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rkilcher25

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7/6/2006 4:00 PM
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muscle cramping and soreness

anytime i have an extra bad crohn's day (increased pain, diaherra etc). within 24 hours i get a muscle cramp in my butt and my legs start aching. it usually happens in the evening and goes all night....

7/26/2008 7:19 AM

Crohn's Disease
anal sore

i have had a small white sore on my butt crack above my anus for a while. it hurts especially when i sit on the toliet (due to pulling on it if i sit wrong) or when wiping. it hasn't gotten any...

7/25/2008 9:40 AM

Crohn's Disease
woman fistula question help help help

right now i'm on entercort and pentasa but i have been on antibotics for the previous fistulas and they were corrected with surgery but they always came back-- minus the last surgery...although...

4/20/2008 9:34 AM

Crohn's Disease
woman fistula question help help help

thanks sammies, fallcolors, well with me i stayed in the hospital over night, and honestly that surgery was the least painful, but that's not how it's supposed to be and they say it's the most...

4/20/2008 7:06 AM

Crohn's Disease
woman fistula question help help help

hey there. i have had several peri-anal fistula's. right now they are gone, but i was having weird pains by my crotch (sorry to be so explicate) so i got a mirror and looked down there. anyways i saw...

4/19/2008 11:26 PM

Crohn's Disease
anal fistula and temp-ilestomy

i was wondering if reoccuring anal fistula's can be cured by doing an temporary ilestomy (sorry if spelled wrong) i've had 4 surgeries already including advancment flap and fistulotomy and c-tons put...

1/23/2008 11:26 AM

Crohn's Disease
sharp searing pain in upper center of abdomen

yeah actually when i was diagnosed 3 years ago they did a scope and i had the crohn's in my stomach and duodeum....maybe i need another scope down there again. I too have had the pain before but it's...

12/14/2007 6:39 AM

Crohn's Disease
sharp searing pain in upper center of abdomen

hey guys i've been gone for a while due to having fistomomy surgery but i'm back again =] new problem though....twice last night i was laying on the couch and all of a sudden I had throw up in my...

12/14/2007 5:41 AM

Crohn's Disease
NSAID evil.Is it link to Chron's?

don't quote me but i think that anyone can have problems taking those, especially people with stomach problems of any kind, crohn's, ibs, stomach ulcers etc. i don't think that would be a defining...

11/30/2007 6:32 AM

Crohn's Disease
Endoscopy

yeah i've had it twice and i don't remember anything, it's the same as the colonscopy....the first time i had a sore throat afterwards for about a day but the second time i was fine....

11/27/2007 1:34 PM

Crohn's Disease
i just want to say thanks to entercort

i've been diagnosed with crohn's for 3 years and the whole time been extremely stubborn about taking my meds and being pro active. This is the first time since then that i've actually taken my meds...

11/24/2007 6:05 PM

Crohn's Disease
Night Sweats

yeah, i too had the night sweats off and on. i would check my temp before going to bed, in the middle of the night, and in the morning. all came back normal. (i kept track of temp to find out if that...

11/23/2007 7:05 PM

Crohn's Disease
fistulotomy surgery questions

from my understanding the surgery is where they core out the muscle/skin that's inbetween the fistula and the butt hole, so yeah you will have a gaping hole that needs to be packed. I'm really...

11/21/2007 7:56 PM

Crohn's Disease
fistulotomy surgery questions

I am having a fistulotomy surgery next week for an anal fistula. how much pain will i be in afterwards and for how long? how about the packing (gauze) what will that be like and drainage? i am soooo...

11/21/2007 4:55 PM

Crohn's Disease
can u beat my record for peri-anal fistulas? You could win a prize!!!

ahh i'm close to you. I've had 3 fistula's 3 surgeries and about to have number 4 surgery on it. They suck so bad and yes it's hurts down there (i too have a seton in right now). the drainage and...

11/18/2007 7:32 AM

Crohn's Disease
anyone had the plug or glue for fistula

Thanks for the replies, But what I really want to know is how painful are either of these procedures. thanx...

