Thanks for all your support. I do think maybe I'll try to find an accupuncturist to help me out right now. I used one in the past and it did help. Thanks for reminding me. All and all I'm not doing...
I know this will not sound good to you but I am so happy to hear that someone has my exact symptoms. I had the sypmtoms long before I knew I had Chron's. I found out for me the best I could do in...
I visited here a lot back in 08 the beginning. I had moved to Texas shortly after being diagnosed and was having difficulty finding a Gastro doc like the one I had in Indiana who was great. Well, I...
You all make me feel so good! I've actually starting to tell people I wasn't born blonde I had to dye my hair to fit my personality. I feel like such an air head. Wrong words come out of my mouth at...
My last post was sort of *****y, I saw as I re read it. Anyone that was around last year when I was posting could probably see I was stuggling with this diagnosis. I was so happy when I was able to...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif I'm sure I'm not the first so hopefully some of you can help me with this. I was here last year about this same time with a new diagnosis of Crohn's. Well I moved...
Been a smoker for almost 40 years. Ihave tried to quit numerous times and even made it 4 months one time and had completely quit at that time. But I'm a stress smoker so when I get stressed I pick it...
Thanks for the replies! A friend asked a doc she knows and he told her that it could still be a stone even though it didn't show up on the CT. So hopefully the doc tomorrow will be willing to do a...
I haven't posted in awhile except I did go to the depression page and post there a couple of times. Monday evening I went to the ER (couldn't get in to see a doc) because of that right midabdominal...
This thread is just what I needed today. I had been doing pretty well and feeling like remission might be getting close, then Texas found a class C misdameanor on my criminal background check from...
I have been in recovery for 16 years now. We even have more in common than that I have Crohn's and that is where I usually post. I can remember when I stopped doing the alcohol and drugs it was very...
Thank's for the replies. I have not felt this depressed in 15 years. I'm sure it is partially the crohns and then I have this other thing going on with my nursing license and changing states....
I have had docs go both ways with me. One says stay away from fiber and one says I should take fiber. So at the present time I'm taking a fiber tablet every morning and 2 stool softners at night...
M...Memories of life before Crohn's A...Any time now, I'd like to feel normal R... Ranting doesn't help but I do feel better afterwards I...Imagine feeling good for more than a week or 2....
I am a regular member on the Crohn's forum after being diagnosised earlier this year. Just getting that diagnosis has increased my depression. I have been on Prozac for years along with Buspar for...
It is always hard to hear anything bad about our children and I'm sorry for your pain. I do know that things are much better now for delayed children than they used to be as evidenced by the early...
I am so so sorry for your loss. As others have said you are an inspiration to us all. May you find the things you need at this time to sustain you and if there is anything we can do please don't...
Hope all goes well for you this week yoga. I know how frustrating it can be, still not sure what my problem is other than I feel I could go nuts before any one else figures it out. Keep us informed!...
Glad your home and no surgery necessary. Hope your feeling more like your old self soon. I think at times we are all a little confusing to the docs just cause it case seems to be so indiviualized. I...
Just as everyone else as said MRSA is nothing to mess around with. As far as C-Diff that is how I finally came to get a Crohn's diagnosis. They thought I had C-diff from being in the hospital with...
I think most people (bosses) especially nurses are understanding of preexsisting appts. And most know what it is like trying to get in to see a specialist these days. Good luck with the new job and...
Well, I spent the last 2 weeks on the lake with my husband daughter and 2 granddaughters. Had a wonderful time felt good and only a little discomfort or D. Today I'm up getting ready for a day at the...
Sorry to hear your news Matthew, it's hard to feel old beyond your years. At least knowing it can be treated. What are they going to do about the stone? Keep us informed and know we are here for you....
I do have pain in those areas and have yet to figure out why and as with you the GI docs don't seem to think much of it. I had my gallbladder removed even though all test were negative thinking it...
I'm pretty new at all this myself but there is a test called Prometheus test that can diffentiate between IBS, Crohn's and Ulcertive Colitis. Might be worth asking for....
It just sort of happened, I realized this weekend as we were staying in a cabin on the lake, jet skiing, fishing, boating that I must be getting better. I was actually able to do all those things...
Pfanner is in Temple and suppose is suppose to be really good but getting in to see him is another story. I was scheduled with him months in advanced and then got changed to a different doc for an...
You just made my day! Charlotte...
OK! Last week I posted that I have finally come to accept that I have this disease and I have been trying to have a change in my thinking which has really been working well for me. Today I got a call...
Congrats! I know that is a relief, scarey stuff isn't? I know I was so relieved when my doc called and said it did not look like cancer. She actually said it looked like pneumonia but since I didn't...
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif Yeah!! I am so happy for you I know what a relief it must be. Sounds like your going in the right direction. Keep us posted!...
I have worked in Oncology before and I can tell you that most people who get the port are very happy with it. Like someone said I think it beats the heck out of multiple sticks, blown veins and the...
Giffo, So sorry to hear things are going this poorly for you right after a surgery. Please know that we are all here for you, I know that isn't the same as having a loved one there for you but at...
Congrats to you, some nasty stuff isn't it, can't wait till I can post the same I just had to go back up from 10 to 40mg a day. I'm wondering it I'll ever get off it but you give me hope....
Thank you for thinking of me but I haven't had my gallbladder for over a year now. It may have been a problem at that time or it may have been Crohn's they ended up taking my gallbladder out due to...
Teddybear, I did talk to the doctor about Humira and until they get the pictures from the Austin doc and try increasing the Imuran that went from 50 to 100mg a day they don't want to do anything...
Songstress, My heart goes out to you, I know you've probably read some of my post and I'm going through some of the same stuff only somewhat different. I don't have bone pain but I have adominal pain...
I don't know what it is either but I have that same pain quite often. If and when you find out let me know. My docs have said nothing about it....
Well, I went to bed last night and prayed for all of us as I do. This morning I woke up with the word surrender in my head with the knowledge that I need to do that with this disease. I'm hard headed...
Thank you all for your replies, I think knowing we all go through the same kind of things but in our indiviual ways as mom of two angles pointed out, helps more than anything in the world. My husband...
Pfanner is in with Winn, Winn called this morning and told me could get me in at 11, I said great I would be there. She was very nice but the first thing she told me was I had to quit smoking right...
Yes, I was hopitalized for having 20+ BM's a day. At first they thought it was C-diff because I had been on multiple drugs from a melanomana they removed a couple of months before and then had...
Well, I went to Austin today for my colonoscopy so hoping they would find the problem and be able to start treating me with new meds so I could start feeling better. What my husband heard was that...
Bane, I've been doing a lot of research and so far the worst thing I've heard about the humira injection is the sting as it goes in and some soreness at the site afterwards. I've been reading that...
Just wanted to ditto what everyone else has said. I just recently moved to a different state and job. I had to carry COBRA for 2 months until the new insurance kicked in. Just as everyone else said I...
I just finished reading the phos soda post and I wish mine could have been that easy. This is the worst pred I've ever had to do. I started this afternoon with 4 ducolax laxatives, then an hour later...
I not only bruise easily I get the type of places that people on coumadin get. The large blood blister looking things. It can be the lightest touch and my arms are just covered with them. I'm...
Hi Randy, I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. I have also just posted recently that when I had a CT of abdomen several spots showed up on the RLL. Freaked me out!! Went and had a specific chest...
We are all here for you. This is such a wonderful place to feel supported and be understood. I know I have depression and am new to this area and know nobody except my family and can't say to much at...