• Welcome to Crohn's Forum, a support group for people with all forms of IBD. While this community is not a substitute for doctor's advice and we cannot treat or diagnose, we find being able to communicate with others who have IBD is invaluable as we navigate our struggles and celebrate our successes. We invite you to join us.

Recent content by MysteryLocket

  1. MysteryLocket

    Need help constipating myself...

    Yeah i know.. subject sounds a little weird. but it's true.. I only seem to get constipated on pain meds. Which I cant get due to the doc office and insurance and pharmacy not all getting it together. yeah i could get it if i had the money, but i'm broke with 2 dollars in my account. Anywhooo...
  2. MysteryLocket

    Pain meds and "constipation" help!

    ummm.. it's vertuiously impossible to stop taking the pain meds, or I'd be in the Er with them giving me shots of pain meds.. Right now i have cyst inside my ovary that's bigger than what the ovary is suposed to be anyways.. and on the pain meds it barely takes the edge off.. It's not a normal...
  3. MysteryLocket

    How long after you stop taking imuran

    how long after you stop taking imuran How long does it take to get out of your system after you stop taking it. I heard 8 hours somewhere, but can't remember where, and i dont know if that is accurate or not?
  4. MysteryLocket

    Imuran, and flaring up?

    i've been on imuran for almost 5 months now and seems to be alrightish. haven't had any serious flare ups for awhile, but the thing is.. the past week i've been noticing my tummy being extra active, and the past few nights i've felt the ulcers in my stomach and the tube down to my stomach and in...
  5. MysteryLocket

    Um.. imuran, and fever, and tylenol?

    um.. imuran, and fever, and tylenol? well.. i seem to start noticing something... I'm on imuran, along with many other meds. pentasa too which together they interact and make my imune system even lower. but anyways, i've had bad allergies where i sneeze 7 to 10 times in a row ever so often...
  6. MysteryLocket

    What are your thoughts on my side effects?

    Sorry to post another post *notices i have like 3 other posts on this page*. But I've been taking Imuran (the generic forum of it) for a week now. The main problem i'm having right now is every time i eat my stomach hurts.. and it doesn't matter what I eat.. well.. it does.. cause things like...
  7. MysteryLocket

    How does the body react to immunosuppressive antimetabolites?

    I wrote this on a question site, I figure I would have better answers from everyone who is already taking it, and has experience, and things... heres the question i had on the site: "I'm taking Imuran, and wondering besides the side effects, what it actually does in the system. I understand that...
  8. MysteryLocket

    Adverse reactions?

    adverse reactions? has anyone here ever took Imuran and then things seemed to be going great for 12 hours-ish, then went into a flare up over drive gear? *not sure if this is normal and the doc isn't talking with me, as he is out of the office and the office lady just keeps telling me "i can't...
  9. MysteryLocket

    Long time no see..

    Sorry it's been a long time since i've been here. I've been off of my adhd meds and out and about trying to find somewhere to live, so my focus sucks.. But today i went to my new gi doc, and he prescribed me Imuran... I'm also currently on Pentasa and Integra Plus, and hydrocotosone cream.. I...
  10. MysteryLocket

    ...ready to give up...

    I've been in and out of hospitals since august. And the er even more so. So much that they have begun acting like i want to be admited. When all i want is to feel better. I've been on two rounds of prednisone. And I just don't have the money to keep up with the diet i'm suposed to be on, and...
  11. MysteryLocket

    Pred & thyroid issues..

    Hi.. *Sighs* .. I went to the doctor the other day, and the doc felt that my thyroid was enlarged. I'm feeling it more tonight than I was then. So i'm thinking it's enlarged even more since then... But... idk.. The test that was done, was blood work testing my levels on pretty much everything...
  12. MysteryLocket

    Worried.. new meds.. one being ciprofloxacin

    worried.. new meds.. one being ciprofloxacin Hey everyone... I went to the doc today. :( ended up coming out with even more meds. My home nurse came in to check my vitals, and left earlier today, stating she'd be back at the end of the week to repeat a vitals check. But I'm scared, and i dont...
  13. MysteryLocket

    ... prune juice..?

    So my home health care nurse came in a few days ago. And yesterday I spoke to her about my heart rate being around 150 to 170 (i dont have a bpm machiene. i just am able to accurately guess-tah-mate what my bpm is due to it being that fast in the past, and I studied the second ticker on a clock...
  14. MysteryLocket

    The tube down the nostril to the tummy/colon???

    the tube down the nostril to the tummy/colon??? So, ... I'm pretty scared that I might be blocked up. my tummy looks like i'm pregnant, while there's pressure, pain, and even a "tickling" feeling all around my stomach and the sides of my back. So much that I kept waking up laughing during the...
  15. MysteryLocket

    Going Grocery shopping.. Need advice...

    So, the past few weeks I've been trying to get foods that I'm told to eat, by my gi doc. But once I get there in the store, I'm either finding the prices are pretty pricey, or i don't know if I can eat it or not, and be fine afterwards. When I was discharged from the hospital they put me one a...
See more
Top