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I was wondering if anyone had some experience to share about talking to your child about his or her illness. My 12-year-old son was recently diagnosed with Crohn's and while I want to be positive and reassure him, I feel he also needs to know that this isn't a cold that will be cleared up in a...

My son's doctor has ordered (more!) blood work, including a glucose tolerance test. Of course, he failed to mention this particular test before sending me the script, so I was just wondering why this is done? Is 6-MP a risk for diabetes? The biologics? He is newly diagnosed and only on...

Thank you all for the advice! I'm sure I will be back here often---

My beautiful 12-year-old son got his official diagnosis of ileocolitis today. He got very sick very suddenly, losing nearly ten pounds in a month. While I am grateful to have some answers, I am heartbroken. My son has autism and I am a single mom so we've already had our share of tough times...

Boy, I can tell I will be leaning heavily on this group in the months--and years--ahead. I haven't slept all week trying to decide what is best for my son and what test I might actually get him to do with some success. I'm leaning toward the MRE as I have an indolent lymphoma myself so the...

Thank you all for responding. I feel like I've been hit with a two-by-four to the head, I'm so blindsided, so all help is appreciated. As far as the MRE: I was told he couldn't be sedated because he had to drink the contrast right before the MRE and the anesthesiologist was not comfortable with...

Hello- My 12-year-old son was just diagnosed with Crohn's based on colonoscopy/pathology and now his gastro wants to do either a upper GI/small bowel series or MRE with contrast to see the extent of disease. I'm so worried about radiation exposure for my young and very small son, especially...