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  1. daisy_dueller

    Remicade with an abscess?

    Is there anyone here that is on remicade that can offer me advice? I have an infusion scheduled for the 16th, and I've noticed something that may or may not be an abcsess (possible fistula?). My question is: Can I still get the remicade infusion if I have an abscess? I do get bloodwork done 2...
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    Fistulas and Sex

    Sorry for the TMI on this one...but this post has to be made. Google has no love for me :( So, I have a rectovaginal fistula. My docs don't really 'believe' me...but I know it's there. It's not serious to the point of needing intervention, just a little gas leakage through there...
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    Fistulas and pregnancy

    OK...I'm asking all of you this, because I don't know where else to turn. Both my GI and my OBGYN say that I don't have a fistula...simply because they can't SEE it. However, I know differently. ALL of the symptoms are there for a fistula, I truly believe I have one, and they both won't...
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    Green poo???

    green poo??? So...I've been taking a multi-vitamin for the past few months, and every day around 3pm, I have the most disgusting colored green poo ever!!!! I know it has something to do with the vitamins...but does anyone know exactly what it is that turns poo green?? I've just always been...
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    Does food make Crohn's worse?

    Ok...so this is something I've been pondering for a while, and can't believe I've never asked anyone about it before... So, we all have foods that we need to stay away from...BUT if you continuously eat the foods that bother you...can that make the actual CD itself worse? Or does it just bring...
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    A small question

    a small question Hey guys!! Just a weird question for you... When you are flaring and have pain in the abdomen...are you ever able to push on your lower abdomen and feel exactly where the pain is coming from? This happens to me...and it always scares me every time, because normally I can feel...
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    Anyone use Probiotics?

    hey everyone! I've been hearing lots of stuff on probiotics lately, and how good they are for people with CD...does anyone here use them? how do they make you feel? did your doc recommend them, or did you start them all on your own?
  8. daisy_dueller

    No Chocolate????

    My life is officially over. OK, not officially, but this still really sucks. Every morning, when I get to work, I fix myself a cup of hot chocolate...I can't have coffee anymore, so I drink hot chocolate instead. Well...I've been running for the bathroom every morning, i just thought it was a...
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    GI appt today

    I have a GI appt today!! YAY! My next one wasn't until June...but my GP got me in earlier. I am going to ask him about Remicade (yet again), and get the all-clear for our honeymoon to Mexico, ask about getting pregnant...I'm so excited for this appointment. I have been having some minor cramping...
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    Mexico!!

    Just need a bit of advice on travelling to Mexico, specifically the Mayan Riviera with Crohn's...we missed our first honeymoon becuase I went into the hospital 6 days before we were to leave...so we've rescheduled, and are leaving at the end of February!! I am SO excited, as we've NEVER...
  11. daisy_dueller

    Hives??

    Has anyone ever experienced hives as a symptom of their CD??? I have never before, up until this last week. I've heard that sometimes anesthesia can bring on skin conditions, and this has happened to my mother with a surgery that she's had...just curious if it's a symptom of the disease, or the...
  12. daisy_dueller

    Normal Cramping????

    So I had a small bowel resection about 3 months ago now, and have been doing great. I have good days, and bad, but mostly good. However, this afternoon I noticed a cramp in my right side...it feels like a sharp pain, but only when I move a certain way, and it comes and goes...my question...
  13. daisy_dueller

    Hi Everyone!

    I just found this forum...and thought I would join :) I am semi-new to Crohn's disease but had IBS since I was about 12 or 13 (I am 26 now) In 2004 (at 22), I moved from Rural Alberta to Victoria, BC. Shortly after that, my little tummy problems were becoming bigger tummy problems. I was...
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