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dragonfly137927

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Allergic to Chicken?

I didnt read all the responses but your issue may be the FRIED part...with Crohn's that is a big no no friend foods are fatty foods therefore they are likely to cause issues...now say you bake it...

5/9/2012 3:02 PM

Allergies
Eye pain question

I have hay fever and I take singulair and flonase daily (I also have asthma and Crohn's migraines the list goes on)...but today I was on my PC typical post nasal drip etc then my left eye in the...

5/8/2012 10:03 PM

Allergies
scope and your period??

I have had the test while haivng my period it is no issue I do let them know when I get there thats about all GL...

4/2/2012 5:01 PM

Crohn's Disease
Entocort taper

I saw my GI yesterday and I have been on the entocort 9mg/day for 18 months now he wanted to taper me off in Sept but thats when the generic came out and due to that I began a flare so was put back...

3/27/2012 9:59 AM

Crohn's Disease
I dont have Cdiff but I have a questions about treatment

Yeah I hope I never end up with it so many horror stories I think at one point my dad got it while on ABs but not sure now... VRE was abad enough that was from my bowel perforation and multiple...

3/25/2012 1:58 PM

Crohn's Disease
I dont have Cdiff but I have a questions about treatment

I have been fortunate enough to never have had C Diff I have been tested and did have VRE which wasnt fun. My question is when Flagyl doesnt work for many of you who have had it the next course of...

Today 5:23 PM

Crohn's Disease
Wife w/Crohn's Experiencing Pain on Opposite Side, Stomach Bug? Scar tissue? something else??

I have been having "new pain" it is nerve type pain and feels like someone is pinching and twisting the area really hard. I think it is adhesions but being it is near my anastamosis and with my labs...

2/29/2012 12:50 PM

Crohn's Disease
Drinking?

I think in the past 3 years I may have had 12 drinks total (and usually dont even finish them when I have them or if like a fruity thing (pina coloda) I have the drink and I add 1/4 to 1/2 shot of...

2/22/2012 7:26 PM

Crohn's Disease
Drinking?

Alcohol has never bothered my CD granted I dont drink that often or very much when I do maybe will have 1 mikes hard lemonade and sip it over a cpl hrs there have been times I have been drunk but...

2/22/2012 1:02 PM

Crohn's Disease
Pentasa is a maintenance drug, right?

It is not only a maint drug I was on it in cobo with remi and imuran back in the day as treatment and am back on it since weekly Humira wasnt controlling my flares enough. That combo still wasnt the...

2/22/2012 10:56 AM

Crohn's Disease
Timelines after resectioning

I too had many issues but my ressection wasnt planned it was an emergency situation which was a snowball effect with complications etc. I still am flaring and have been out of 24 yrs with this DD I...

2/22/2012 10:54 AM

Crohn's Disease
Response time on review of SSD case (already getting SSD)

I was wondering if anyone here who is currently on or has been on SSD and then came the papers for your review on the case to see if you are still eligible. I got my paperwork back in the begining of...

2/21/2012 10:20 PM

Crohn's Disease
How long does it take for prednisone to clear your system?

I have been told once the taper is complete the side effects begin going away in about 1 week but the med isnt out of your system for 1 year..not sure how accurate that is but it was what I was told...

2/20/2012 11:36 AM

Crohn's Disease
Person with Crohn’s disease denied bathroom access

What boggles my mind is my Pharmacy who use to have a public restroom now has a big sign no Public restroom......

2/17/2012 5:30 PM

Crohn's Disease
How many hours of sleep do you find you need

I was wondering if anyone has found how long they need to sleep to not be exhausted upon waking etc and be able to make the day without a nap? Or if you nap how long is it and about how far into the...

2/17/2012 11:16 AM

Crohn's Disease
Oral Allergy Syndrome or now a true allergy?

I think that could be what happened razzle I am able to cut up fresh fruits and veggies without issues but celery has always been an issue for me my worst tree allergies are birch and oak. I remember...

2/16/2012 4:27 PM

Allergies
The mysterious wound on /next to the skin tags is back....

