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    Surgery questions and experiences

    Consider usually day 1 you enter the hospital, day 2 surgery day, day 3 you stand up few hours, day 4-5 you recover to get ready to go home, day 7 « worst case ». It’s not so long :)
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    Surgery questions and experiences

    Yes it’s 5 days normally, 7 days worst case. Pain meds in hospital are on IV of course as you cant take anything orally right after the surgery. Then oral at home if needed.
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    Daily consumption of fruit/vegetables in OECD countries and crohn's disease prevalence.

    Vsl#3 which is a probiotic is used for crohns, and recommended by doctors in top tier hospitals as it helps with dysbiosis. A lot of clinical trials are going on regarding gut microbiome. Lot of scientists are spending money and time on research.
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    Surgery questions and experiences

    Hello Maya142, Sorry to read those bad news regarding your daughter’s friend. However I can tell you a surgery for an intestinal resection is pretty « standard » for a surgeon and should be performed in laparoscopy as a first attempt. I had a similar surgery last year. The pain was quite...
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    More bloating and gas after a resection?

    My docs suggested to take a quarter of questran before lunch and dinner to avoid D. Do you have any experience with this? Does questran help for bloating and gas too?
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    What would you do?

    Entyvio is a good option, i’d trust your doc. More biologic treatments are coming very soon. I’m sure you won’t run out of options.
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    Daily consumption of fruit/vegetables in OECD countries and crohn's disease prevalence.

    Hi kiny, thank you for your contributions, but what are your titles or professional role? You are confronting many studies or evidences, on a patient forum, why not directly with doctors? What do you expect from us?
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    More bloating and gas after a resection?

    I had a surgery for a resection in my ileum last year. I have no more strictures symptoms, and take stelara as a maintenance treatment, but I notice I still have A LOT of bloating and gas with sometimes diarrhea. My doctors suggest courses of rifaximin, but it’s less effective than before and...
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    How to plan a financial future for your kid with IBD.

    Dont worry. Just plan a good education and college. I’m pretty sure your son will be more than fine.
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    Tapering prednisone

    Hi Floss, sorry I never been to under 5mg. Hope you’ll feel better this time.
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    Is an MRI just as effective as CT?

    Yes i would say it is as effective or even better as mri is the main exam for crohns.
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    Recovery

    It can delay healing processes I think
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    Quick question

    I just had laparotomy instead of laparoscopy because they found possible adherences from my first surgery. I’d say it does not appear to make huge changes in any terms (recovery in hospital or at home…) if it’s your first surgery it will probably be done with laparoscopy anyway
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    Prep

    Stay positive and focus on how you gonna be well after your surgery.
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    Recovery

    Maybe healthy habits, positive mentality, no use of steroids for a long time… or just luck :D
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