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Very commendable. Unfortunately I don't just have IBD, I'm just lazy in general. :tongue: At college I used to wait literally a day before the deadline to start an essay, luckily I always managed to get them in! :biggrin: I also spent most of my time doing this :drink:

Yup, I'm probably going to eat my words on that one! Really hope you get accepted for this September. If I start feeling better I might regain some of my motivation!

Thank you Rosanna! :) Strangely, as I said before, I'm looking forward to it - love a challenge (I'm just weird like that). It's great that you want to go back and do your A Levels, don't let whatever this is stop you. I'd love to go to uni, but with my symptoms I feel really cba about it...

Seriously, don't get yourself worried or anxious about it because it'll only make you feel worse and not just that, there's not much you can do about it (if you do have crohn's). It's not worth getting a second opinion until you've had the scope because they are usually pretty definitive when it...

My inflammation makers lowered themselves, if that's what you mean and I'm on no medication. They were 127 and went down to 111 and during the time I had the bloods taken for the first result, I wasn't in much pain at all. I don't believe how you feel always represents what's going on inside.

Wow, that is shocking. I can't believe you went to A&E with severe pain, passing blood AND what you thought to be tissue with a very high ESR and CRP and they didn't admit you...it's like you almost need to be dying to get a diagnosis. I can relate somewhat (but nowhere near) because my doctor...

Thanks :) Any UK members know where to find pure chicken broth in a carton or can? Most soups here labelled 'broth' are full of vegetables. I wonder if just putting a chicken stock cube in water would work the same...

Hahaha better movement in that area would be welcomed also ATM! I'm sure the prep will sort that. Appreciate the tips. Strangely looking forward to it? Feel like I'll be giving my bowel a rest and will feel good that It's had a bit of a clean out. Got my shopping list at the ready, hopefully...

I quit smoking exactly 311 days ago and I loved smoking! The first few weeks I hated humanity and felt like it was the end of the world - it got better and here I am, almost a year later. The only negative is that around the time of quitting smoking, my symptoms worsened significantly. Perhaps...

Thanks gotumtum, I'll give that a try. :) Rosanna, I feel the frustration! I really do not know where these GPs and GIs you're seeing came from or more to the point, where they studied medicine at! I've been so lucky with mine and I wish I could send them to you somehow. You seem very strong...

This should probably posted elsewhere BUT I feel like I kind of know everyone in this group (well, the regulars) so I like to ask Qs here! :) Does anybody else not know when they need to go for a number two? This is a recent change, because I used to be constantly running to and from the...

Definitely come join us in the undiagnosed club and have a rant here and there. Symptoms of IBD aren't always 'consistent with IBD'. Some people don't even have symptoms and are diagnosed unexpectedly!

Ring of fire :rof: think we've all been there! My only remedy to that is try to use some sensitive (flushable) wipes rather than loo roll. Sudocrem is good (albeit it messy) - if you don't have it where you are, it's a zinc based cream that heals things up in no time and is extremely soothing.

First appt. with a GI on Tuesday, a little nervous I have to admit, more so about what comes next (the scopes) and being plied with medication. :( Trying to look forward to my holiday (vacation, for the US members lol) but all I can think about is having the enjoyment ripped out of it by being...

happyballerina, I've also got my mind set on a liquid diet over meds. I don't want to take anything that will cause long-term damage to my body, especially taking potentially carcinogenic immunosuppressants. Like yourself I might make that clear at my first consult in August. As for pred, it's...

Just want to say, I made myself a makeshift one of these using some old shopping catalogs and wow, I have never felt so...empty for a long time. For a while I've been going into a tip-toe position so my knee's are higher which helped somewhat, but going into an even higher kneed position made it...

This is definitely going to be my next purchase! For now I'll just use something around the house.

Recently I've been going every 2 weeks. I'm undiagnosed and my GP thinks it would be good to have a set of blood work results, rather than just one before I go see a consultant.

Can completely relate to this too. I tell myself it's okay, I can just top (ugh I hate that term haha) but I think really my preference would be to bottom. I rarely even think or contemplate having sex though because I have quite a bit of rectal damage from straining and fissures - so I...

Hello and welcome! I complete understand the worries you're having about the weight gain. Out of the many side effects of crohn's meds, weight gain is my the one I'm not looking forward to - perhaps I need a little, but I seriously don't want to be as big as I used to be before my I lost all the...