Hi, I just wanted to thank everyone who has provided support to my daughter over the last few months from pre-surgery up to her wedding day. She truely...
Is Your Sugarless Gum Giving You a Stomachache? Sugarless gum seems practically virtuous -- a sweet treat with few, if any, calories and no sugar. Yet a report...
Hi, Just to let you know that Shauna left yesterday for her honeymoon. We arrived at the airport at 4:00 am for a 6 am flight but by the time my daughter and...
Hi all, Catching up on things - Just wanted to report I just started Humira - gave myself the first 4 injections in dr's office with nurse overseeing. It went...
Hi All, I hope we are all doing well or on the road to feeling better. I want to check in with those parents of kids having trouble. I don't acknowledge each...
... - gave ... It went ... better or ... after about ... Please keep us updated on Humira. I have always wondered how well that worked. Good luck and you are...
http://www.crohnsonline.com/ You can order free book at this website. I did and the book is pretty informative. Just so you are aware, I think Abbott...
Hi All, I am excited to report I just got back from giving myself 2 more Humira injections. I did them at Dr's office in the presence of nurse for moral ...
Hello all, I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm hoping someone can help me here and give me some info/advice- I was diagnosed with left sided and...
Jake: Sounds like you might belong in the hospital for a few days to get this into control. As much as you don't want to take prednisone and neither do I,...
Hi Jake, I am going to forward this to Sue and others in a couple other UC/CD yahoo groups b/c I think Sue and others may know about this. Good luck and I...
Sounds weird, but I get Dr. Weil's e-mail every day and it occurred to me morning sickness remedies might help some of us - I have used the C-Bands for motion...
hi thanks Suzanne, I appreciate it Jake Wolf ... From: Suzanne Flaherty <eflaherty001@...> To: crohns_n_colitis@yahoogroups.com; Crohns@yahoogroups.com;...
Hi Jake, Have you considered Remicade? I was diagnosed in '04 and had three very nasty long flare ups. The first one I was able to treat with 40 mgs of...
I agree with Jake, Remicade seems to do wonders. Also, don't forget to get an allergy test. I've had UC for 11 years and was about to lose my colon until I...
Remicade is my miracle drug. My doctor was talking surgery, but at the time I was 24 so I didn't even consider surgery as an option. After doing lots of...
Jake I was in same boat as you remicade was my lifesaver I still do get colds etc more often but survivable only one flare in 2 years. But I prefer my sanity...
Wow, thank you all for your advice. I am not too familiar with Remicade but will bring it up with my GI and GP. Right now I'm not on any maintenance meds,...
Hi All, I should be a hydrologist, but I'm a mom with Crohn's and I just want to nag about everyone making sure they are drinking way plenty of fluids. We ...
Who'd of known or suspected if this hadn't been investigated by Lake Forest U. scientists!? Helpful article! With Ulcerative Pan-Colitis and Arthritis, Tilapia...
Paula, I hope you don't mind - I forwarded this to some other yahoo groups. Thanks for the info. Suzanne _____ From: crohnscolitisgroup@yahoogroups.com ...
_____ From: cdsicrohnssupportclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cdsicrohnssupportclub@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of SHERRI ALDRIDGE Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008...
Thanks Sheila. I hope you don't mind if I pass this info along as well. Suzanne _____ From: Crohns@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Crohns@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Hi all, just wondering about imuran. It is new to me , ive only been on it for about 1 1/2 yrs and finally reached a point that i would call remission. In...
I am not too sure about the risks of Imuran, I took it briefly about two years ago but was quickly taken off of it and moved to Remicade. Prior to that, I was...
Some years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I had an operation and an infected part of my intestines was removed (terminal ileum ). This improved...