OK still trying to determine what this thing is that appears on occassion and in the same location. The description from my husband who looked at it said it looks kind of like a pimple but instead of...

2/15/2012 7:48 PM

Crohn's Disease
On SSD and just received my Medicare welcome package

I also am on OHP (medicaide in Oregon) I am on the low income plan they cover my monthly fee as well as copays for doctors. in addition I also have low in come Rx plan where for generics I pay 2.60 a...

2/15/2012 7:42 PM

Crohn's Disease
Crohn's and migraines and tension headaches

I am on muscle relaxers for a pinched nerve in my neck and my issue is I wake with them they even go so far recently as waking me up in the middle of the night. I was at one point on 100mg of elavil...

2/13/2012 10:19 PM

Migraine Headache
Migraine and Humira

anyone have issues with tension headaches and or migraines the day after your Humira? is there any thing you do to help prevent them? I am on Elavil already 25mg and it helps but not always...

2/9/2012 7:50 PM

Crohn's Disease
Crohn's and migraines and tension headaches

I was wondering if anyone here suffers often from both tension headaches and migraines due to Crohn's meds. I am on Elavil to help prevent the migraines as well as BCP for menstrual migraines I have...

2/9/2012 4:50 PM

Migraine Headache
Cold, Flu, and Infections Equal Some Flare Up

Mine are like that too, however when my colds settle in my chest (I also have asthma) I dont use my Humira until I feel better or a doc says it is now ok to use it. My GI heard my cough I had from a...

2/6/2012 10:08 PM

Crohn's Disease
Low grade fever after eating?

I was wondering if I am an oddball in this case. The past few days I have noticed more often I am having a low grade fever about 30 mins or so after eating. My cheeks get flushed etc. this happend...

1/30/2012 7:51 PM

Crohn's Disease
Oral Allergy Syndrome or now a true allergy?

I am on ASA drugs that include sulfites so I know I dont have a sulfite allergy, I checked all things from what I ate that day it is the only possible culprti sadly I do keep a food journal sicne I...

1/30/2012 1:56 PM

Allergies
For the ladies only...

Def not norm for me either if anything mine stops during then my only prob with increased freq was when i was on my first BCP then was placed on Pred for a flare I had to change my BCP since post...

1/30/2012 1:55 PM

Crohn's Disease
Oral Allergy Syndrome or now a true allergy?

if so it was near 20 hours later...

1/29/2012 10:20 PM

Allergies
OT: Read/ing any good books?

Reading Son of Stone atm by Stuart Woods next either a connelly or Patterson...

1/29/2012 7:41 PM

Crohn's Disease
Oral Allergy Syndrome or now a true allergy?

I made some homemade chicken soup yesterdaay. I have OAS and have found with me I know how cooked the veggie ro fruit has to be so I do not have a reaction. When I react not only do I get the itching...

1/29/2012 1:15 PM

Allergies
right side sore after a turkey/ham sandwich..really??

I know the generic entocort gave me an issue I am still on it however the GI put me back on imuran to try and get me off the entocort....

1/29/2012 1:06 PM

Crohn's Disease
Riot's Mark Reale

it definitly is too hard to say one way or another what may or may not have contributed either way still stinks and makes you wonder I know at times they have had to switch my meds due to liver...

1/27/2012 6:28 PM

Crohn's Disease
Riot's Mark Reale

Just looked up some info it didnt specify what meds he was on but it said unknown to him the meds were damaging his liver "Mark has been dealing with Crohn's disease for over 30 years, over that time...

1/27/2012 4:30 PM

Crohn's Disease
Riot's Mark Reale

I do now know what treatment he was on but the article I read said that he had complications with his CD treatment but the biologics do have a very rare potential for the type of hemorrhage he...

1/27/2012 4:25 PM

Crohn's Disease
no period, infertile?

I am on the pill and have been sicne I was 21. Prior to that I was a very heavy bleeder. I had to ahve 4 suergeries for my CD back in 07/08 and since then ahve been very irregular skip every other...

1/27/2012 12:57 PM

Crohn's Disease
obstruction

I sure hope the stretchign works for you keeping you in my thoughts...

