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Recent content by Daisy

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    Vent about my doctor.

    I'm not referring to my bowel doc, but about my General doctor who knows next to nothing about crohn's disease. He's so negligent at times, I am recovering from a flare which was treated by my GI and is better, but I've been so fatigued and get exhausted so easily since. I went into my GP today...
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    Prednisone

    A month or so ago, the doctor tried me on Imuran. That didn't go over too well. I was pretty sick with side effects or if it was something else, it was pretty co incidental. The doctor today prescribed me 25 mg's of prednisone for 6 days to see if things would calm down. Since I've taken...
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    Fluids cause pain.

    I was put on clear fluids to rest my bowel but after I drink I can feel pain in my tummy? Doesn't make sense. How is this as it's not actual food irritating it?
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    Bloat, fat or what?

    I'm a long time crohnie with a long stricture (bowel narrowing) A couple of months ago I went on a force feeding diet to try and gain weight, yuck. I gained some weight but now I have a big belly which feels very uncomfortable. I am having more reflux and palps because it's seems to be riding...
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    Bloat and gas

    Lately it seems that no matter what I eat, I have so much bloating and gas. I have increased my calories and by the way I have put on about 5 pounds on to my 82 lb frame which is a big victory for me but I do suffer a lot of bloat and gas which is most uncomfortable. I always feel stuffed up...
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    Feeling sick.

    About a month ago my Dr. told me to try and come down on prednisone 5 mg. I've been on it for many years for the treatment of crohn's disease. First I went to 3/4 and a couple of weeks later to a half per dr's instruction. That was the start of a whole array of symptoms, heart palps, joint...
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    So sick of this..

    I'm sick of eating and then dumping and dumping and dumping and then I feel so drained, it takes the life out of me. It seems like I will never get better. Since my surgery a few years ago (removed ileum, secum, appendix, last 3 feet of small intestine), I have chronic diarrhea, before that...
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    CD, rectal prolapse, flat stools.

    I've had CD for many years. Most of the time I have diarrhea but during the time that I take anti diarrheal medication bringing some form to my BM, it's usually flat stools, which I had for many years. When I had my resection I was so looking forward to normal shaped stools after the surgery...
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    Passed out from the pain

    I have a narrowed bowel. When I ate the string beans last night the pain was bad but by bedtime it had passed. This morning while lying in bed I could feel that I had to have a bowel movement but the pain was intolerable. Something felt stuck in my bowel like it was trying to come but not...
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    Narrowed bowel and bloating

    I don't know where this weakness came from. Last week after coffee, I came home with dizziness, then a terrible muscle exhaustion followed. Does anyone else get that horrible muscle exhaustion? I also got very cold hands and feet. The dizziness has since departed but my bowel is acting up...
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    Difference between scar tissue, stricture, and adhesion

    The terms "scar tissue, strictures, and adhesions are all used interchangably in Crohn's disease but are they different or basically the same?
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    Crohn's and belly size

    Are crohn's conditions increasing your belly size? I've had crohn's for many years and my belly is like a yo yo at times. Inflammation increases it, and just before I went for a resection 6 years ago, my belly got bigger, now I've got a intestinal scar tissue problem and need to go for more...
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