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Recent content by ChristieJP

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    How long to know LDN isn't working?

    Well . . . I have been on LDN since last October, and I haven't gotten any better. In fact, according to my most recent colonoscopy and biopsies, I've gotten worse. Not hugely worse, and I'm not experiencing horrible symptoms every single day (unlike most Crohnies, my main symptoms have always...
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    Does HEAT make your symptoms/fatigue worse?

    Since many auto-immune diseases get worse in hot weather (MS, for example), I started wondering today if Crohn's is the same way. Especially as relates to energy levels. I live in the Arizona desert where it's VERY hot in the summer. I went up north into the mountains today and I felt more...
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    LDN - how do I approach my GI?

    Quick background: I developed gluten sensitivity (probable celiac disease) in 1998 (never biopsy tested) and have been gluten-free since then. Over the last few years, I've been having more and more digestive problems and have cut lots of things out (beans, pineapple, watermelon, most meats . ...
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