Hi all..I have had Crohns for awhile now and finally have been able to start working out. In fact I am participating in the Team Challenge 1/2 Marathon in Napa, CA this summer. I am raising money for...
You can go to Sparkpeople.com ...which is a free website for tracking your weight, etc. This one measures calorie intake..and other items you want. But if you focus more on what you can eat with...
Hey there.... My ankles swelled and have swelled when I get into a Flare. I would check with your doctor to make sure that you don't have heart or kidney problems.. The only thing that helps with the...
Great news!!! A few months ago my doc was telling me that I would need to get use to the idea of having a permanent open wound..aka fistula. I hated that answer but have learned to live with it....
Thanks all.....i appreciate all the responses. I think you guys are right....I need to at least start somewhat of a healing process....it mind body and spirit ...they need to be realigned again.......
I hope someone has an answer for this! I was on steroids for the first 3 months this year ..I gained like 25 pounds...I have been eating well for months...it just seems that in the past month it has...
OK...for those of you that have had C-ton's put in your fistula's...have you ever had them come out?? I did today..both of them in my 1 fistula....which scared the hell out of me...because I was...
Hi there.... I can't believe that you have had this disease for 11 years. I will tell you that I have meet people in my local support group that have had Crohns since they were teenagers..and I have...
Zoey..you sure have been through alot and I am soo sorry. It is possible that stress could have brought on the symptoms of Crohns.... Is the GI doc you are seeing the one that did your Gastric...
My doctor did the plug surgery and mine did not take. I had to have a fistualtomy but he could not do the full one as my doctor could not guarantee that I would be continent after the...
Hi ya'll.... I just have to ask....I was diagnosed in January officially with Crohn's disease. I was pretty much in a constant flare from January until early May. In May I started taking...
Wow....you sure do have a lot going on ! I can completely understand your difficulties with your fistula...As I have one myself. The plug surgery has a high success rate of healing your fistula (mine...
I have had problems with Eretha Nydosum (spelling is wrong) which is a dermatalogical condition that effects the skin. This causes swelling, discoloration of the skin (looks like bruises) and joint...
pb4.....What a GREAT article. THANK YOU sooo much for posting it! It is funny....I have always felt better when eating the foods they mention in this article. And the times I feel awful is when I eat...
I understand what you are going thru...I have a C-ton in for my lovely fistula. I take a bath EVERY morning. I just soak in the tub for 15 mins. This helps with the itching and pain ....I have...
Hi there....I am sure everyone is different to how they react to Pred and how the effects are on and off the drug....but from my experience is that it took me 4 months to finally feel that the darn...
O.K...I have to ask...I am sure it is nothing...but I have noticed in the last month NO matter WHAT I eat within 5 mins my stomach becomes about 2 sizes bigger than it was before I ate... Now...the...
Good Luck to you...I have had eye problems when I was in a flare......and my eyes were very red...the whites of my eyes were red....alot of pressure..hurt with the light...Mine only went away when my...