• 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 worriedboy

  1. W

    How do you manage to keep on going with all the fear and sadness ?

    Friends, [PART1] I am writing to you from a dark place in my life. I don't even know where to start; the thoughts are a mess. Deceiving the mind. Playing with my soul as if it were a toy. But I shall write about the here and now, I decide. It's Saturday night. I have been going through a lot...
  2. W

    Can you teach me courage ?

    Hello Beautiful People, So I probably posted about it once or twice before. But I stood still. It's been a while now that I feel it's time for surgery. I have one big, undeniable stricture at my TI, and it ain't going anywhere unless they remove it, as much of it is fibrotic. Thank God for the...
  3. W

    Do you stick to a certain diet habits ?

    So I was thinking how many of us believe that diet plays a role to the point that they stick to it as a part of IBD management ?
  4. W

    On-line therapy experience anyone ? And some sharing/venting

    Hello nice people, I am writing this with tears in my eyes. I am very sad and I dont know what came first but my health is not at best right now. Somehow all issues come at once, it's always like this; but this is a story for another thread, maybe. In the last couple of years I built some...
  5. W

    Shilajit/Mumio

    Hi Everyone, So I just read about Shilajit (called Mumio in Russia) which is believed to be benefitial for osteoporosis (it is full if minerals in a nature form) as well as for Crohns (they say it has immunostimulant properties). Now I see the big players are not producing it in any form...
  6. W

    6MP side effects right form the start ?! Help !

    Hi Guys, So I just started 6MP and right from the beginning I got nausea from hell and overall sickness feeling like headaches, weakness etc. I did not even think it was possible to feel this on the very first week :( I really thought it would be easy breezy ... no way ... So my question is...
  7. W

    How long did it take for 6mp/Aza to work for you ?

    They always say that it takes time for those drugs to take effect, since it has to "build itself" inside the body. I did hear 3 months period as a rule of thumb, but I did notice that as everything with Crohns this is also different from one to another. So assuming you are or have been treated...
  8. W

    6mp ? Humira ? Confused. Terrified.

    Hello Team - I need your advice ... :sign0085: Recently I had been to my GI and GP And I have to begin a steroid-sparing treatment The GI more or less let me choose between immunosuppressants and biologics..l being conservative I went for 6mp. So there I go with a round of doctors and blood...
  9. W

    The Jerusalem Balsam

    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874105002667 anyone tried ? what do you think ?
  10. W

    Teduglutide on Patients With Moderate-Severe Crohn’s

    Teduglutide on Patients With Moderate-Severe Crohn’s What do you think ? http://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(06)01946-9/fulltext
  11. W

    BL7040 (good) news

    http://www.4-traders.com/BIOLINERX-LTD-10619776/news/BioLineRX-Ltd--BioLineRx-Announces-New-Positive-Results-in-Phase-2a-trial-for-Orally-Available-Inf-17501062/ Not that I understand it really, but it does interest me more than most potential drugs as it looks like they are taking a little...
  12. W

    Anybody got info ? RPC1063

    http://www.receptos.com/clinical-development-RPC1063-ibd.php
  13. W

    RHB104 - Let's pray together ...

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/redhill-biopharmas-rhb-104-combination-110000493.html
  14. W

    Prednisone effectiveness lasts only few days ?!

    Hey Guys, I am really confused :( I will save you the whole story ... long story short my doc. started me on prednisone which seemd to make a difference after few hours ! First 2 days felling was MUCH better than before; then each days it looks like the effect decays and symptoms are sneaking...
Top