You are in my thoughts and prayers....
You definitely have the right to whine! Actually I feel bad for whining about sacroiliitis lately now....
Thanks! Yes, he did do biopsies and I will get the results of those in a week or so. My biopsies have always just shown " acute inflammation" in the past, which this doctor says isn't enough to...
Thanks everybody! Doctors have a way of making you feel like you are crazy don't they?! I know it is not all in my head when I can't eat a stupid biscuit without crying for 30 minutes. I wish...
Thanks! The dr really threw me for a loop when he said that yesterday. I just want the correct treatment so that I can get better....
I am keeping my fingers crossed for you!...
So what the heck is going on with me??? The new dr says it would be very strange to have no signs at all of Crohn's show up if I did in fact have it. I am still feeling awful with pain after eating...
Thanks you guys! It's almost time for fun!...
Do any of you take your medicines when you are doing your prep for the colonoscopy? I can't remember if you are supposed to take medications the day before or not. All I remember is I have to be on...
Sorry. I can definitely sympathize. I was awake every 2 hours last night after not being able to fall asleep until after midnight and am exhausted this morning. Hope you get some sleep tonight!...
mtgman, i was just thinking along the same lines myself! How much are you on and how long? I have been on 40 for 1 month and I am going nuts. My poor family is too....
Oh no how terrible! I didn't think that I had psychosis, it was just that what the doctor said about it scared me....
Yes, that is the problem - I have been on 40 mg for a month now and I am going nuts!...
Thanks for all of the understanding! I just hate being so grumpy. It is completely different than my normal self and I am having really mean thoughts! I bought some (caffeine free of course) camomile...
Has anyone ever known someone to develop this??? I asked the doc about when I can ever get off the steroids because they are making me very irritable and he chuckled while telling my husband to watch...
I had my appointment today! I am really glad I went and wish I had sooner. I like Dr. Smallfield much better than my old GI. He is much, much more knowledgeable and sympathetic also. I do have to go...
Dr. Smallfield. I looked him up. He is the associate professor at Gastro I think so he should know what he is doing hopefully! Good luck to you! I hope we both get help there. As for me I am totally...
I seem to have come full circle and am just as bad as when the Crohn's first appeared in February. I went to the dr yesterday and waited almost 3 hours before even being seen. I called last week when...
I just made an appt for the Kirklin clinic at UAB for June 8. I hope I get some help there! I will let you know what I think of them!...
Iram, my GI did the same thing. Now I have to up my prednisone to 40 mg a day until I see him next week. Will I ever be off steroids???...
Thanks you guys. I have been trying just soup but that is not working. I am getting worse. This morning I was ok until I drank a mug of soup. 20 minutes later my intestines felt like they were on...
Congratulations!...
It started suddenly this afternoon - sharp stabbing pain in my right lower abdomen and I cannot eat anything without crying and curling up in a fetal position. I have been feeling badly this week...
Once I was on a high enough dose (extended release 3 times daily) I had relief within days, but it began to fade after a few months, then I had a terrible Crohn's disease flare and ended up in the...
I have Crohn's disease but have had the headache problem much longer than I have been diagnosed with Crohn's....
I can't even remember all of the medicines I have tried, but no triptans work for me. I have tried verapamil but it caused my BP to go down too low. It is a fairly common practice (at least in the...
I cannot tolerate my morning coffee anymore! I can't stay out of the bathroom all morning when I drink it. I guess I could switch to decaf but I really love my coffee! I have a big problem with...
I saw my dermatologist and asked him about the difference between a lupus butterfly rash and rosacea because I get a sunburn-like rash off and on that lasts for several hours or sometimes a day then...
Has anyone tried this for migraines? If so, how long did it take to start working and how well did it work? My dr started me on this. I have tried just about everything else so I am hoping this helps....
Ides, so sorry you are having to go through all of this. Hope you get to feeling better soon!...
I took it for migraines and hate it!! It gave me horrible nightmares! My dr just took me off of it and wrote it on my chart as an allergy. He says I should never take it again....
Tigerpawn - I live about an hour's drive from Birmingham so I have just been seeing local docs here in my town. I have considered going there though. Do you know if they are good there? I am sure...
I have a friend with psoriatic arthritis and it really affects him very badly sometimes. He gets the psoriasis all over though. He has been treated with steroids before and I think Humira. I would...
Thanks so much for all your replies! I feel better so far this morning... I think if I have one more death in the family I will need some type of medication for sure! My grandma (mother's mom) died...
Does being upset make anyone else's Crohn's symptoms a lot worse? I have been under a great deal of stress recently with finances, mortgage problems and with Mother's Day coming up it is making me...
Welcome! This group has been a great help to me with my tons of questions! Hope you feel better soon....
Thank you so much for your response. I am the same way, I cannot stand to sit. Last night every time I tried I would get sharp stabbing pain so I ended up lying in the floor in order to watch TV with...
I just posted and it was almost identical to this. I did not read this one first, sorry! It sounds like we are going through the same thing, except mine is in my lower back....
Hi. I have never posted on the RA board but I have on the Crohn's disease one. I have a new diagnosis of sacroiliitis and now possibly AS and one of the moderators over there suggested I come here...
Thank you!...
I just saw my orthopedic dr again today and got a steroid injection into my left SI joint for sacroiliitis (GI dr thinks due to Crohn's). I had the right one injected 1 week ago and it has helped a...
Yes, it was a steroid injection. I am supposed to see the dr again in 1 week for a re-check so I was hoping it would work sooner! Thanks....
I had one yesterday (sacroiliitis). I was just wondering how long it takes for them to kick in and how long you had relief....
I'm so sorry you are going through this. I hope you feel much better soon....
That sounds like a good idea. I will probably call the dr office tomorrow and ask them about it....
By the way, I forgot to mention that my gallbladder has been removed 5 yrs ago....
I have been having a problem with right upper abdominal pain for a while now, since before I was hospitalized last month. My GI doctor has never given me any explanation for it. Now that area is...
Who knows if I can get them to do anything. At this point I am just fed up. She said something about sclerosing of the SI joint and something about the joint space but I don't remember if it was...
I quit soon after I was diagnosed....
Well, the nurse was supposed to call me and let me know the results of the tests that I had done Friday. Since it is Wednesday I decided to call the office as I have not heard anything from them. I...