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    Chest Infection - do I inject?

    I've got the first chest infection of my life (started 6 days ago) - should have injected today, but still coughing, and have 3 days of antibiotics to go. What do I do? Wait until I feel better and inject then? or do it on schedule today? It's definitely just a chest infection, not...
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    All Muddled - not sure how to feel?

    Hello, I've been a member for ages but haven't posted in a very long time. In short form, I've had CD for 8 years, never in remission, and went horribly downhill last year. I lost about a stone, no energy - you all know the drill. That was on top of all the weight I'd already lost, so...
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    Things I wanted to say today...

    Maybe been done before but still... Thing I wanted to say today but didn't: Yep, you're right, I do feel worse than you. I always do, tbh, I just try not to whinge more than I have to. I know you have a cold and feel dreadful - I have that same cold, which thanks to my various meds...
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    Remicade and risk of lymphoma

    I know there are loads of threads about Remicade, and I've been reading tonight but still cannot pin down answers to my questions - so please forgive me starting yet another thread about it? OK - I'm more than 2 months into Imuran (which worked extremely well for me a few years ago), and I'm...
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    Just having a whinge

    I'm just having a whinge... After a rubbish few months, I thought Imuran was doing the trick...I was wrong, just spent a weekend away where I got to know every loo going as I had multiple 'OMG, I need to go NOW' moments. Had several 'almost' accidents, fortunately made it to the loo just in...
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    Tiredness after eating

    This may be a stoopid question, but I keep seeing references to extreme fatigue after eating. Is that a fairly standard crohns thing then? That serious need to curl up somewhere almost as soon as you've finished a meal (in my case, the first meal of the day)? It's possibly a daft question...
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    Can I replace prednisone with Entocort

    Sorry to ask for urgent advice - I've been taking pred for 5 weeks now, tapered down to 10mg, stopped for 2 days, went back to 10mg on consultant advice to bridge the gap whilst Imuran starts to do its thing. Side effects are increasing at a rate I can't handle - I was OK with the sweating, the...
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    Joint/muscle pain advice please?

    joint/muscle pain advice please? Hello all, I've been away for ages for lots of reasons, but I'd be ever so grateful for your advice. I have RA as well as chrohns. Not a great combination, but not that unusual from what I understand. I'm really, really struggling to get the joint pain under...
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    Self Image

    I'm just musing really, curious to know others thoughts. I'm 38 years old, and mostly feel quite young. My husband is 10 years older than me, it's never mattered. My boy is nearly 10, and we're a very happy little family. I looked at myself naked today. I knew I was thin (not eating much...
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    "clean" issues?

    Bear with me a little please, as I'm not entirely sure how to word this. One of my major issues with CD has always been the 'unclean' thing that I have in my head. I know it's not rational, I know I am as clean as I can possibly be, but I realised this week I have a real problem with feeling...
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    Skin Lesions?

    Just a quick question...does anyone know anything about genital skin lesions related to CD? Painful, flattish areas that could almost be blisters that have popped? Please help :(
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    Miserable

    Not sure if I've been here long enough to just have a little rant/vent/moan, but I'm so fed up I'll risk it. I'm so tired. I want more than anything to have an uninterupted night's sleep. I go to bed around 12.30am most nights, knowing I'll spend 7 hours getting gradually stiffer and sorer...
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    Slightly embarassed - Symptoms linked with cycle?

    OK, feeling slightly awkward about this thread, but still... My consultant tells me categorically that menstrual cycle does not have any impact on Chrohns symptoms. It can't happen, according to him. However...why is it that just as I get PMT, I get gut pain? And then I have 7-10 days of...
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    Irritating Comments

    Forgive me, I know this has been said recently but I can't remember where I saw it (it was the post that made me start posting!) My SIL said the other day that she 'could do with a bit of chrohns, to shift some weight' :ymad: Okaaaay, you want chronic trots, pain, anxiety when eating away...
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    New member...Question about joint pain?

    Hi - I'm Sparky, 38 year old mum to a 9 year old, married for 15 years. I was diagnosed with Chrohn's almost 5 years ago, after initially being told it was food poisoning (lost 2 stone with the first episode), and then had more tests after the second episode (6 weeks after the first). I was...
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