1/27/2012 12:52 PM

Crohn's Disease
Riot's Mark Reale

If you read some of the articles it states he had issues with treatment for his CD there is a 0.10% chance of that hemorrhage on Remi and 0.07% chance on Humira and even lower incidence the longer...

1/27/2012 11:52 AM

Crohn's Disease
help needed: entocort & azatioprin = decreasced WBC

I would contact your doc and maybe your Primary doc as well when mine dropped to low they had me go to a hematologist who monitored my labs and mine was so low they were about ready to do a bone...

1/24/2012 8:54 PM

Crohn's Disease
i'd be completely scr***d

I saw that yesterday she gives them a prize at the end of the week if they ahve leftover passes, screw that!...

1/20/2012 11:19 AM

Crohn's Disease
question for those who have a bad infection while on one of the biologics-did you go back on it?

I had mono 1 month after strep while on Humira and yes I went back on after it cleared...

1/20/2012 11:18 AM

Crohn's Disease
Bruise on injection site from Humira

I dont use my abdomen or the pen however I have used the pen in the past I currently use the syringe. With the pen as long as you keep the area pinched during the injection you should be fine. I do...

1/18/2012 4:14 PM

Crohn's Disease
possible adhesion pain or CD even the doc doesnt know

Wondered if maybe go back on Neurontin IDK if that would help though...

1/18/2012 3:10 PM

Crohn's Disease
possible adhesion pain or CD even the doc doesnt know

Thanks nanners I just wish there was a way to diagnose what this was the pain is so intense it will bring me from a standing position to curled in a ball instantly I mean I have had a total of 6...

1/18/2012 3:08 PM

Crohn's Disease
possible adhesion pain or CD even the doc doesnt know

My GI , who I saw today I mentioned to him the pain I have been having the nerve type pain that feels like a pinching twisting and not int he norm area. He said well you do have a lot of adhesions...

1/18/2012 1:18 PM

Crohn's Disease
Portland Oregon area GI and colorectal surgeon

I found my GI (I am 4 hrs south of you though) through my GP that I got by finding who my insurance would cover for me my closest colorectal surgeon I find my doing a search is in northern CA for me...

1/18/2012 1:12 PM

Crohn's Disease
Roaming pain question (gut to joints)

hmm I was on asulfadine for yrs and am on Pentasa atm which is in the same family the asulfadine gave me horrid migraines I still get them on Pentasa just not as often (and I take Elavil to help...

1/17/2012 11:33 AM

Crohn's Disease
Roaming pain question (gut to joints)

Last night I was not doing well my stomach was hurting so badly that I gave in to take a pain pill (I norm hold back if it is after 7pm if I have any intention of sleep since narcotic meds make me...

1/17/2012 10:55 AM

Crohn's Disease
First ever resection Friday night..was emergency

I have noticed that I have had to try my old safe foods in small doses since my emergency surgeries (ended up with 4 all in all in 12 months) some that I use to be able to handle no prob are now huge...

1/16/2012 11:36 PM

Crohn's Disease
Flu shots !

yes we with CD especially those of us who are on immunospurpressants are in the category for high risk ensure if you get a flu shot get the shot that is the dead virus not the live virus...

1/13/2012 10:32 PM

Crohn's Disease
TB test

Hello all, I had my annual PPD today aka TB test. It hurt as she injected more than I remember and I have a blood blister at the injection site and my arm is kind of sore anyone ever have that happen...

1/13/2012 4:40 PM

Crohn's Disease
Gall Bladder removal and Crohn's..are they related?

I had heartburn issues for many years then I happened to have symptoms of menengitis while a Sr in college (at that point I had CD for 10 yrs and been on Imuran almost as long) They went in and found...

1/12/2012 11:12 PM

Crohn's Disease
gas odor

Ok I am lactose intoelrant like many of us and I do notice the pungant aroma amd that coincides with pain however there are times I have no "known" dairy products and it has the same aroma yet the...

1/11/2012 11:28 PM

Crohn's Disease
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