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  1. MissCadenza

    Bye bye meat, bye bye cheese...

    So I had an MRI scan a few weeks ago. The results were basically 'nothing major has changed but you're more inflamed than you ought to be' so it was kind of positive, kind of meh. Anyway, my doctor suggested a diet change to see if that reduced the inflammation. Basically he said 'try being...
  2. MissCadenza

    Sigh! It's time for an MRI!

    So I've just been to see my lovely consultant and he's very baffled as to what's wrong with me. About two weeks ago for absolutely no reason whatsoever I was vomiting up everything I ate. I had stomach pain, I couldn't keep anything down properly etc etc. This was coupled with pain on my lower...
  3. MissCadenza

    Crohn's awareness flash mob!

    This happened in my home town, it brought a smile to my face: http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/crohns-disease-awareness-bid-woking-8813455 :)
  4. MissCadenza

    Not having a good time right now

    I know I'm more of a lurker than a poster but I really need to have a vent. My entire digestive system seems to be ganging up on me right now. Solid toilet leavings seem to be an impossibility. My gut doesn't hurt but it feels odd, sort of almost as if it's packed with wet cotton balls, and...
  5. MissCadenza

    Cuts taking forever to heal

    This might be a silly question, but does anyone else find that cuts or any kind of wound are taking much longer to heal since they've been on azathioprine? I know it suppresses your immune system so I was expecting cuts to take longer to heal now, but I've had a cut on my arm for nearly a month...
  6. MissCadenza

    Sandoz brand azathioprine?

    Hi everyone, long time no speak! But I have a problem I hope you guys can help me with. It was time for my refill of my aza and I am usually given Imuran by my pharmacy, but for whatever reason they gave me, in an unmarked box with no patient leaflet, some aza tablets marked as 'Sandoz' on the...
  7. MissCadenza

    It's that time of year...

    ...where people who should be at home tucked up in bed come into work with raging colds, coughs and sneezes and then come over to my desk and breathe/sneeze on me and make me ill. I was just getting over one cold, was feeling much much better, then this morning I can't stop sneezing, my head...
  8. MissCadenza

    Spirulina

    I did do a search for this but my question wasn't really answered so... A nutritionist friend of mine has recommended that I start taking spirulina in addition to the multivitamin and fish oil supplements I am already taking daily. She reckons it will give me more energy and up my protein...
  9. MissCadenza

    Sick pay and chronic illnesses

    At the company where I work, they have a policy whereby if you take sick days over a certain number each year (I think it's 25), any more sick days you take, you get dropped onto half-pay. I've taken over 30, but the majority of those were when I had been signed off work because I was having my...
  10. MissCadenza

    Epic mood swings during tapering off!

    Hi everyone, I'm being tapered off Pred at the moment, down to 15mg currently after having been on 30mg for a good few weeks, and the mood swings I experienced at the start of my treatment are back with a vengeance. They mostly manifest when I'm in my car. I drive rather a small vehicle and...
  11. MissCadenza

    High white blood cells, low protein?

    Hi guys, I'm currently on the third of my blood tests that you need when you start on Imuran (had it this morning and blacked out while the needle was in my arm, yay me) but the results from the first two have had me a little confused as according to my doctor they are 'something to keep an eye...
  12. MissCadenza

    I'm being told my sexuality caused Crohn's

    Hi guys, just wanted to drop in and say hello. I'm 32, got diagnosed with Crohn's in July this year and would you believe it, someone I know (not a friend any more) said that it was probably because I'm bi that I got it. How dumb do you have to be? Mind you, a lot of people have asked if they...
  13. MissCadenza

    New to the forum, new to Crohn's.

    Hi everyone! I'm new here, after having agonised about signing up for a few weeks after actually discovering the forum. I decided to come out of hiding eventually because I figure the more support I have, the easier coping with my Crohn's will be. I was only diagnosed in July of this year...
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