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Thanks Sarahbear. I've browsed through the Diet Fitness and Supplements forum. I think the Safe Foods thread is really useful. I was going to add to it but I'm still doing a lot of trial and errors with food so I'll wait until I'm a bit clearer. Thanks again... hope everything goes well for...

Hello Crohns Family :ghug: I'm really pleased to have discovered this site, I no longer feel so alone with this strange disease. It all started 8 years ago when I was rushed to hospital gastric heamoraging. I was given an endoscopy and diagnosed with gastronitis and put onto Lansaprazole...

Hi Magnolia, Sounds like you've been going through the mill! Hope your starting to feel a bit better now though? I'm just dropping down to 20mg pred tomorrow for the next week. I've branched out a bit with food tonight though and I'm regretting it a bit now, have ended up in bed with...

Re:Pentasa. I was offered it in a disolvable form. Maybe worth asking for.

Thanks Shamrock. I'll enquire about alternative methods of iron, maybe the IV route, as its the absorbtion I have problems with. It would be good to know I have it sorted. I'm not feeling too bad after my run yesterday. My upper body and shoulders feel a bit shaken about, but nothing too...

Well this thread has given me the final umph that I needed... so I've been for my first 45minute run in about 8 weeks! Feels good to have done it at the moment. I've timed it well as I've got the weekend off, so plenty of time and space to re-couperate. Will keep you posted as to how it goes...

I think you've hit the nail on the head here. The lethargic effects I suffer from after exercise are no doubt related to my low hemoglobin, iron and B12 levels. I have yet to be able to get these to an adequate level as I am unable to take my iron supplements as they disagree with me...

I'm recently diagnosed with Crohns. My exercise had stopped due to the intense symptoms of my Crohns. I liked to run and go to the gym, as well as sometimes mountain walking. I had started to notice things the same as you. When I had a good run, the following day I was feeling excessive...

Hi Flavraphil, I have had the same problem for about 2+years now. I repeatedly asked my Doctor and recieved no real answers as such, just statements like, "come back if it gets any worse" or "let us know if it spreads into the iris". It wasn't until recently, as I've been getting diagnosed...

I had my first weeks traetment review and the Doc has started me on Prednisolene reduction of 5mg a week for the next 5 weeks. I told him about my other symptoms and he has referred me to a gastroentologist to let him be more of a final judge of what is actually going on and what tests or...

Hi Whit, I'm in a similar situation as you at the moment. I've had a consultation with the rheumatologist, also an xray(all clear), and I am awaiting an MRI scan on the 18th December, all related to my Crohns. I share the same doubts as yourself, about whether or not it is necessary. I...

Hi Magnolia, I've just started my first reduction of prednisone today from 30mg to 25mg. My doctor wants to try me on weekly reductions of 5mg. Hope you go ok with your reduction, keep us posted on how its going.

Hi Daph, Thanks for sharing your story. I've recently been diagnosed with Crohns and share your sentiments entirely about how grateful I am to have found this forum and to not feel so alone with this strange disease. So much experience and advice to be found here :ghug:

Hi Magnolia, Thanks for sharing your story with us. I have had a lot of Identification reading through. I was diagnosed with Crohns on 15th Nov 2012. I am still struggling to settle into the prednisone after 6 days on it now, but the inflammation prior was truely unbearable, so there is...

Hi Guys, thanks for taking the time to share all your thoughts and suggestions with me, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. Things have been slightly better over the last couple of days, not so much waking up with inflamation but I seem to be having an awkward couple of hours after...

If I have got a fistula, would it not have shown up in the colonoscopy I had last week? Does anyone know if the MRI scan I'm due to have in December would show up a fistula? Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated

Been up since 5am, surely shouldn't be in this much pain even after starting treatment:pale:

I'm thankful for a diagnosis last Thursday, and I'm also thankful to have found these forums in the same week, I find them a real source of help and no longer feel so alone with it all:hug:

Thanks for the Welcome. The meds I'm taking should now come up on my signature, I have only just started on the mesalazine and Prednisolone 4 days ago, but unfortunately I've been up at 4am the last two evenings with bad flare ups. I'm continuing to take co-dydramol as it seems to take the...

Hi Wooddy(appropriate username for this thread). Yes I am able to have erection and also achieve orgasm with nothing coming out. I've not taken any Silodyx, and I only started the Mesalasine and the steroids 4 days ago, so still a bit baffled by it. Thanks for your help though.