You're not alone. I've always wondered what the "mid-life blues" or "middle-aged crises" were all about. Well, I'm almost 40 now and it feels like my life is winding down. I live on the road in my...
I just recently started watching House and it's one of the few TV shows I like. I couldn't watch it before because I'm always on the road. But now you can watch it online at Fox on Demand....
I used to be in church where there was a lot of "positive thinking" and "spoken faith." I believe it is good to be positive and speak your faith out about situations, but it can be detrimental if it...
I had a bowel to skin fistula, from colon to stomach skin in the LRQ. I don't know which came first, the abscess or the fistula. I felt led to believe that the fistula sprung out of the abscess. They...
I agree with the above, try not to eat anything, except for liquids and I'm sure you already thought of getting an aisle seat if it was available....
I hope that you do well. If you don't get all the scopes and stuff now, a hospitalization down the road could cost you much more. A lot of medical bills can be paid month by month if you set up a...
I also thought my surgery was a failure because of this. I still don't know if the ileocecal valve was removed, but after some reading about the right hemicolectomy I had, it looks like it at least...
Good info belleenstein and dunny2....
It can happen. It's kind of like the "dry heaves" when you throw up but nothing comes out. I wouldn't know what to make of it, though, I imagine it is pretty annoying....
It's been almost two months for me and it's still a problem. I had half of my right colon removed. Questran seems to work better for me but sometimes I take Imodium also. I also started Humira...
Yes, hang in there. My stomach is doing okay right now, but I'm up and depressed about tomorrow which is today already....
Try going to India and living in an orphanage. Rice for dinner, rice for breakfast, rice for lunch. Rice, rice, rice! And you eat it with your hands. I was there in 2005 doing Tsunami relief before...
Yes, you will feel much better. If they do it laparoscopically, you may only be in the hospital for 5 days or less. I was back at work in 3 weeks which was fairly amazing considering I work long days...
I wish I could get that excited about surgery. Congratulations, I understand the anticipation since it will bring you much needed relief. I was in bad shape when I had my recent surgery but I still...
I thought this was about animals getting Crohn's. Not from us, of course, but I wonder if they can get it also through their genetics, bacteria, or whatever. But I'm also taking Humira and am not...
That sounds like what happened to me the first time I ever went to the hospital and found out I had Crohn's. But I was in there for 4 days before my temperature came down under 102. It was one of the...
My GI problems started after I drank some old stagnant water out of an old travel trailer water tank by accident and became very sick. Could have been the trigger, but who knows without the trigger...
Drink beer every night? Dang, I know this is a lifestyle of many college students, but I don't think I'd be so quick to say it hasn't effected your Crohn's. It sounds like you've had surgery before....
Isn't gluten in just about everything? For someone who travels for a living I think it would be difficult to maintain this diet....
All I had to do was the TB skin test for free at a local health clinic with doctor's prescription note. I started Humira last week with 4 "loading doses" and haven't noticed any improvement. But my...
They just had a special on Garrard during the pre-game show and talked to him about Crohn's. I didn't hear all of it but then they switched to talking about his family and asked him if he "changed...
Sorry to hear of your situation but you can be thankful you're able to get treated at such a premiere place like Johns Hopkins. I know that may be no consolation at this point, but maybe one upside....
Good news. I started Humira two days and hope to get the same result....
Sounds like you're doing really well CdnCrohnie. You'll be up and out of there in no time. Take it slow though when you get home. Oh yeah, I might add. The worst part for me was the IV pump beeping...
I also achieved "remission" on prednisone, but as soon as I came off of it all my symptoms returned. You can't stay on Pred forever. I remember I was just as excited as you are thinking it was all...
Sounds good to me....
Remicade has been shown to be successful in the closing of fistulas in some cases. I don't know the exact statistics. Last year I was given the option of going on Remicade, or surgery, but the...
I had a lap-right-hemi-colectomy (removal of half of my right colon laparoscopically) last November. Good advice from all the above. I also came across this article before I went in. It's about...
It must be an episode that is no longer available. People, don't waste your time, this show is lame....
You click the link that Chronie8 provided and then "Launch Player" and follow instructions to install the plug. When the player launches you'll have a choice of which show to pick. Click on Private...
My username. Don't do it....
I may have been thinking of another forum. I thought there had been a long thread about it here. Anyway, glad it's worked for you....
There have been numerous threads on this subject and apparently it does work for some and not for others. And some use it just for pain management. However, considering that it is illegal in most...
I was going to start a new thread asking how long people usually have D following a resection but it seems to be on a case-by-case basis and depends on what part was removed. I had what's called a...
Sorry to hear the surgery has not worked out so well for you. I had a resection, almost three weeks ago now, and my main problems are lethargy and loose stools/diarrhea. Other than that, I feel...
Hipsy- I didn't have any problems with any of the vaccines but I chose not to take the malaria pills so don't know about that. And I was not taking any Crohn's meds at the time. I was off the...
Thanks, good luck to you. The worst part is the 2-3 days immediately following the surgery, but you'll most likely have something like a "morphine pump" to help get through that time. The pain wasn't...
I have been to the Phillipines, India (humanitarian work), and Iraq (contractor) with Crohn's. My symptoms were not severe at the time but it was difficult in other regards, especially, in India...
I had a resection two weeks ago for the same thing. It's good if they are able to do it laparoscopically as this will lessen your recovery time and pain. I saw the surgeon yesterday, he took out the...
Thanks Sway, I thought about bringing it up when he came up to the room but thought it was best not to. And you're right, there is a good possibility he didn't recognize me in regular clothes...
I was in the hospital recently for a resection. On the fifth day I knew I was getting out because the surgeon had already told me. They took the IV out of my arm and I was basically just waiting to...
No bowel prep? I had a resection just over a week ago and it was emphasized to me how important the prep was, to get the bowels emptied before surgery. I had absolutely nothing to eat the day before,...
Good to hear you're doing so much better. I'm going to have a resection, in the same place, within a week or so. Mine is due to a fistula which has not healed properly. I'm curious, does anyone here...
My output is generally the yellowish pus-looking stuff and it doesn't smell like poop. I can't really describe the smell. Maybe kind of like vomit....
Sounds like a lot of eating going on. Be careful....
It's really important to keep the skin from breaking down, from what I was told. If it's draining a lot, you may want to change the bandage 3-4 times a day to clean the skin and put the skin barrier...
This is true. I had surgery for intestinal abscess drainage and enterocutaneous fistula (connecting to skin) management a couple of months ago. The surgeon left the stomach open so the fistula could...
Bizarre. Never heard of it....
I read the news link and wonder why this story didn't make the national news. I guess it's because there weren't people falling off of helicopters....
This is the important thing you need to remember. And it won't be cheap, so you need to plan on having enough money to cover it for the 2-3 months, or however long it takes for the insurance to take...