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That’s so frustrating, I’m sorry. It makes sense to find out the game plan: are you checking for damage, are you trying to decide which new treatment to try, etc.?

Hear, hear!

Hi and no! Huh! I hope it fades soon.

Aww, I’m sorry you feel like your view has been dismissed. Re. your questions, Skyrizi is the first medication that has had some efficacy in my case (including a clear c-scope in June, win!). Side effects are muscle pain and dizziness (dizziness but not muscle pain has diminished in the past year).

Hiya—It sounds like you are going through the wringer. Good that an action plan is in place while you work to finalize the diagnosis. Depending on how severe the narrowing is, celery could be tricky—but only the juice, with roughage removed, might be OK. You might check with your GI the next...

Oh hmm, this can be pretty specific to you, your current lifestyle, and specific goals but I’d be happy to brainstorm some ideas with you. Examples: - Sleep hygiene: Stay in bed for the same hours each day. Don’t linger in bed once your alarm goes off. But also create a good environment for...

Score one for undergraduate research!

That’s promising; fingers crossed things keep going well for you.

I didn’t, although blood is very rare for me in any case. Take good care!

The part about IBD being dismissed as a possible explanation is something that a number of us have heard, regrettably. The trick is for those involved to keep doing their due diligence anyway—and I hope that they do so in your case as well. (p.s. The reason that it was “impossible” for it to be...

There is mixed but overall only poor or very weak support for herbal supplements containing curcumin, a compound of turmeric, in treating IBD symptoms. Most existing studies on curcumin in IBD have been poor quality in terms of both level of experimental control and number of participants...

Helllooo! Welcome back & sorry that things are tough right now. I hope that things are sorted to start Skyrizi for me. Skyrizi started to work for me last summer, then failed, but at that point my Crohn’s was pretty out of control, likely beyond what one medication could handle. Since having...

The switch to oral was likely because people were reducing in-person visits during the height of the pandemic.

I had an ileocolic resection in January. I routinely experience pain near the site of anastomosis a few or several hours after I eat fibre-containing foods (or sometimes just anything). More fibre=a stronger sensation that the food is bumping its way through the GI system (akin to being poked in...

I’m so sorry for you! This is NOT anything you did. Maybe the lime juice hit the ulcers and made you aware of some damage that was happening that you did not know about? (Just spitballing here—maybe the ginger beer saved you from more damage?) Low residue does allow for some types of fibre...

I bring my phone to scroll and read the newspaper —and I LOVE to bring headphones to block out other sounds.

Terrific advice—will do. Thanks!!

All of those are solid points!

About 3.5 months after surgery all of a sudden I started having terrible gas. It’s been a couple of weeks now and still a problem. So—no solutions, but solidarity.

I’m sorry to hear you have a stricture. My concern for you is that if you wind up having a tube down your nose for several days with looming risk of emergency surgery. I can’t speak to the odds of that happening or whether the stricture will continue to get worse for you, though (has your GI...