I do...had crohns for almost 30 years BP diagnosed for one year. Seek help, I was put on a low dose of Lamictal and my family see a big change....
I have had crohns since 1980 and I have never been offered by any Dr pain killers for my abdominal pains I usually toughed it out. My mother who has had crohns since 1973 has not been offerer any...
they have some pastes that work well, I used it and it fills in the low area of you stomach I used it along with the powder kinda double insurance....
spongebabe2pants I hope you are doing well after you reversal. I never threw up I just felt nauseated. I did get sick in the Hosp and they gave me Phenergan. Dave...
Hi Miss UK, When you say "poo too" I take it you are seeing actual formed or loose stool coming from the rectum? If so thats not normal but I dought you would have been operated on with out being...
Thanks Bella I am in remission....I guess....as I was in a ileo for 11yrs with out symptoms so I guess thats remission ;), like you I was reversed last month and doing well D's 5-6 times a day. I...
CD is familiar with in family DNA but not necessarily hereditary. My mother was diagnosed with CD in 1973, I was having pains and signs as early as 1976, 4th grade (age 10) but I felt a sharp tear in...
Bella, Are you taking Humira? I only ask as I read that it can make you feel nauseated. I started on Humira Oct 11th with the 4-2-1 treatment I am taking the maintenance shot every other week now....
Very good tips, sound like the same things I went through. I used the hospt dippers as I could move fast enoughf with the NG (I had a set back and mine went in awake), the nurse got me some aloe...
I did shots in my belly, by myself, and felt just a light sting. x2...
X2 get to the hosp and have them look at it I had a lot of perianal fistulas and they hurt just like you are saying....
Yea it's normal, I had a mucous stoma the large intestine that sticks out the skin the other end my butt (like Suebear said hose cut in half) my mucous stoma I wore a folded 4x4 with tape over it...
1 - Do nothing becasue she is not "sick": Doing nothing is a mistake as fistulas are relentless and will continue to cause problem and possibly multiply. I had 5 perianal fistula surgery in 3 months...
2 Ris K..... sorry I spelled it wrong its questran http://www.irritable-bowel-syndrome.ws/questran.htm CD=Crohn's Disease...
Hey Angela, Glad things are doing better and sorry to hear about your obstruction and the pain you suffered, I hadn't had to go through that pain in a very long time 15years as I was in a bag for...
with my ileostomy, I never wore a belt just the wafer and snapped the bag on no issues in 11 years....
I have been feeling nausea. since I was discharged it comes and goes some time needing food or sometimes while in the car and today just sitting at home. does anyone else feel this way post take down?...
Hi Amanda, Like Angela I am also 3 weeks out and went in my bag 1997 do to perianal abces. I was going alot 10-12 times in the Hospt and had a diaper on somedays and at night b/c I couldn't make it...
with out your large intestines you can have bouts of dehydration, I had many bouts with it like if I got the flu or eat sea food or outside in the heat. with out your large intestines absorbing the...
Oh ya i did meet two NR's in the Hosp out hear and one brother inlaw had CD and ostomy and the other her husband had the same and she was told he could not be reversed so she and I had some talk...
Hi all, I am still on my trip in Branson MO and I'm doing well It's our last night here and we have gone to a dinner show and went to a Bettles show that was fantastic. The first dinner show whe had...
Thank you all for you input I am still on for the trip 9am out of BWI, two hour plane trip from MD to St.Louis my b/m has slowed down with the fiber pills and I was out and about twice today for a...
2 weeks 2 days had surgery on the 17th oct. I just woke up today and i think the fiber pills might be working as i don't have as loose stools. Im ok with travel my doc said she would like to see no...
I been out of the hosp for 6 days(surgurey was on 10/17) and my trips are 10 times a day and my butt is hurting bad...I am using hemorrhoid cream and baby wipes to lessen the pain. Can anyone tell me...
I just had my reversal done on the 17th and was discharged on the 27th, I had a set back b/c of a nurse not knowing that I shouldn't of had any pills by mouth, so when I got my first meal I was give...
I havnt been on in awhile but came back to check out Take Downs, my take down is this Friday Oct 17 and I have had my illio for 11 years. I am 42 and look to living 40+ more with out my pouch. I will...
serafena had some truth to what she said. Just read this to my wife who had had it from me also...but with meds its better now and she stops and thinks about my bp and so do I....
I ask my Pdoc the same exact question and he said I am a mild case of BP1. He explained to me that since I had told him I am very successful in my career and I am a top performer that he is...
I was told it is higher than the average person and people with IBD other than crohns....
pretty much had the exact same schedules except for the 0530 part and the 15min group sessions,we had three 45-60 min sessions each day it was helpful to me. food was ok and some of the groups high...
I feel you pain. I was let go in 1997, 2 months after surgery and in the two months they harassed me by saying I needed retraining before going back in the field to work and I was to show up every...
There is a connection. I have had about with them in years past and it aint fun. My nabour has CD and showed me a pill bottle that covered the bottom he said it was all in a year. Well come to CD the...
I to was in the Hosp p-ward Nov 16th I checked myself as I was hitting a real low. I was at my family doc and was in the process of try to get a refill of Lexipro and she asked me if I had thought of...
She has the Paxel but does not like taking it as it made her feel hung over the next morning. I told her there is lots of meds to try if your not doing well with one. I have mentioned to her many...
Thanks Kiera, I did forget to mention the mood swings she admits (and recognizes) that she can snap from anger to happy then become sad and worry’s about teenage kids and husband also she did say she...
She complains about[b] physical muscle and bone pain [3] I am Bipolar and I have a sister-in-law that is in a manic state right now she doesn’t sleep well and clean house at night and watches TV on...
She complains about[b] pysical muscle and bone pain [3] I am Bipolar and I have a sister-in-law that is in a manic state right now she doesn’t sleep well and clean house at night and watches TV on...
I too was feeling that way before going in the Hosp but I it felt better when I got in the Hosp to talk to other folks that have the same problems as you, stay posting here and talk to us for one. I...
looks good. like mine was. they used the same scar on me to cut on the second and third surgerys....
i would not wait loosing blood can make you inemic. you could also start an onset of a flair up and cause scar tissue of the CD intestine....
This is true but PCP are not trained to look at the two bi polar/depression and you could suffer with Bipolar and not have your doc pick up on it for years or at all. I went to my PCP for two years...
I have tried no meds at all since 1997 as I have had no fistulas or crohns activity. You said your doc said they would close on there own with remicade and humira he is right but the key word is...
elcome prayin4healing : I am 41years old male with crohns since age 13 and had my ileostomy surgery in 1997 do to perianal fistula’s I just went back to my Doc to see about a reversal as my case back...
(Not a rule. Not everyone gets them, but sometimes people in acute mania hear voices, I believe.) Schizophrenia deals with voices also and Bipolar has some similar/parallel symptoms....
muppet2676 The Bi-polar forum on the main page is a good forum and I post there also. I have had crohn's since 1980 I was just diagnosed with mild bi-poler II and I went to the hospital in the mental...
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Lack of sleep can lead to depression....
I am in the IT and Mainframe computer industry dealing with large customers and multi million dollar accounts mostly financial institutions. I manage my customers with out supervision(my manager lets...
He upped me to 50mg from 25mg. He was just telling me that 200mg is a average dose for most people. I am glad to put a cause to my anger and depression I went too long as an unhappy person I really...
I went to the Dr. office this afternoon and talked with him for about 30min. He is sending me to a therapist (for anger) in town and he also upped my Lamictal to 50mg (he said usual treatment is...