hold a Lindt's truffle in my mouth and let it melt. Might as well go to hell...
I had GYN surgery 22 years ago & after it I had awful pain in my right flank. Turns out they turned me upside down & pumped my abdomen full of air so they could get a view of the place they were...
I used to take Asacol & saw the "skins" of the pills all the time. I would fish them out to look & they had been broken open in my gut. I now take Pentasa, which is a large bright blue capsule, and I...
You are 52, never ever had anything like this happen before? Colitis simply means you have an inflamed colon -- it is actually a symptom, not a diagnosis. There are plenty of things that can inflame...
HI! You could have any number of things from lactose intolerance (mozarella) to celiac (wheat in the pizza crust) to a simple intestinal bug, and then there are Crohns, ulcerative colitis, etc. BTW...
HI Rock Socks--sorry to have to say welcome to the Crohnies club! I am 61, female & have had CD with intestinal symptoms since age 37. However I had arthralgia & perianal fissures in my teens & early...