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    Team Challenge?

    Has anyone on the forum participated in a Team Challenge running event? I am seriously considering participating in an event next year, and I would like to get honest opinions from people who have participated. Thanks! Laura
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    Making kefir

    Continuing from previous thread about yogurt... I ordered kefir grains on the internet over the weekend, and they arrived yesterday! I'm super-excited! First batch is brewing now... the instructions said to just toss out the first couple of batches (I assume to let the cultures get back up to...
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    Posterior Tibialis Tendonitis

    I stopped running (and exercising altogether) when I started having CD symptoms in 2008 (was diagnosed in 2009). I finally started back up in January. But in early February, the ankle pain started... saw an orthopedist yesterday and was diagnosed with posterior tibialis tendonitis. He said...
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    My belly button hurts!

    I know that sounds silly.... but has anyone else experienced this? My belly button (or whatever is just behind my belly button) is very tender to the touch, and it hurts when I stretch or bend. The skin looks normal, so I don't think it's anything with my actual belly button... Anyway, was...
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    Something protruding from butthole when wiping

    First, hi! I haven't been on in a while. Nothing special going on, I just go through phases with the internet... Anyway... I noticed something strange to today when I was wiping. It feels like I have something protruding from my butthole. It's firm, but not hard, and it feels like it's...
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    IgA deficiency

    This is totally blowing my mind... My brother has IgA deficiency, which makes him more prone to respiratory and GI infections, since he has reduced defenses in the mucosal surfaces... Anyway, he and I were recently joking about how he doesn't have enough immune system in his guts, and about...
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    Crazy dreams?

    crazy dreams? Hi! I was recently diagnosed with Crohn's, and I've been taking pentasa for a little over a week now. It may just be coincidental, but I've been having CRAZY dreams almost every night! Has anyone else had this experience with pentasa? I searched the forum, and I found some...
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    New to the forum

    new to the forum Hi! I am new to the forum, and relatively new to Crohn's disease. I have been reading various forums over the last few weeks since my diagnosis, but I keep coming back to this one... This seems to be a very friendly (and funny!) group, so I finally joined the forum a couple...
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