NCOT and Dave, thank you. For some odd reason, my GI refused I get the 1 mg tablet. However, I'll try to convince him again. You made my day when you said it's possible. Yes, I really need to get rid...
I have been on pred for a year and 2 months and then was switched to budesonide (entocort) since November 2011. Since then, I have been on different doses from 3 mg until 9 mg. In 2016, I started...
I'm a Crohn's patient with twenty years of GERD and gastritis. Last month, I lost my voice so my GI put me on Nexium 40 mg x 2, Zantac 300 mg x2, Baclofen and Gaviscon Advance. I had a referral to an...
73monte, thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I texted the blood work results to my doctor and he asked me to do a urine analysis and have an abdominal ultrasound (I informed him previously...
73monte, thank you very much. I forgot to mention that the lab added this comment: Mild leucocystosis with absolute neutrophilia. I don't know what it means. I'm already on a tapered dose of...
Two weeks ago, when my Remicade dose was due, I started to have severe pain in the lower quadrant. This pain lasted for a week. So, I saw my GI. He ordered a CT enterocolonograghy. I took the...
Thank you Sharon. I think I have to ask him....
I've had GERD for 20 years now. I'm a Crohn's patient as well. Last Friday, I started to lose my voice. This was accompanied by severe chest pain whenever I eat, drink or even speak, dry cough and...
iPoop, thank you. You are definitely right. However, I'm not a US resident and these laws don't apply to me. Regarding that all this could be inner worries or anxiety, I have never experienced...
73monte, thank you so much. People can't figure out what Crohn's is. I have a colleague who has got RA and all people sympathize with her and see she's poor but nobody sees Crohn's as a chronic...
I'm starting now to be stigmatized by my Crohn's. At work, I've always had reduced teaching load but since I've earned my PhD, the work load has increased. I can't deny that I've become better and my...
73monte, after suffering for 3 days, the flare up finally passed. I took a lot of antispasmodics then and celebrex. For me, I think it was food related....
EruditePaul, you're definitely right. I know that I'm mistaken. I have to come up with a plausible excuse since I have to attend a lot of events of that sort. I'm trying now to pass this flare up and...
I attended yesterday a one-day conference. It lasted the whole day so I had to eat 'forbidden' food. I couldn't get with my sandwiches as I normally do. Some places forbid this. Although I was very...
73monte, thank you. I was suspecting I had a flare up and it turned out I was right. I think this explains the fatigue and lack of energy I'm suffering from. My GI prohibited coffee since I have GERD...