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Recent content by garygepner1

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    Unraveling Crohn's Genetic Trail

    This is a great link to the health section of the wall street journal on a future cure for crohn"s disease, keep your fingers crossed everyone. Its a very interesting article for those of you you are interested and would like to maybe even discuss it in a thread? LINK BELOW...
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    Started Humira Need INFO

    I started humira 3 weeks ago and was wondering what to expect from it? Does anyone know? Some of you from here know me an some of you dont, its been a minute since i have been in the forums. Hello everyone and sorry for the lack of communication I have been naked without internet the last few...
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    Insurance won't cover Entocort

    Well hello again everyone, its been a minute or two. How is everyone? Me I have been having a lot of pain for the last several weeks. A section of my intestines are acting as a lead pipe again, the last time that happened they removed a foot. This time theyprescribed me 6mp,AKA, 6...
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    Iron Deficiancy anemia

    :depressed: Well I just got a call from my Doctor today telling me I am anemic with low iron and there is a script waiting at the pharmacy for me. Well, I am nervous now as I do not know excactly what this means and how it will affect me.:confused2: I have been noticing certain things and now I...
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    At what point do you goto the E.R.

    Hello everyone, long time no chat. At what point do you know when to go to the E.R./see your Doctor? When you know nothing can be done for you. For the last 4 days I have been somewhat bloated with sharp abdominal pains at times as well as pooing blood with my stools. I haven't went to the...
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    Staph Infection in Wound

    Update on getting ran into with snowblower. I have now got a staph infection in my leg from my wound. What to do and what is the best therapy as the doctor has me on Kefflex. And thru research kefflex isn't used to treat staph infections properly. I tried to upload a photo of the wound but...
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    Cd Pain Medication Info Wanted

    Hello there, I am starting this thread because of my new pain meds my Doctor has prescribed me. The Doctor has switched my pain meds for my CD, cyatica, and lower back degerative disc disease pains. I was on percocet 3/325 @ 2x4times daily, then the doc switched it to oxycodone/acet 3/325 @...
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    Findings from Todays Procedure

    As I said I would I am writing to let you all know what happened with my endoscopy/colonoscopy today. All is well, I am just having a major flare-up, thank GOD that is all as I know it will pass in time, I hope anyways. The Doctor prescribed the following Medications/Treatment Plan: Resume...
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    Prep Complications, So so sick now

    Well today was the start of my prep to clear my bowels for tommorrows procedure of an endoscopy/colonoscopy. I cannot hold down the prep at all and am now pooing solid red blood with mucus and feel so so sick and naseated and am real scared about this one. I have never had problems with prep...
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    Went to Doctors Appointment Today

    Well I went to my Doctors appointment today to express my concerns. I have lost 2 more pounds since January 15th appointment on top of the 4 I already lost in December. I am now down to 148. He has scheduled an endoscopy/colonoscopy for this coming thursday January 29th to see what might be...
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    Crohns and Family Life

    Hello everyone, I was wondering how CD has affected your family lives? It has affected mine a lot due to being irritable all the time due mostly to the constant nasea and abdominal pain as well as the fatigue at times. Not to mension the stress it causes my wife and kids by watching me in and...
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    My Story and Introduction of Me

    Hello everyone, my name is Gary and I have been diagnosed with CD in the later part of 2001-early start of 2002. I found out I had crohn's by a fistula fissure that lead to having a pari-rectal abcess. Talk about pain. Then when I ate food I wouldn't even be able to finish it before I would have...
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    Why so much PAIN! Anyone HELP?

    Why do I have so much pain below my sternum and RUQ/RLQ and am consistantly naseas, lost more weight and appetite, I am 34 yrs. of age and other than crohn's am in good health and very active. I have been diagnosed with crohn's disease in the later part of 2001-early start of 2002 around there...
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    Why so much PAIN! Anyone HELP?

    Why do I have so much pain below my sternum and RUQ/RLQ and am consistantly naseas, lost more weight and appetite, I am 34 yrs. of age and other than crohn's am in good health and very active. I have been diagnosed with crohn's disease in the later part of 2001-early start of 2002 around there...
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