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Recent content by joshuahoye

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    Crohns question

    Hey everyone, I had to be brought to the ER yesterday by ambulance because my stomach started to swell bad and that set my anxiety thru the roof. My heart was like beating out of my chest, my arm to my fingertips go numb, I started to hyperventilating. My blood pressure and pulse rate were...
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    Is anyone on suboxone for pain control due to their crohns?

    Hello again, I have recently been taking suboxone for my pain control since after 15 surgeries since 2005 I got addicted to percocet they were prescribing me for such a long time. Taking the suboxone has given me the ability to actually live a somewhat normal life with less pain. My question is...
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    Rectum removal causing a male to become unable to have kids

    Hello everyone, Wow it's been over 4 yrs since my last login! I hope everyone is doing good. Has anybody heard or experienced not able to be able to have children after having their rectum removed? My fiance had read it somewhere on Google and we have been trying for a few months now to have a...
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    How to control gas output from stoma

    hello everyone its been awhile since i last posted anything but i need some help with a question i have. I have had my ilestomy for 5yrs now, i have always had a problem with the amount of times i need to empty my bag per day, which is somewhere around 20+ times on a good day!!!! but my...
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    Gaining Weight......

    I am sure that like myself everyone here has seen 1 or more dietitians since being diagnosed. And like myself I am sure that nothing has truly helped you gain weight! Theres websites everywhere on how to lose weight but can someone please tell me why there really isnt a site that can help us...
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    Been awhile

    Hello everyone, its been a longtime since I last posted a message so ill let everyone know whats been going on.... Iam now going on surgery #6 since September '05.. Past surgery's consist of: colon removal and bag placement, bag take down, emergency perf of intestine and bag placement, surg. to...
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    Feeling very depressed Got the word last tuesday about reconnection

    The call from the Surgen, the one i didnt want to recieve... .............. Well... After waiting all day, wondering what was going on, i recived the call from my surgen..... I shouldnt have been so shocked at what he had to say, just because i know that i dont have the ability to get good news...
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    G I Visit Yesterday!!

    well i went to see my g.i yesterday to see about reconnection, right when i walked in he said that he didnt reconise me cause i finally look normal/great!! he game me the old one finger treatment that all of us love so much..lol he said that he was very happy with the way the muscles reacted, he...
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    Gaining weight with Crohn's Disease

    hey everyone, i know its been alongtime since ive last posted, but i need some help! the GI had told me to go for another colonoscopy(even tho i dont have a colon!lol) and a scope in the bag.. that was 2months or more ago.. iam gaining weight like crazy and i love it!! i was 150 lastweek now im...
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    Talked to my GI today!

    hey everyone, i got a call from my GI today (first time i have talked to him since my surgery in feb) he asked how i was feeling, and all of the usual questions aswell, to my suprise he said to me he wants to actively pursue trying to reconnect me! i was told after my last sugery that my bag was...
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    Question on location?

    im wondering if there is anyone from the massachusetts area here, if so please let me know, if not why dont we all sound off on where we are located.. thanks im interested in meeting someone from my area.. josh
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    My story!!

    Hello everyone, my name is joshua. iam a 24 year old male who has had a bad friend named crohns since i was 10. as a kid i was pretty good disease wise, id feel it doing its thing alot, mostly when i was playing baseball. Lets skip ahead to 2000-------> this is where i really started to take a...
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