There's only one food I break my rules for (rarely). Twice baked potato soup from Charleston's. It's a problem because i'm doing no-fiber and the potatoes still have the skin on them. I only break...
Thanks for the reponses. I hate this disease. I've been symptom-free (not in remission, but not suffering) for almost a year and I booked a trip for next week out of country and what do you know, my...
I know that many of you have experienced blockages. Is it intense pain or does it creep up on you?...
Scopes suck. Prep sucks more. Some preps are slightly better on the disgusting scale than others though. * OsmoPrep - tablets! So much better than drinking anything. Still tastes horrid. * Fleets...
I saw a post where several people were using Align probiotics. I thought I would give them a try (as a cheaper alternative to my Flora Q2) - and saw that Drugstore.com currently has a $5 off coupon...
Oh Vicky, that stinks - you must have thought you were falling to pieces! I see you have type 2 (metformin gives it away). I thought that a lot of people might have Type 1 seeing as it's another...
It's very interesting to hear about everyone's first symptoms - thank you all for your responses :)...
Hi Gemma, I just wanted to say good luck and I hope that the steroids work for you this time. If they don't, keep on at your doctors until they give you a better treatment. Please don't wait until...
I guess I'm the first person replying who had a bad experience with Remicade... First infusion went fine, in fact, it may have made my CD a little better after just one infusion. I was extremely sick...
Once I was diagnosed, I could attribute just about everything that had ever been wrong with me to CD. I guess the main first symptom was waking up one morning (several years before diagnosis) and not...
I also got a few headaches on Humira - nothing like what you're describing though. I hope that you feel better soon....
I developed type 1 diabetes (insulin dependant, auto-immune) after using prednisone/entocort for 3 months. Please, if you're on steroids, keep an eye on your blood glucose. It double-sucks. You don't...
I think iron can cause constipation. That said, I have been taking it for months and I think it actually helps if your BM's are loose....
Is there any way other than a scope to know if you have inflammation? I feel like I'm doing OK. Sometimes wake up with sacroiliac pain. Often have gas but nothing like the enraged roaring monster...
I use Flora-Q2 which has 16 billion. Very, expensive though at $50 per 30 capsules. It works though!...
LondonRed - sounds like taking some iron might speed some things up for you. You'll feel a lot better when your Hb is up around 12, even if you don't feel 'bad' at 9.8....
Oh, you poor thing. I thought I had it bad when my Hb was 6.2. Unfortunately, the iron infusions (in my experience) only give a slow response. I think that my Hb went up by only around 0.4 per week....
LOL, this post is fun (and yet not really funny, you know what I mean). My office has only a handful of women. So that I could be anonymous, I used to get on the elevator and go to the restroom on a...
Hi everyone, I am new here. I was diagnosed with CD 2 years ago, not long after the birth of my son. So, pretty common I believe, none of the typical drugs do anything good for me. In fact, steroids...