I just wanted to add that I was afraid I would be wearing depends forever too. I'm not sure on the exact location of your wound so I don't know how well this would work for you, but I would use 4x4's...
I was 19 when they discovered my first fistula (I'm now 22). Shortly after they discovered the fistula, I developed an abscess. I had the abscess drained surgically and had to pack the wound for...
I've been having a rough time with some personal issues here lately and it is giving me big problems with my Crohn's Disease. My GP gave me Klonopin to help me. Have any of you ever taken this...
Hi all : ) I'm 21, I was diagnosed when I was 20. So not a whole lot of time living with disease but it doesn't take much time for it to change your whole life as I'm sure you all know! I'm a...
I'll be a Junior! Only two more years...thank goodness!...
I'm a college student too! Trying to keep a 4.0 and manage a chronic illness is my full-time job : )...
This was my first semester back to college since I was finally diagnosed. I still had to have one surgery half-way through the semester to remove an abscess and I still made all A's and have a 4.0...
I've got really bad TMJ in my left jaw and all my doctors have ever given me for it is Naproxen(pre-crohn's diagnosis) and obviously I can't take that! For those of you have this problem or know...
I go to a wonderful colorectal surgeon in Louisville, his name is Michael McCafferty. He has done surgery on me and I have never been dissapointed in him! It takes him a while to warm up to you, but...
I know there have been a lot of posts on here about how to lose weight and I too have been trying to lose some of my steriod weight and so I thought I would share what I have found that has...
I have a term paper due Monday too! I'm sure it hasn't as bad as all that you have to do but I've definitely procrastinated and now I had 2 days to get it done! It sucks!...
I got so many helpful responses to my situation with my professor who was giving me grief over my disability papers. I went to the head of the disability department and when I told him what had...
I work at a Bridal store and I've learned that ANYTHING can be altered! It shouldn't be a problem to have the dress taken in at the seams!...
I usually get REALLY tired after my infusion but after I sleep it off I feel comepletely fine!...
Right before I was diagnosed with Crohn's I had a CT scan and the dumb thing came back NORMAL!!! I had a colonoscopy the next day that showed a lot of inflammation so for me the CT scan was pretty...
I had to have a surgery around Christmas one year and I missed work during the holidays. I worked at a hospital so obviously some of my coworkers had to work extra around the holidays because of my...
My veins are getting to be terrible to find! My GI mentioned that if they continue to get worse that I may need to get a port. He wasn't really crazy about the idea because of the risk of infection...
I've had 3 abscesses in the past year and my colo-rectal surgeon seems to believe that I do have a fistula, he just can't find it. I've had 3 exams under anesthesia and he can never find one but he...
Just a piece of advice, to avoid having to change clothes at the hospital, wear a wireless bra(sports bra) and pants without a metal button/zipper! I always hated having to change clothes just to get...
Thanks for all the amazing advice! I really appreciate it all! I'm on spring break for the rest of the week so all the university offices are closed so I won't be able to talk to anyone til atleast...
Guys, I have a pretty serious question and it has really been bothering me. I attend a major university and before the semester began I filed with my university's office for student disability. I...
I gained a few pounds after I first started because I felt so much better and was eating more! : ) I started exercising again though and I lost it again! Since then I haven't had any weight gain with...
Cottonelle makes these really small packages of wipes that fit right into my purse...I think they have like 10 wipes in them....
My first fistula showed up in Mexico...who knows?...
I posted a while ago about having trouble getting my surgeon to believe I had an abscess. He got a look at my actual films from my ct scan and saw what I had been feeling. So, I had surgery to remove...
When I was first diagnosed I was put on Asacol and Entocort and the combination helped me greatly. It put a stop to my D and helped with a lot of my pain...although it took a few days for it to start...
This happened to me the other day at work. I work at a bridal store so here I was with trying to get this girl in a wedding dress and it hit me. Like you said, really nauseous stomach cramping...all...
Everybody always asks me what the worse part of my disease is I always tell them that its my constant fatigue. Its always there. I take B12 injections that help a little but it sucks so bad....
My doctor is talking about putting a seton in and I'm REALLY not crazy about the idea. I'm still in school and it's really unimaginable for me to have tubes in my butt and sit through 3 hour classes....
I also forgot to mention I've just done a round of anti-biotics and I think I read somewhere that they could cause that too...?...
Dark as in almost black!...
I've been have less frequent bowel movements here lately. They have also started to be really dark. Why or what causes this? Is something wrong? I thought maybe the change in frequency was because...
My veins are starting to get this way. Last Remicade infusion it took 6 tries to get one going. I don't know what will eventually end up happening! Good luck with everything!...
I'm having some problems. This may get long but please bear with me, I'm in desperate need of help. In Dec. 06 I had a rectal abscess come up that had to removed. The left it open to drain but it has...
I just started back to school and did the same thing! I asked for excused absences due to doctors appointments, remicade infusions and sick days. My campus' disability services have been wonderful!...
I'm really asking this for a friend that I am concerned about . Me myself have been diagnosed with Crohn's so when she told me this it sort of sparked my curiousity. My friend said she has been...
I used to work in xray and when we made copies for patients we usually let them keep the copies, free of charge. The only thing that we needed back were the original films. Now we have started...
I've seriously considered the possibility! I was diagnosed with a SEVERE case of mono in March 06. Symptoms of Crohns appeared in July 06. Since mono effects the immune system and Crohns is a disease...
I've often wondered if the pain of pushing out a big hard turd was similar to giving birth because that's often what I feel like I'm doing : ) Haha! I take stool softners every day to keep that from...
I used to work in Radiology at the local hospital here and a KUB is really really simple. It will consist of making one or two pictures. They may have you lay on the table for one of them. Advice,...
I had leg cramps from the Entocort but eating bananas will help!...
Me and my mom were talking about Christmas and she asked what I really wanted. My answer....A NEW BUTT! The past year has been awful with peri-anal disease and if there were seriously one thing that...
When I took 3 pills I took one at each meal. I could have been wrong though?...
That's weird, I started developing symptoms when I was in Mexico last summer. I would definitely go back though. Now that I'm on meds and have it under control it really wouldn't be much different....
About a week after I started entocort I started having awful leg,ankle, and foot pain. Also swelling in those areas. It was painful to even get out of bed and walk to the bathroom. It eventually went...
I've been on it since September. Started on 9 mg and I've been taking 3mg for about a week now....
Sometimes I just get so scared and annoyed and I just feel like nobody understands. It's like I have this disease, and right now, I feel okay. But I worry. I worry about 5 years from now what it's...
There was a surgeon here named Dr. Butt......
A lot of times when I had to use the bathroom the packing would fall out on its own and I would have to wait for the nurse to come and pack it again. If it didn't fall out, I would pull it out...
I didn't have fistulotomy but I had an abscess drained that left an open wound and I had to use to packing gauze. It was very very VERY painful when the removed it the first time. It would be safe to...