11/16/2007 6:43 AM

Crohn's Disease
anyone had the plug or glue for fistula

bump...

11/15/2007 7:41 PM

Crohn's Disease
anyone had the plug or glue for fistula

I just saw my gi today, and he's referring me to see a new surgeon. He's suggesting that i try the plug or fiberin glue surgery for my fistula. Has anyone had either of these? I see the surgeon on...

11/15/2007 1:10 PM

Crohn's Disease
How may have Medic Alert?

how do you get one. do you have to get it from your doc or order it online. When i googled medic alert bracelet and went to the website, i didn't see one for crohn's....

11/15/2007 8:16 AM

Crohn's Disease
Colonscopy Prep Suggestions?????

i took the pills last time too. they were called osmo-prep. But you need a prescript ion and they don't come generic so i had to pay a bundle but it was worth it....

11/14/2007 5:54 AM

Crohn's Disease
please help, bump on butt

thanx for the replies!! do new fistula's pop up right next to each other? I mean this bump is right next to the opening of the current one. will that just make the fistula i have now wider?...

11/13/2007 6:19 PM

Crohn's Disease
please help, bump on butt

md dave, are you saying that the small bump is an abscess? sorry i'm not sure what you meant. can Abscess' be that small and leak clear fluid? I would have thought that the fistula i have now (has...

11/13/2007 5:16 PM

Crohn's Disease
please help, bump on butt

Sorry for the repeat post but this is driving me crazy. I have a small pink pimple looking sore on my butt right next to my fistula. When my friend pushed on it, clear fluid came out but it is still...

11/13/2007 2:09 PM

Crohn's Disease
Question: How to explain how we feel to our spouses/sig others?

my husband is pretty good about being sympatheic but like everone else said he can never fully understand, and neither can anyone else unless you are experiencing it yourself. I am really more hard...

11/13/2007 7:02 AM

Crohn's Disease
peri anal abscess?

thanx for the replies, i'm still not sure if it's an abscess or not. the bump is so small and it leaked clear fluid when pressed, which i'm not sure if that normal for an abscess. i have this dread...

11/12/2007 6:07 PM

Crohn's Disease
peri anal abscess?

oh sorry forgot to add that i'm having decent amount of lower stomach pain today and terrible body aches, but that may or may not be related...

11/12/2007 1:48 PM

Crohn's Disease
peri anal abscess?

what does an peri-anal abscess look like? (the kind on the skin). I have a fistula with a seton that's giving me pain but now there's a pink to reddish colored bump next to the fistula opening. It...

11/12/2007 1:47 PM

Crohn's Disease
fistula problem....should i go to er?

okay, i posted earlier but no anwser's yet. I've have a seton in for an anal fistula since may. Friday i started having a decent amount of blood coming out of it, that has never happened before. I...

11/11/2007 9:50 AM

Crohn's Disease
What do you eat for breakfast?

nothing lol...

11/10/2007 11:35 AM

Crohn's Disease
For the women.... stomach cramps/menstrual cramps???

i think for me the worse part is having the period cramps on top of crohn's crampy pain. it's like a double whammy. since the pains are both in the same area, it's twice as bad. i'm just starting...

11/9/2007 10:28 AM

Crohn's Disease
help blood and anal fistula

also i have a low grade fever-forgot to throw that in....

11/9/2007 7:56 AM

Crohn's Disease
help blood and anal fistula

i've had a anal fistula with a seton in for a while. Today when i went to the bathroom, there was blood on the toliet paper, so i bent over with a mirror and checked it out. There is blood coming out...

11/9/2007 6:34 AM

Crohn's Disease
Here is a question

yes, twice. My first colonscopy showed crohn's in my ileum. The past two scopes (one each year) have showed normal, althought my endoscopies showed inflammation. I had severe symptoms during both of...

11/2/2007 5:46 PM

Crohn's Disease
Treatment of Fistulas

i've had terrible time with anal fistula's so i defenitly feel for you. My Gi doc referred me to a colo. rectal surgeon and she has been taking care of trying to treat them. You really should have...

