Please don't just rely on what you find on the net and this is not just for the crohn's and UC! its like beliving ever thing you read in news papers. Eddie ......
OK, I thought this was a discussion board. My opinion is my own, what you take from it is up to you. If you agree OR disagree with me I'm comfortable with both...
Eddie, I am not familiar with a "Dr spook", so could you please elaborate a bit more and how this doctor is working with Crohn's. I'm always interested in...
My 11 year old son is also not completely diagnosed. He spent most of October & November in the hospital. Had all the tests. The blood work "markers" came...
my copy past from my word can be a bit strange spook spock i think you knew who i ment lol ... Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail...
John was the imflamation in the spine before or after the use of steroids ie predniolone??? ... Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail...
After. During the 3rd hospital visit my son was complaining of bad lower back pain (He was on IV steroids). I just thought it was from being on the toilet 20...
I just wanted to share with all of you something that has been helping with Crohn's, Colitis, Ulcerative Colitis ect...Please read these links as you will see...
Eddie, Of course everyone is welcome to have their own opinion, and express it. But I think if it gets to the stage where your opinion contradicts that of the...
Well John you don't have to take my word for it but if he was on IV steroids that would have caused this, i would put a very large amount of money on it. It...
From what I've seen AS is caused genetically, but I haven't done much that much research into it. If you have more information I'd love to hear more. Wow, a...
Yes john i do it feels strange the only way i can explain how it feels is like its filled with concrete and its there like a tooth ace every day, what helped a...
Hello All! From the posts "Crohn's colitis is inflammation that is confined to the colon. Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea are the common symptoms. Anal...
Hi everyone, After reading with interest the debate over these disease, I thought what the heck, I'll throw in my two cents. lol. I talked to my GI on Friday...
Oops, I guess I should have said : some docs will call it colitis if only a small portion if the small colon is affected as well as the large, and vise versa...
HI Calalily I with you there finding taking a lot of pills many times a day i was on pentasa 4 pills 4 times a day but have had 3 flares or crohn's on them 1...
sounds like you may have a good doc there terry LOL and he agrees that even they may not all call it the same but I'll still say crohn's is crohn's no matter...
TO be very honest terry i think doctors are sometimes unsure as crohn's normally is and starts in the illium which is the bit between the large and small and...
Hi Amy. I was quite sick for about 2 days after the sigmoidoscopy. Fever, headache, severe pain and bleeding, diarrhoea and vomitting, etc.... you know the ...
Well, tomorrow I go for my pre-op appointment. I have done a lot of thinking over the past week and feel much better about my decision to have this surgery....
Thanks for the info Amy. I'm not discouraged about treatments yet :-) Things are still in the early days for me, but I know I"m already sick of the whole...
I can only say i think your going the right way. if your going for the J-Pouch which if i remember right you are. I can only say this operation has been a god...
Best of luck Tricia :-) Leah ... From: "Tricia" <sapho_1999@...> To: <crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 11:14 PM Subject:...
Hi Leah, Yuk, I can see why you are not keen to do any more scopes in a hurry! I thought my fever and headache could have either been a reaction to the...
Yep - you are correct, Eddie. I am going for the J-Pouch. There is currently a study going on at the Cleveland Clinic to do this proceudre laperscopically...
My hubby had his gallbladder that way and yes healing time is so much quicker, i cannot have any surgery that way now due to how much I've had in past my...
Hi Tricia, Good luck, let us know how it goes! I see the surgeon on Friday to tell him what my decision is, so you and I are going through a similar process....
Hi Leah, The surgeon said I am certainly a candidate for the surgery and I see him again this Friday to tell him my decision. I am pretty sure I will do it,...
Wow Tricia, wouldn't that be great :) I have heard laporoscopic procedures do take longer, but as you said, quicker healing and smaller scars are a wonderful...