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  1. JackG

    Flair up after 13 years

    Predisone usually works in a couple days for me, and you're taking quite a bit. I remember it elevates your mood and sense of well being, and puffs you up a bit. Good luck, but I think everybody here has had trouble getting this damnable dis-ease under any kind of control, and then keeping the...
  2. JackG

    Crohns for 34 Years

    Yes, I've have had that card from the start, and I'm still under my employers group insurance. I haven't looked into what that card would mean under Medicare, but I will. Thanks for the idea.
  3. JackG

    Crohns for 34 Years

    I've had Crohns since 1981. Not many local docs knew about it then and I went undiagnosed for 6 months, all the while with fevers and diarrhea. Luckily I wound up at the University of Chicago weighing 90 lbs, with an emergency abscess and subsequent ileostomy & reconnect. Since then I've been...
  4. JackG

    Humira and psoriasis

    wjm--I have been on Humira for 2 and 1/2 years for Crohns, and I have eczema all over too. The itch feels like it's deeper than just skin. My hands get scaly patches and the skin splits. My GP and GI and two earlier dermatologists tried various moisturizers and healing lotions and none worked...
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