11/2/2007 1:27 PM

Crohn's Disease
I HATE it when the GI adds "IBS" to the mix!!!

i've had the same problem...had a colonscopy with terrible pain and diaherra and it showed up fine so he said i must have ibs on top of crohn's. I know the scope can only go up so far, so i was...

11/2/2007 1:23 PM

Crohn's Disease
Good days/bad days with flares?

this is the exact question i never really understood or got anwsered. A little background: in august i had about 2 weeks of straight diaherra, pain etc. I didn't see the GI until September and in the...

11/1/2007 6:08 AM

Crohn's Disease
why is the pain worse at night?

I am worse in the mornings then at night. Maybe it just depends on what you are eating at what time. I stay up late and eat so I suppose that's why I get it in the mornings. But everyone is different....

11/1/2007 5:52 AM

Crohn's Disease
what actually causes the pain???

i get gas pain separately too. But when the cramping comes, i can just lay back and feel the pain as the poo moves down. then i gotta go. But like i said, it's with formed poo too, which sucks cuz it...

10/30/2007 1:01 PM

Crohn's Disease
what actually causes the pain???

just curious, but even when i have normal poop (not diaherra) i still get the bad cramps before having to go. That is the only constant with me. Once I go I am fine, of course, if I have to go...

10/30/2007 5:11 AM

Crohn's Disease
newly dx

Sorry to hear that you have crohn's. Its actually not that uncommon, i think about 1 million americans have ibd, split between ulcertive coltis and crohn's, people just don't talk about it that much...

10/25/2007 7:51 PM

Crohn's Disease
muscle pain and aches

alright, i asked this a little while ago but never really got a clear anwser. With crohn's everyone is always talking about joint pain. Now, for instance, today I have had alot of knee pain and back...

10/25/2007 5:45 PM

Crohn's Disease
Is it just me?????

i have read many posts about people showing up fine on colonscopies and then later having another test ex:camera pill and tons of stuff showing up. I'm a perfect canidate for that seeing as though...

10/25/2007 5:38 PM

Crohn's Disease
rectal pain

what kind of pain is it? Is it a sore, achy feeling, stabbing or does it just hurt after going diaherra???...

10/24/2007 5:09 AM

Crohn's Disease
help help help possible fistula again

prednisone, cipro, prevaid, pentasa and some pain meds. It's funny about the bath thing cuz last night i took a hot bath and it was after that, that i noticed it. Now this morning the bulging tract...

10/21/2007 6:21 AM

Crohn's Disease
help help help possible fistula again

Okay i have had fistula's pop open 3 times. But unfortunetly, i have never seen what it looked like before it popped open. I have a seton in right now, but with pain in my rectum for a while, i have...

10/20/2007 7:26 PM

Crohn's Disease
Bathroom question

for me too it is worse in the mornings. it happens more so for me that i can have one terrible day of diaherra and next day not as bad...

10/20/2007 5:22 PM

Crohn's Disease
Fistula symptoms

This is just a guess but it sounds like you prob. had some inflammation in your rectum and when it healed it thickened up due to scar tissue. It's good that you don't have any fistula or abcess cuz...

10/20/2007 6:58 AM

Crohn's Disease
Need Opinions please. What would you do???? Rectal abscess/fistula

i never had the plug but I did have the advancement rectal flap surgery which where they cut out a flap out of your rectum and cover the hole on the inside. The surgeon was leery of doing it. I think...

10/19/2007 8:20 AM

Crohn's Disease
Need Opinions please. What would you do???? Rectal abscess/fistula

i have had alot of problems with abcesses and fistulas. Just closing up the fistula is very tricky. I have had 3 surgeries trying to get rid of mine and nothing has worked and that's why i have a...

10/19/2007 4:48 AM

Crohn's Disease
is this joint pain???

I posted over on the fibro. forum but didn't get much response, so I will ask here. When everyone talks about joint pain are you talking about your actual joints??? For a while I have had extreme...

10/18/2007 6:11 PM

Crohn's Disease
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