Hi, Let me go a few levels deeper (possibly deeper than you'd like, but if so just ignore me!) As stated earlier in this forum, we're not exactly sure how corticosteroids work to suppress the human...
Thanks for the responses! Unfortunately, my problems are unquestionably sinus related. Mucus. You can sum up my problems in one word. Mucus. It's absolutely everywhere. I spend 2 hours in the shower...
Hello all, its been a long time since I have posted. This forum really helped me get through the summer of '07, and I am extremely grateful for the support I received. Battling a chronic disease is...
Could someone help me understand what a nonspecific biopsy is?...
Ok good. I thought I was starting to lose my mind. Thanks for yalls responses. Regardless of what my CDAI is, I'm in a lot of pain everyday. I am currently on entocort. It hasn't done a damn bit of...
By the way, another doctor is ready to put me on Imuran :)...
Just when I was starting to accept my Crohn's diagnosis, I receive a letter from a panel of GI doctors who agreed to study my "inconclusive" case. This is 7 years after my original diagnosis. What am...
Thanks guys... always appreciate the support I get at healingwell :) I'll let yall know how things go!...
Hey guys, I just had some blood work done and its showing that some of my liver enzymes are elevated. I'm scheduled for some more blood work and a hepatic ultrasound. What could this be from? The...
Ok thanks guys... cbk you are right. We are decided between more than just AS and Crohn's :) My doctors have no clue whats going on but I believe it to be Crohn's at least for now....
Hey guys, I realized recently that during each of my flares I tend to have lower back pain. Should I be checked for AS or is this just a part of Crohn's? The back pain is annoying but it fades with...
Well good news, issue resolved. Just as quick as it came upon the dose increase, it faded with the dose decrease. The join pain, rashes, and swelling is gone, but not I'm left with deciding whether I...
Actually, sort of... but does it hurt? For me the pain can range from a little annoying to the worst Crohn's pain I have ever had (keep in mind I haven't ever really had a horrible flare. Never been...
prefer was probably a poor choice in wording :)...
wow I didn't realize that pb4... and you're not on immunosuppressents??? I'm impressed. I'm thinking I might try some of the natural remedies you have....
Ok I lied... I'm having too much fun posting all over the place. I was just curious... which do you all prefer (even though I guess it doesn't really matter at this point): Crohn's in the colon,...
I did have an endoscopy done... it showed no Crohn's (i.e. inflammation) but it did show non-erosive gastritis, which apparently can be an extra-intestinal manifestation (slight misnomer) of Crohn's....
I feel like I am posting too much, so if someone answers this question, I'll stop :) Since this disease started, I have had this strange abdominal pain that is probably my most annoying and...
Ok... new issue. The swelling seems to have gone down and the join pain is too, but now rashes or itchy spots are popping up and "jumping" around my body on the joints that we previously inflamed....
Haha cool. Well my joint pain isn't that bad and the swelling is very subtle. I can still walk around and I'm ok. I'm lowering the dose back to 2.4g and I will see what happens. As a side note......
I know studies are inconclusive, but I was wondering if you all thought that Imuran/Methotrexate and such might actually slow down the progression of Crohn's directly. I know that drugs like the...
Hey guys, I have been increasing the dose of Lialda steadily to 4.8 grams. When I increased to 3.6, I started having some joint pain in my fingers, and toes. Now at 4.8, my right knee is starting to...
Keep forgeting... I am not having any diarhea at all right now. No where close actually... my stools are practically diamonds. Very hard. I go about 6 times a day though. They are hard to get out......
Oh and PB4... I just don't get it. I think they did spot some focal neutrophilic "something" in my sigmoid colon during my last colonoscopy, but I know for a fact this is not diagnostic after doing...
hmmm... I've still gotta think on this. The docs say there is nothing diagnostic, but I'm not sold either way!! Its totally driving me nuts!! starrnr... how long did it take your symptoms to...
Keriamon, my stools do burn when I pass them... sometimes. Next time I am on an antibiotic, I am going to try the things you have. Sarita, I am not sure if you were trying to tell me something with...
Hey guys, I know I have posted here before about my mystery GI illness, but it now looks like the diagnosis is IBS. I have been to several GI doctors all of which agree with the downgrade from...
Yeah I am praying that what I feel right now is all antibiotic induced. Its been 3 days since I stopped the antibiotic and the diarhea is gone but now I have HORRIBLE abdominal pain. Doctor says he...
My CD is certainly mild to moderate... but the part that worries me is that it seems very progressive. I've hardly noticed it for the past 5 years, until this past year. That being said, I am on no...
Ok but just another side note... I don't get typical sinus infections. In fact, when observed, not a single doctor has seen any sign of an infection. My nose is completely open, I'm not stuffy, and I...
Wow. Guys I am so glad that I started this thread!! Every time I search for sinusitis and Crohn's I come up with nothing on google!! I feel so relieved just knowing that there are others going...
Oh by the way, I just got off my usual antibiotic regimen and it failed miserably. So I am stuck with it. And by the way, this is the main reason I had the sinus surgery and it apparently did nada!!...
Woah! I actually just checked this thread after several days, assuming that no one would be able to relate... goodnight! Ok well, in that case I desperately need advice!! My sinusitis is SOOOO bad,...
Ok... so everything would have been much much simpler, but I got a sinus infection while I was trying to determine what was going on in my gut. Anyway, I've had pain all summer, stopped taking...
Ok well since I am starting to accept the fact that I have this disease... I have a new question! Is sinusitis associated with Crohn's? If it is, it is by far the worst symptom I have of the...
Crap. I don't really know how optomistic I can be now after reading about the Serology 7. If it really is that accurate, then I think I should just go ahead and consider myself a Crohnie. I just...
Oh my god. You guys are not going to believe this. Listen to this story. It will blow you away. Its a long one though :) So I moved to Seattle 3 weeks ago. About two days before I left, I started to...
Now my sinuses are a different story... Nashville pretty much completely destroyed them. More on that later... I have to go to sleep :)...
Haha well let me assure you gutastrophe that I am actually a pretty huge tea toddler (sp?). I actually never drank alcohol until this past year in school... mostly b/c I was so depressed from my...
I'm serious. The facts keep mounting and I believe that moving to Nashville may be the best way to completely eliminate my Crohn's/IBS/Whatever the hell I have. I am posting this in the Crohn's and...
Hi guys, I have been diagnosed/undiagnosed with a very strange case of Crohn's disease over the past 7 years (I'm about to make another post regarding my disease's strangeness... you won't believe...