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Hey 723, I used to be a biology major with a firm interest in medical science and pharmacology, so I find myself sort of inadvertently rambling about somewhat technical things without giving it a lot of thought. Many people here have enough first-hand (or research-based) experience to easily...

May as well update... enjoy a wordy post, because concision is for losers. It has been rough since my last update. On Thursday, I had an IV site reaction to cipro. This happens to me with quinolones sometimes. They decided to give me intravenous diphenhydramine to combat it. It did what it was...

as a plus, i've been using my morphine loopiness to make ridiculous portraits of my friends, which has proven amusing to all involved.

Yeah--I am currently still in the hospital. They are going to do an EGD and possibly a colonoscopy. Thankfully, I do not have pancreatitis. The combination of morphine and ondansetron does wonders and lasts for a reasonable amount of time, which is a plus. They also supplemented with oxycodone...

Well, they're admitting me. They think it's from a flare, and are blaming the shocking sensations on hypokalaemia, currently--not sure if they tested magnesium levels or not. The chemicals are pretty entwined, so I wouldn't be surprised if both were destroyed. I've never been hospitalised for a...

Thanks for the suggestion; I am already at the ER, so i can't really try those things, but they probably are related. my diet is made up pretty much entirely of toast, since everything else makes me feel like I'm dying. There are occasional exceptions, but i definitely don't have a balanced diet...

Something very unpleasant is happening to my body, and I really don't know what's going on. I am hopeful that maybe someone here can give me some assistance. Relevant background information: - Crohn's is mainly gastroduodenal. - Recent steatorrhea, at times passing nothing but oil. - Stool has...

It depends on what the stones are made out of, but the majority of stones are due to excess oxalate, and I think this is generally the case in the context of Crohn's. Some examples of foods high in oxalate to avoid would be tea, nuts, dark leafy greens like spinach and kale, etc... it's...

So you might have learned all this already since it's been a few hours, but whatever: I'm a regular kidney stoner, and I am frequently in the ER due to it. They usually won't do a lot aside from pain control and imaging unless stones are causing such ridiculous problems that they need to be...

I had the TMPT test done, yes. I am not sure of the last time I had bloodwork specifically for the aza, but I have had it done every couple of months or so since starting it, and one time I was "at high risk for toxaemia"--but so many other things were being put into my body due to hospitals...

This is my first post, so forgive me if I violate some unspoken rule... Brief bit of relevant history: I've been on azathioprine for a little bit more than a year (I have also been on infliximab, budesonide, and mesalamine as maintenance meds). I take 150mg a day, and it is currently the only...