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You know, that's how I feel lol. I told the hospital I was going to move in last year because I seemed to spend most of my time with them.. For me it's the seeds and nuts because I adored wholegrain bread and snack seeds. I had to stop eating pastry and gravy as well because oddly enough...

I think being a crohnabetic (as a friend lovingly labelled me lol) is a pain because you end up in a catch 22 situation. I'm type 2, so metformin effects the crohn's and some of the medications of crohn's affects the diabetes and sends my glucose levels through the roof. We just can't win! YOu...

I've been doing research into how hormones and menstruation can affect crohn's flares. So far, i've been hitting dead ends because there's no studies to show a link but personally, I get a mini flare about a week before I am due to start my period; symptoms which seem to abate significantly once...

Hi. Sorry about asking this but i'm worried. I'm hoping you can help. For about six months, I periodically get smooth lumps in my stool. they are not normal stools and are orange in colour and float. Well, today I donned some gloves and had a look at what it was and when it was broken open...

Hey everyone from a very sheepish me... Firstly sorry for not updating this over the weekend. I don't know how many of you are reading, or whether anyone is reading at all, but truthfully this helps me make sense of the side effects if that makes sense. What can I say about the weekend. It's...

Day 2 of pred Okay, so here we are day two of the steroids and I have to say, I'm not feeling too bad. The constant hot feeling and sweating from yesterday has subsided quite a bit, but I'm feeling quite sickly today (no talking to the porceline god though, so that's a good sign!). I'm also...

Phew! that's good to know! At least I won't walk around grumbling to myself about the medication not working, all the while eating a big ole piece of cake to ease my pain lol. People will think i've gone bonkers :dance: Ooh lemon and white chocolate cake. I can't think of anything better than...

Hiya Oh no! You haven't had a diagnosis yet? Hopefully they'll find out soon. I hope they manage to find you a treatment plan that works for you (and one with less side effects) to help ease your pain and other symptoms. It's no fun living with something that has the potential to knock you on...

Catattack and Astra...HUGE HUGS to the both of you! I can only hope I get similar effects as the two of you have had. So far i'm just majorly hot and sweating profusely, but nothing I can't handle. The pain and problems in my tummy are still there, but i'm putting it down to needing to let it...

Hi Sherry I've been feeling hot and very sweaty pretty much all day, so it's lingering on but the palputations or fast heart beat is something I get anyway after taking certain medication. The tramadol that the GI prescribed for pain does that to me so i'm not too sure whether or not it has...

Thanks Just you (sorry, couldn't resist being a wee bit cheeky :) ) It is only a low dose for now and hopefully it'll work. I do feel a bit better about taking them, though found a card in the box that I have to put in my purse just in case to say i'm on steroid treatment. So far so good and...

Hi guys Well, after some sage advice from some utterly lovely people on here, and the IBD nurse that i've been allocated (spoke to her via phone and have appointment next Tuesday...yay!), I started taking the one thing that struck fear into my heart....prednisone. Well, day one hasn't been too...

sorry guys, I read the dosage wrong...or at least I thought each tablet was 10mg. They're not, they're actually 5mg so the dose is 30mg a day...doh! I spoke to my IBD nurse for the first time today and she's alleviated a lot of my fears and so, here I am day 1 of pred and pentasa. So far the...

Just a quick addition to the above post, but is it likely that i'll get moonface after 3 weeks of taking 60mg and then tapering down by 5mg every week afterwards until I finish the dosage?

Hi guys. Thank you so much for getting back to me. I do need to give it a go, but i'm just being a worry wart. I started with this flare in March and it took up to a few weeks ago to diagnose crohns. I have a barium xray soon, so they'll be able to see what's affected by the disease. I'll...

:sign0085: Hey Guys. The lovely David guided me here because i've recently been diagnosed with Crohn's and prescribed pred. I went into hospital on Sunday night and was given antibiotics via IV as well as a steriod shot once daily, but the GI discharged me with a whole myriad of medication...

Ooh PERFECT! Thanks David. I'll go and take a look over there. It might help alleviate my tension about the dreaded steroids :) Hugs xx

Help! :sign0085: Guys, i'm really sorry and I know it sounds like i'm just winging about this, but I really need to understand this a little bit more. Last night, the pain was bad and got worse, so the hospital gave me oral morphine which helped. I took it this morning as well. The GI came...

Hey Catattack (Nice name! I had to laugh because as I opened your message, my little bombay kitty attacked my feet and started trying to steal my sock!) The problem is, i currently weight 20st 3lbs and I lost a lot of weight when I started with this in a very very short space of time. it was...

Hi David. Thank you for your advice and the push in the right direction. It turned out my white blood count was sky high and my inflammation count soared with it. Unfortunately, i'm on predanisone now and I really really don't want to take it. It scares me no end and i'm not looking forward...