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  1. hetzbaby

    How does your GI keep track of your Crohn's progress?

    I'm getting kind of frustrated at this point. I was diagnosed in august of 2012 after a colonoscopy and upper endoscopy with biopsy. Ever since being put on meds, I feel like my doctor does nothing aside from checking my liver enzymes every three months forthe azathioprine and ordering a CBC...
  2. hetzbaby

    Sudden nonexistent immunity to hepatitis b after meds?

    I was on Humira last year from October till Februaryof this year. Of course, they check your antibody response to hep B before you can start the drug. In December I started azasan. Then in February my body wigged out and we stopped the Humira because it was the easiest. Now I just got labs back...
  3. hetzbaby

    How do you tell mucus from a parasite??

    I've been having pretty solid bm's. Super fatigued a lot of the time but pretty okay other than that. I've been noticing occasionally though that I've had some pale whitish streaking in my stools. They almost look bean sprout-ish in nature and I haven't eaten any bean sprouts so naturally I'm...
  4. hetzbaby

    Extreme fatigue due to azathioprine?

    Does anyone else have an issue with extreme fatigue? The only med I'm taking is azasan (azathioprine, imuran). I weigh 112lbs, take 100mg at night cause it used to make me really nauseous. Been on it since mid December or so (I was around 135lbs then due to prednisone). Could the med be the...
  5. hetzbaby

    Oral supps or infusions for low hemoglobin?

    I had labs drawn two weeks ago now and my doctor is STILL complaining that my hemoglobin is too low---it's now dropped to 10.4 and I'm a 24 year old female. I take regular iron supplements at my doctor's request. This last lab was actually pulled because I was supposed to up my iron dose in the...
  6. hetzbaby

    How do you get through a flare?

    I'm nearing my one year anniversary of diagnosis in august and I'm fearing that I might be starting to flare again. I've been having some joint pain & a bit of cramping/abdominal pain and I'm currently only on azathioprine since I started reacting badly to Humira after starting the aza. My...
  7. hetzbaby

    Flagyl to stop a flare?

    I was in my GI's office around the 6th and received a pneumonia vaccine (pneumovax to be specific since I'm on azasan) because the immunologist wants to run tests on my immune system. I recovered some medical records that said I had been diagnosed with an immune deficiency with a possible...
  8. hetzbaby

    Possible impaction??

    I was dx'd with CD last August, so I'm still pretty new to all of this. I also have recently recovered a bunch of medical records from my childhood that state that I have or had an immune deficiency, and now we aren't sure if the symptoms could be a result of a primary immunodeficiency instead...
  9. hetzbaby

    Back with partner after bad flare up

    I was diagnosed after my partner and I had been broken up, which was super hard. I didn't have any symptoms at the end of our relationship, but I had lost a ton of weight & it was taking a toll on me emotionally. The year that we were apart was the hardest I've ever experienced, especially once...
  10. hetzbaby

    Can you take remicade if you've reacted to Humira?

    I had been on Humira from mid October until this past month. It started with the generalized itching and welting and progressed to a rash on my face, flushed arms and legs, tingling in my hands and swelling, as well as some shortness of breath. The immunologist/allergist recommended my GI try a...
  11. hetzbaby

    New to the forum, in my first year of dx

    Hello everyone! I've been actively reading posts from the forum for some time but for some reason I never joined. But now here I am. :) I'll tell you a bit about myself. I'm currently 23 and was just diagnosed with Crohn's at the very beginning of August 2012, due to biopsies from a...
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