Best of luck! I'm having another on Oct. 1. I hope you get some definitive answers. Will your doc be taking biopsies?...
I have them, one in particular is very large. It's embarrasing, sometimes painful and I hate it. My doc won't remove it for the fact it won't heal properly. Everytime I go to the bathroom, it's...
I had to do four stool sample collections on Friday....yuck. The lab gave me a pan thing to sit on the back of the toilet seat which made it easier to collect the specimen w/out getting urine in it....
DO NOT drink alcohol while you're on flagyl. You'll get violently ill. I took it for a few weeks but then switched to Cipro because I couldn't stand the side effects and missed having a glass of...
Is Activa good for us? THe probiotics are good bacteria for our gi tracts, correct?...
I feel the same....does anyone really understand this disease? There are so many theories on what causes it: genetics, a virus we had as kids, etc....
I am going to try a clear diet, and also plan to stock up on some organic foods. No more processed, fast food for me....
I too am perpetually tired. I sleep about 10 hours a night and come home for my lunch break and sleep another 45 minutes, this is usally followed by another nap at night. I am on Lexapro for...
Welcome! I'm pretty much a newbie here too, but I've found this to be a great board with a lot of fabulous and helpful people! By the way, popcorn always does a number on me too....
I hate hate hate my perianal skin tags. My largest one will occasionally become inflammed and hurt. I wish they would surgically remove it, but doc says it wouldn't heal. My GI is hoping Remicade...
I HATE this disease. I'm sick of tests, scary meds w/ yucky side effects and spending 1/2 my day in the bathroom. I haven't been eating very much at all lately, so last night I really wanted a piece...
I began having problems w/ depression and anxiety after I was diagnosed w/ Crohn's. It could have been an existing thing and the diseae made it worse; guess I'll never know. I'm currently on Lexapro...
I can't do much in the way of greasy or fatty food, apples, popcorn, milk (pretty much all dairy products), spicy foods...those all send me running to the bathroom. I'm pretty limited on what I can...
Are the remicade injections painful? I am a big wuss when it comes to needles, but I'm getting better since this Crohn's mess has begun. It seems like I'm always getting blood drawn these days! lol...
I haven't tried rectal meds, but I did take a course of flagyl about a year ago to help with a fissure. I don't have much problem w/ drainage right now, but I do have a persistant large and sometimes...
I am often exhausted, mentally and physically from the disease. I struggle w/ missing work due to flares and feel frustration that no one understands my disease. Just because I look fine on the...
I have active Crohn's, mainly perianal and some lower gi. I am probably going to start on meds towards the end of Oct., after my GI does yet another colonoscopy. My question is this, because I have...