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Styx

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Styx
Profile Created
6/1/2007 9:11 AM
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How does prednisone work?

Hi, Let me go a few levels deeper (possibly deeper than you'd like, but if so just ignore me!) As stated earlier in this forum, we're not exactly sure how corticosteroids work to suppress the human...

6/22/2010 8:44 AM

Ulcerative Colitis
Controlling Sinusitis with Entocort?

Thanks for the responses! Unfortunately, my problems are unquestionably sinus related. Mucus. You can sum up my problems in one word. Mucus. It's absolutely everywhere. I spend 2 hours in the shower...

11/6/2008 4:45 PM

Crohn's Disease
Controlling Sinusitis with Entocort?

Hello all, its been a long time since I have posted. This forum really helped me get through the summer of '07, and I am extremely grateful for the support I received. Battling a chronic disease is...

11/6/2008 3:01 PM

Crohn's Disease
Read this letter from my doctor

Could someone help me understand what a nonspecific biopsy is?...

10/10/2007 10:43 PM

Crohn's Disease
Read this letter from my doctor

Ok good. I thought I was starting to lose my mind. Thanks for yalls responses. Regardless of what my CDAI is, I'm in a lot of pain everyday. I am currently on entocort. It hasn't done a damn bit of...

10/10/2007 10:41 PM

Crohn's Disease
Read this letter from my doctor

By the way, another doctor is ready to put me on Imuran :)...

10/10/2007 10:10 PM

Crohn's Disease
Read this letter from my doctor

Just when I was starting to accept my Crohn's diagnosis, I receive a letter from a panel of GI doctors who agreed to study my "inconclusive" case. This is 7 years after my original diagnosis. What am...

10/10/2007 10:08 PM

Crohn's Disease
Liver Enzymes Elevated???

Thanks guys... always appreciate the support I get at healingwell :) I'll let yall know how things go!...

9/24/2007 9:54 PM

Crohn's Disease
Liver Enzymes Elevated???

Hey guys, I just had some blood work done and its showing that some of my liver enzymes are elevated. I'm scheduled for some more blood work and a hepatic ultrasound. What could this be from? The...

9/24/2007 11:01 AM

Crohn's Disease
AS and Crohn's back pain... whats the difference?

Ok thanks guys... cbk you are right. We are decided between more than just AS and Crohn's :) My doctors have no clue whats going on but I believe it to be Crohn's at least for now....

9/23/2007 4:11 PM

Crohn's Disease
AS and Crohn's back pain... whats the difference?

Hey guys, I realized recently that during each of my flares I tend to have lower back pain. Should I be checked for AS or is this just a part of Crohn's? The back pain is annoying but it fades with...

9/22/2007 2:02 PM

Crohn's Disease
Joint Swelling and Mesalamine

Well good news, issue resolved. Just as quick as it came upon the dose increase, it faded with the dose decrease. The join pain, rashes, and swelling is gone, but not I'm left with deciding whether I...

9/21/2007 2:11 PM

Crohn's Disease
What is this pain?

Actually, sort of... but does it hurt? For me the pain can range from a little annoying to the worst Crohn's pain I have ever had (keep in mind I haven't ever really had a horrible flare. Never been...

9/21/2007 2:09 PM

Crohn's Disease
Pick your poison: Colon, SB or Both :)

prefer was probably a poor choice in wording :)...

9/21/2007 12:45 PM

Crohn's Disease
Pick your poison: Colon, SB or Both :)

wow I didn't realize that pb4... and you're not on immunosuppressents??? I'm impressed. I'm thinking I might try some of the natural remedies you have....

9/21/2007 12:44 PM

Crohn's Disease
Pick your poison: Colon, SB or Both :)

Ok I lied... I'm having too much fun posting all over the place. I was just curious... which do you all prefer (even though I guess it doesn't really matter at this point): Crohn's in the colon,...

9/21/2007 11:47 AM

Crohn's Disease
What is this pain?

I did have an endoscopy done... it showed no Crohn's (i.e. inflammation) but it did show non-erosive gastritis, which apparently can be an extra-intestinal manifestation (slight misnomer) of Crohn's....

9/21/2007 11:10 AM

Crohn's Disease
What is this pain?

I feel like I am posting too much, so if someone answers this question, I'll stop :) Since this disease started, I have had this strange abdominal pain that is probably my most annoying and...

9/20/2007 9:11 PM

Crohn's Disease
Joint Swelling and Mesalamine

Ok... new issue. The swelling seems to have gone down and the join pain is too, but now rashes or itchy spots are popping up and "jumping" around my body on the joints that we previously inflamed....

9/20/2007 5:11 PM

Crohn's Disease
Joint Swelling and Mesalamine

Haha cool. Well my joint pain isn't that bad and the swelling is very subtle. I can still walk around and I'm ok. I'm lowering the dose back to 2.4g and I will see what happens. As a side note......

9/20/2007 11:15 AM

Crohn's Disease
Does Imuran Slow Disease Progression?

I know studies are inconclusive, but I was wondering if you all thought that Imuran/Methotrexate and such might actually slow down the progression of Crohn's directly. I know that drugs like the...

