I have tried weight watchers before but it never really worked for me so i joined slimming world instead. its a great diet plan and it does work brilliantly for alot of people and it is working for...
Hi its been a while since i posted on here. i have a question, it might seem a little odd. well it all starts because i was on pred for a long time and put alot of weight on with it. i have been off...
hi there i havent posted on here in a while because i have been doing really well. well here is my experience. i have crohns disease too.was diagnosed in march 2007 and was put on pred straight away....
hi partygirl i went through near enough the same thing as you when i got sick. i have been with me boyf six years this year. we are not married or anything but have been together since we were...
if people aren't talking about us because we are too fat, then they talk about us because we are too thin! can we ever really win with the "normal people". why do they have to talk about somebody in...
thank you all for your replies on this subject. it is greatly appreciated. it really shouldnt have to be this hard to lose weight for anybody not just crohnies but we cant have it all can we! if only...
Hi /community/emoticons/smile.gif i was just wondering wether anybody here has come across a diet for crohnies that can help with losing weight? ive searched everywhere on the net and cant find a...
Hi i am on pentasa 8 500mg a day. i started taking them when i knew i was having a flare. my crohn's is in my rectum but i did have it in my ileium until i had a resection. since taking the pentasa...
hi melpa. i dont know where you live but here in uk they wont reverse an ileostomy for at least 3 months. most people wait 6 months depending on the severity of why you had the ileostomy in the first...
glad bag: i have crohns disease thats why i had the surgery. ive had crohns now for just over a year so things happened pretty quickly for me. also i had a regular reversal not a j pouch. Angela:im...
hello everyone. i was reading some of your posts and thought i would post my own experience on here for you. well i had a reversal in april of this year and i feel great. i had the feeling of not...
hey shellz /community/emoticons/smile.gif i am 20 years old too. i was on pred for about 7-8 months and put on loadsa weight. they gave me stretch marks nearly everywhere. arms, breasts, hips,...
hey /community/emoticons/smile.gif when i was first diagnosed with crohns i had the pain on the right side of my abdomen. it was there twenty four seven and no matter how many pain killers i took...
hey i had my reversal surgery on april 4th. now i am doing great. my bowels are still settling down and id say you can expect to go six times a day at least. that was what it was like in my...
hey everyone not been on for a while but im back! /community/emoticons/smile.gif right ill get to the point. what are fissures ,fistulas, perianal vaginal fistulas? i know i may sound really stupid...
hello jannett. i had an ileostomy for 8 months and i had my reversal surgery 3 weeks ago. the surgery was a successs but while i was in hospital i caught the c.diff bug which made me very ill. i am...
thanks] everything and you are all so great!! angel /community/emoticons/smile.gif [/color]...
[color=purple>hey] just wondered if anybody had any last minute advice? what would help me make a faster recovery? that sort of thing! [img]/community/emoticons/smile.gif [color=#800080> thanks...
hello gail. i no it seems strange that they are reversing my ileostomy while i still have active disease, but they are happy to do it and if they are happy to do it then i wont stop them!...
hello val. i havent had CD for very long but almost immediatley after being diagnosed i was put on pred. well all i can say is that i hate the drug. it never did anything for me but made me put on...
thanks fire medic. i think i did read that actually but i cant quite remember so ill just have to read it again!lol. im not on any meds at the mo but i havent been in any pain since i had my last op....
thank you all for your replies. CD is such a wonderful thing hey!lol it was the pain that got me most with this disease. i had it 24/7 and never got any relief. i never had very frequent bowel...
thank you to you all for your advice and your own experiences im sure they will benefit me. im not on any medication at the moment for the active part. it isnt causing me any pain but surely they...
i have CD in my rectum and abit further up in my large bowel. i had it in the ileum but that was taken away along with some of my large bowel on that side. cant quite remember how much. just know...
in my last surgery i ended up with a temp ileostomy so havent been in pain since then. its been great and now this op is for my reversal and im really nervous. i still have active disease in my...
thank you peggy. your definatley right there. once you have had those symptoms you can never forget what it feels like! im still adjusting to my life with CD and i dont doubt that i have alot yet to...
hello ive just come across this site and wondering why i never found it sooner. you are all so supportive of each other and i think thats great! i was diagnosed with CD last year in march just before...
thank you very much nanners....
thank you for that. i was put on pred but nothing else to try and sort the pain but they did nothing at all! all they managed to do was make me put weight on. i am going into hospital for another op...
hello everybody i'm still relativley new to chron's disease. i was diagnosed with chrons disease just over a year ago and a lot has happened in the last year that im still trying to get my head...