Our 17 year old daughter has been on IVIG since 1997. She was 2 when she started it every 3 weeks. She did that until 2004 when she switched to subq treatments every week. She takes 8 gms each week...
They said they would have me helping at the desk and giving breaks/lunches instead of having a dedicated room/patients. It could be kindof unnerving to go into surgery thinking your nurse is sicker...
http://www.everydayhealth.com/crohns-disease/crohns-and-menstrual-cycle.aspx My daughter and I both have the hardest time during "that" time of the month. Even the 40 mg of Pred hasn't helped this...
So pill cams must be done different ways different places. I had my MRI enterography last week that showed no strictures so I'm scheduled for my pillcam Thursday. I have to go to clear liquids at...
The store clerks idea of "threatening" to defecate on the floor might just have been the Crohnie stating what could possibly happen. such as "if I can't get to your rest room I might have to go right...
Our daughter was on Entocort for 3 years (9 mg most of the time but did have some periods of maintenance 6 mg doses). She had an ovarian cyst at 13 and was having periods every 10 days that we...
I have CD and our 16 year old was diagnosed at 13 with CD. She was worse then but stable now after 3 years on Entocort. Now I'm in the flare and on Pred and she is actually med free right now....
Thankfully the anesthesia will be in your system for a good while. Do you have family support? Will you have an epidural? I am praying everything goes well and that your recovery is as pain free as...
Yes, I turned them in last Saturday and as of Wednesday nothing there....
This is the first time I have ever had to call the GI's office for pain medication. Before as long as I could calm down the D with the CD drugs I was better in 2 or 3 days and no need. This time it...
Having one of these next Thursday. Any new info from anyone?...
Prilosec vs. Nexium? I notice alot of people are on Prilosec but my GI last week put me on Nexium for similar symptoms. Any reason i don't seem to see Nexium mentioned much?...
my favorite line is "OMG I wish i could be as skinny as you!!!".. Really? Ok, sure, have at it. I've been at a new job for about 8 months now and really had to decide in the beginning if i was even...
I started 40 mg last wednesday after being ct'd and labs and no other choice. the first night i took it i took it as a pm dose and didn't go to sleep until 5:30 am. called into work and was out that...
Google a drug called Amitiza. Our daughter is 16 and has Crohn's. She also has a motility disorder that was diagnosed this summer after doing manometry tests. She is doing much better after starting...
Our daughter had this over the summer. Also a antroduodenal and esophagus manometry. They did put her to sleep but it measured the nerve function. 6 hours later they had her eat a meal and then an...
Our daughter is 16. She had a cecostomy (Chait tube) when she was 5 and it worked very well. They used her appendix for hers also. She is immunocompromised due to an inherited disease and her stoma...
Our daughter is 16 and has been diagnosed with CI since she was 5. She had a cecostomy (Chait tube) for 2 years and then the stoma repeatedly became infected so they removed it. She is in Ohio this...
I've taken 2 pills a day for about the last 4 years. I have to take them first thing in the morning or I'll lose my breakfast. The only side effect I've seen is an increase in UTI's. Seems that if it...