Pattytx, no: I had a complicated, laparoscopic surgery apparently similar to your own. I'd had balloon dilations (Accusize), etc., to no avail. I found ureteral stents extremely painful, perhaps...
RxCrohnie, stones in the bladder can hide but also are generally free to move around and so aren't as apt to cause pain as stones in the ureter or urethra. Anything --even mere...
While I myself agree with Belleenstein, I'm aware there's some older thinking that basically classifies CD patients per se as psychologically abnormal. I think that was even indicated in previous...
Yes, a hemoglobin level of 10 will definitely cause serious fatigue. But, in itself, it's not generally considered clinically serious--that is, you won't die from it--so you may have trouble getting...
Your symptoms do sound like a stone or UTI. Do you have a fever of other sign of infection? The shakes could accompany stone pain/distress but might instead result from a fever. (It's your choice, as...
Citric acid is good as a means of (potentially) preventing the most common type of stones. But, it can have no effect or possibly increase the odds of other types of stones. Be sure you know what...
Sodium bicarbonate tends to make the UT less acidic (more alkaline). If your UT was too alkaline to begin with, the bicarbonate might cause stones to form. Stones are not all the same. Some are...
Citrus juices and Urocit -K will alkalinize the UT and increase the amount of citrates excreted. Both results are likely to be helpful in reducing the frequency of oxalate stones. But, was the...
Matthew, the best source I know of is the Yahoo group on kidney stones, appropriately named kidney-stones-group, in which a urologist, Dr. Leslie, regularly participates. He also has a web site at...
Narcotic painkillers can slow the system enough to produce C that endangers a patient. Toxic megacolon, which can be fatal, is one possible result. That's why some physicians refuse to prescribe such...
Thanks for the clarification, Marius. Thanks also for sharing the interesting epidemiological information. I myself suspect that other forms of arthritis are regularly misdiagnosed as osteoarthritis,...
I no longer regularly participate in these forums. But, I was recently diagnosed with "reactive arthritis" (ReA) and therefore searched the forums for that term. Doing so turned up this somewhat...
Hey all, I've recently developed moderate asthma, but also have Crohn's, which is associated with an increased risk of asthma. Keah, one of the moderators on the Crohn's forum, went to the trouble of...