9/20/2007 12:32 AM

Crohn's Disease
Joint Swelling and Mesalamine

Hey guys, I have been increasing the dose of Lialda steadily to 4.8 grams. When I increased to 3.6, I started having some joint pain in my fingers, and toes. Now at 4.8, my right knee is starting to...

9/19/2007 11:53 PM

Crohn's Disease
Downgrade from Crohn's to IBS... is this possible?

Keep forgeting... I am not having any diarhea at all right now. No where close actually... my stools are practically diamonds. Very hard. I go about 6 times a day though. They are hard to get out......

9/11/2007 1:33 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Downgrade from Crohn's to IBS... is this possible?

Oh and PB4... I just don't get it. I think they did spot some focal neutrophilic "something" in my sigmoid colon during my last colonoscopy, but I know for a fact this is not diagnostic after doing...

9/11/2007 1:29 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Downgrade from Crohn's to IBS... is this possible?

hmmm... I've still gotta think on this. The docs say there is nothing diagnostic, but I'm not sold either way!! Its totally driving me nuts!! starrnr... how long did it take your symptoms to...

9/11/2007 1:22 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Downgrade from Crohn's to IBS... is this possible?

Keriamon, my stools do burn when I pass them... sometimes. Next time I am on an antibiotic, I am going to try the things you have. Sarita, I am not sure if you were trying to tell me something with...

9/6/2007 7:09 PM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Downgrade from Crohn's to IBS... is this possible?

Hey guys, I know I have posted here before about my mystery GI illness, but it now looks like the diagnosis is IBS. I have been to several GI doctors all of which agree with the downgrade from...

9/6/2007 1:14 PM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Antibiotics throwing me off...

Yeah I am praying that what I feel right now is all antibiotic induced. Its been 3 days since I stopped the antibiotic and the diarhea is gone but now I have HORRIBLE abdominal pain. Doctor says he...

8/31/2007 1:06 PM

Crohn's Disease
Sinusitis and Crohn's

My CD is certainly mild to moderate... but the part that worries me is that it seems very progressive. I've hardly noticed it for the past 5 years, until this past year. That being said, I am on no...

8/31/2007 12:58 PM

Crohn's Disease
Sinusitis and Crohn's

Ok but just another side note... I don't get typical sinus infections. In fact, when observed, not a single doctor has seen any sign of an infection. My nose is completely open, I'm not stuffy, and I...

8/30/2007 10:38 PM

Crohn's Disease
Sinusitis and Crohn's

Wow. Guys I am so glad that I started this thread!! Every time I search for sinusitis and Crohn's I come up with nothing on google!! I feel so relieved just knowing that there are others going...

8/30/2007 10:12 PM

Crohn's Disease
Sinusitis and Crohn's

Oh by the way, I just got off my usual antibiotic regimen and it failed miserably. So I am stuck with it. And by the way, this is the main reason I had the sinus surgery and it apparently did nada!!...

8/30/2007 7:02 PM

Crohn's Disease
Sinusitis and Crohn's

Woah! I actually just checked this thread after several days, assuming that no one would be able to relate... goodnight! Ok well, in that case I desperately need advice!! My sinusitis is SOOOO bad,...

8/30/2007 6:59 PM

Crohn's Disease
Antibiotics throwing me off...

Ok... so everything would have been much much simpler, but I got a sinus infection while I was trying to determine what was going on in my gut. Anyway, I've had pain all summer, stopped taking...

8/30/2007 5:13 PM

Crohn's Disease
Sinusitis and Crohn's

Ok well since I am starting to accept the fact that I have this disease... I have a new question! Is sinusitis associated with Crohn's? If it is, it is by far the worst symptom I have of the...

8/25/2007 11:16 PM

Crohn's Disease
I have a hell of a story for you guys: Do I have Crohn's?

Crap. I don't really know how optomistic I can be now after reading about the Serology 7. If it really is that accurate, then I think I should just go ahead and consider myself a Crohnie. I just...

8/25/2007 11:04 PM

Crohn's Disease
I have a hell of a story for you guys: Do I have Crohn's?

Oh my god. You guys are not going to believe this. Listen to this story. It will blow you away. Its a long one though :) So I moved to Seattle 3 weeks ago. About two days before I left, I started to...

8/25/2007 4:55 PM

Crohn's Disease
My Personal IBS Therapy: Go to Nashville?

Now my sinuses are a different story... Nashville pretty much completely destroyed them. More on that later... I have to go to sleep :)...

8/2/2007 3:05 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
My Personal IBS Therapy: Go to Nashville?

Haha well let me assure you gutastrophe that I am actually a pretty huge tea toddler (sp?). I actually never drank alcohol until this past year in school... mostly b/c I was so depressed from my...

7/30/2007 2:04 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
My Personal IBS Therapy: Go to Nashville?

I'm serious. The facts keep mounting and I believe that moving to Nashville may be the best way to completely eliminate my Crohn's/IBS/Whatever the hell I have. I am posting this in the Crohn's and...

7/29/2007 8:44 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Prednisone and IBS

Hi guys, I have been diagnosed/undiagnosed with a very strange case of Crohn's disease over the past 7 years (I'm about to make another post regarding my disease's strangeness... you won't believe...

7/29/2007 12:47 AM

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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