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    Need advice from those who have tried natural treatment?

    Here's the scenario: I have had the diagnosis of Crohn's for almost 4 years now, will be by Halloween, and we have added fibromyalgia since then. I have been on Remicade and done really well most of that time. Recently I have started having some symptoms and had a colonoscopy that came back with...
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    Which flavor????

    Okay, time for my second colonoscopy, yeah!!!! (sarcasm) Anyway, with my first colonoscopy I did the Miralax prep with Gatorade and it wasn’t terrible, but that was with my PCP. This colonoscopy is with my GI doctor and she is making me do the PEG prep. Here’s my question, is it better to...
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    Ready for my C. Diff to go away!

    I am so frustrated right now!:angry-banghead: I was diagnosed with C. diff about 2 months ago now and had to stop my Remicade. They put me on Flaygl first and then we retested… still have C. diff. So my doctor started me on Vancomycin, and we are retesting tomorrow. I am really feeling...
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    New to Remicade

    :sign0085: I had my first Remicade infusion last Tuesday, I felt much better the next day. But now I am feeling run down again and the blood and blood clots have come back pretty heavily. I was so happy that the Remicade worked so well so quickly, but now I am feeling a little disappointed. I...
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    Med Question

    My doctor called me with the results of my small bowel series and I guess the Crohn’s is affecting the small bowel more than they thought it was. She wants to change my meds once I tapper off the prednisone, to either Remicade, Humira, Methotrexate, or Imuran. She asked me to research these...
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    New Crohn's Diagnosis

    I believe I have had Crohn’s for about ten years undiagnosed, I treated it with over the counter drugs for diarrhea, and reflux pain, which didn’t work great, but I thought that was just the way it was. You know, if you don’t know better, you think it is normal or somewhat normal. And the fact...
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