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Recent content by Mikey989

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    Finally going to remicade

    Well first methotrexate pills didn't work for me switched to injections and that didn't work! After feeling not too good for a while my doctor wanted to start remicade but our insurance was being difficult so we had to do a whole bunch of tests to prove to our insurance that I do need it ,so...
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    Bad experience with Methotrexate so far.

    Well Saturday I started my first dose (20mg) of methotrexate and so far it hasn't been good. I've been throwing up a lot, I'm constantly nauseous, get sudden burts of being extremely dizzy to the point where I feel like I'm going to pass out, I've been sweating a lot and have been having...
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    Methotrexate

    So I've been on a liquid diet for 6 and a half weeks (which has been going great) and start methotrexate(20mg) overlapping with this diet this weekend until my week 8 when I am done with the liquid diet and then stay on methotrexate. My doctors plan of action is try methotrexate for a month and...
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    Feeling pretty down

    I'm one week in with a peptide formula diet and I just don't know. Not having normal food and having to drink this formula that doesn't really taste that great and it really hasn't started working full force yet is just getting me really down. I really wanna just give up and do prednisone even...
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    Peptide 1.5 cal formula diet not working so far.

    Recently (three days ago) I started a formula diet of peptide 1.5 cal to reach remission. I'm so anxious because lately I've only felt worse since starting it. I have constant stomach pain and nausea. I took this as a alternative to prednisone because all of prednisone's nasty side effects ...
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    Which medicine should I choose

    Hi I was recently diagnosed with Crohns and finally went to the doctors to start a medication until remission. I decided to choose taking a formula, for this process I will have to basically live on this formula(90% of my intake will be formula 10% will be normal food) for 8 weeks. This formula...
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    Advice on fatigue

    So I was recently diagnosed with Crohns and start prednisone on Tuesday, what I was wondering is if the fatigue goes away when I start my medicine because I can't take it anymore. I usually wake up at 6:30am for school, coast through school maybe fall asleep in a class, go home at 245 take a two...
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    Have some questions about my future medicine

    Hi guys I'm still pretty new to Crohns disease. My doctor prescribed me prednisone(steroids) to start off Tuesday and until remission. I'm just kind of worried about bad side effects of the steroids, does anyone have experience with this drug and have advice? Also once I'm feeling better from it...
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    New to Crohns Disease

    Hi guys I'm new here and new to my disease. I'm 16 and was diagnosed officially with Crohn's disease in my small intestine two days ago. I have to get a capsule endoscopy (pill cam) in two days to determine what would be the right meds for me. I'm in a lot of pain, constantly having diarrhea,I'm...
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