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    Colonoscopy prep for constipat-eurs!?

    Hiya just a bit of a note for those that are constipated and tell our GI's AND have to get a colonoscopy...she put me on a two-day prep and wanted to warn y'all. Day 0 (Sun) is eating regular food you can tolerate, which honestly wasn't up to par for me cause I ate a LOT the night before so I...
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    Cheese sticks and Crohn's Disease

    So! I went to a department outing last night, it was at a local sports bar and they had lots of very bad bad food. I was good all night, had water, no alcoholic drinks, anything more than a single glass of wine makes me nauseous, it is unfortunate. Anyways, so i was good, i get up to leave...
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    Flesh in stool?!

    Hello fellow CF members, just a little question here... I was wondering if any of you have ever seen fleshy pieces in your stool? Yesterday I had more blood than usual and then today, first bm of the day, I poo out a grape sized bloody fleshy piece (along with regular bm, mucous and other...
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    Autoimmune disease (MS) reversed in mice

    Here is a story that came out this week that I think is of interest: http://www.physorg.com/news169211700.html They use proteins to successfully suppress the immune response.
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    Has anyone had the PANCA/ASCA blood test?

    I was wondering if any of you all have had these tests done. They are used to differentiate between IBDs. Mine just came back negative for both--they read as c-anca and p-anca on the results sheet, but were ordered as PANCA/ASCA. If you would like to share what your results were and then also...
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    Laparascopy found....blood vessels

    I am home finally, considering my surgery began at 1245, the anesthesia affected me quite a bit and I couldn't sit up without throwing up. For those of you with moderate to severe motion sickness (me!) and not well-versed in surgical procedures, if they don't ask TELL them you have motion...
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    Finally ready...

    Hello everyone. I have to admit that I have been lurking around here for a couple of weeks to try and figure out if I have an IBD. I hadn’t signed up before as I wasn’t sure I was worthy (not sure that is the right word) of your time and support as I have only been dealing with this for a few...
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