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Doctor has me on antibiotics now because the node has since got infected

You might have Crohn's if your contemplating purchasing an intestine plush pillow that says I heart guts.. I hope this makes me feel better

I had all sorts of cramps before my diagnosis. Back then I had regular blood testing and low potassium was never a concern.

This disease has really made me question my purpose in life. Before the diagnosis I had all these goals and dreams to travel. I was just about to start highschool and just like that--my health plummeted in a manner of days. Fast forward nearly 7 years later I was finally diagnosed after a long...

How was it determined it was an ingrown hair? Did they do a biopsy and voila, behold a hair? Lol.

I've been on Humira since 2014 and I don't notice being tired anymore then I normally am. I'm just extremely fatigued from the sickness and all. I do take vitamins and give myself b12 injections. All blood work shows superb levels so I think I'm just mentally and physical exhausted. I wake up...

Most injections require you to inject in a new spot anyway. Humira has certain places where they suggest you inject yourself but I've not had a problem with marks on my skin. It heals nicely by the time I have to inject again. The only thing really terrible about Humira is the side effects...

I went to the doctors yesterday and he said it isn't a cyst, pimple but it looks like a swollen lymph node. Basically nothing to be concerned about so long as it doesn't grow or is painful. He says it should go away in a week or so when I recover from my latest infection. (I'm on my last day of...

Stress can cause you to flare but it is not the reason someone get Crohn's. In my case Crohn's was passed on to me by my father. My father believes his biological father also had some intestinal issues as well. Long before I was diagnosed I was told I had a genetic predisposition to developing...

Same job here. Work in the schools and I'm in the same boat as you. I had to put in my first absence lienancy note early last year because I was having nightmares about being let go. I started off the year taking a 4 day position because I had a very difficult summer with my health. Under the...

Pretty much at my whitsend this morning. I'm sick of waking up to new things wrong with me. I've become a doctor having to do examinations every morning because I wake up with some new issue. Not only dealing with the 'pleasantries' of Crohn's but I've also got infections hitting me left to...

Whether it's because the Humira is giving me all sorts of infections or it's just my immunity I'm frustrated. I'm sick of doctors. I'm sick of being sick. The Humira is working for the Crohn's dramatically healed the sores over a single year but I'm dealing with all sorts of other issues now...

My blood tests always confused doctors for the 7 years before a Crohn's diagnosis. I had elevated inflammation coming up in blood tests but they would assume that was because certain joints would be swollen at times. keep in mind that my level of inflamed never was extremely elevated. I was...

I run the tap. Turn on the fan. Sometimes the music in the bathroom will drown out the noises(I try not to be out in public when I'm having a rough day however) playing a game with the volume up.

I'm in clinical remission though nothing in blood work has ever had alarmed doctors before Took an actual colonoscopy to diagnose me. I'm still symptomatic even in remission. I have to say though I'm not having as many issues before. Still have terrible joint pain. Have diahrea regularly but...

It took a colonoscopy and a biopsy to determine I had Crohn's. I had no extreme weigh loss(weight gain actually) but I was experiencing the classic symptoms of it. My blood work was otherwise normal except for a little elevation of inflammation etc(doctors thought it was elevated because I had...

It took a colonoscopy and a biopsy to determine I had Crohn's. I had no extreme weigh loss(weight gain actually) but I was experiencing the classic symptoms of it. My blood work was otherwise normal except for a little elevation of inflammation etc(doctors thought it was elevated because I had...

Going to the ER just might be the only option though I hate going--since it's not a medical emergency. Pretty sure I might be on the brink of developing pneumonia again. Had it this time last year😑 Seems rather pointless for me to go to doctors anymore. I've become quite a frequent patient...

I'm medically burnout too. I see no reason to go to doctors now because I have been used as a guinea pig for far too long this year I've seen lung, ENT, allergists and others to simply get an clear for doctors to prescribe me with antibiotics for longer than a week if need be. I'm got no reason...

I had a pretty traumatic diagnosis experience that resulted in a lot of anxiety and bouts of depression. I tried all of the yoga and stress relieving techniques in the world but it doesn't help much these days. I was prescribed sertraline which I take on and off but I try to stay as unmedicated...