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    Juicing recipes

    Just bought myself a juicer and was wondering if anyone has any good anti inflammatory juicing recipes they can share. So far been trying carrot and apple with some fresh ginger which is pretty good .
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    Gluten free chocolate and orange cake

    Delicious rich cake from Nigella lawson Ingredients 2 small thin-skinned oranges , approx. 375g total weight (or 1 large) 6 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 200 g ground almonds 250 g caster sugar 50 g cocoa orange peel , for...
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    Remission

    "wey hey" well I think I am in remission !(hope I am not tempting fate). Here's the story so far, four years ago was diagnosed with Pan colitis after various scans and a colonoscopy . I was put on Pentasa which didn't really seem to do much , still getting pain and the big D . Then last year I...
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    Pain on sneezing

    pain on sneezing Hi ,I had open surgery about 4 1/2 months ago to remove 1 metre of small to large intestine ,which left me with a 9 inch verticle scar . Is it normal to still get intense pain when sneezing and sometimes when using my abdominal muscles to sit up . Would appreciate some imput...
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    Ferritin levels

    Hi , just had some blod test results back and was curious if anyone else has normal heamoglobin levels 22 and low ferritin at 10.4 ,one level is going up while the other is going down ! is this another weird crohn's thing ! Thanks for any thoughts on this .
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    Ulcers on tongue

    Hi ,hoping someone might be able to help ! the side of my tongue is covered in painful ulcers ,do you think it could be connected to azathioprine, as i have just increased the dosage yesterday to 150 mg or is crohns related ?does anyone else suffer from these and how do you treat them .Thanks
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    Sun and Azathioprine

    Hi , I have just been prescribed Azathioprine and after reading about the side effects, feel pretty freaked out about it ,especially as I work outside as a landscape gardener . I am worried about the side effects causing skin cancer ,Does anybody else work outside and if so how do you manage ...
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    Just saying hi

    just saying hi Hello , I am new to this forum and was diagnosed with crones after having a perforated bowel and peritonitus which resulted in a emergency double resection ,previous to this I was diagnosed as having Ulcerative colitis .At the moment I am on the lofflex diet with fingers firmly...
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