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    Surgery 4 weeks ago

    Hi I havent posted here for a while hope everyone is doing ok! I had my surgery on 27th March - 20cm of small bowel they said there was a large amount of fat wrapping also i'm still unsure what this means, they also removed some of the large bowel around 10cm and have said of a chronic sub...
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    Op soon....

    Hi I have my apt to discuss my op soon which i dont mind after all the pain an hassle recently . Can someone let me know before hand what i can expect from a resection i have 15cm of the ilieum with issues and the main question i have is does surgery need a colostomy afterwards and for how long...
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    Update

    Hi I have not posted here for a while. Following a recent flare up I went to the doctor. I have had vomiting and stomach pains after each meal they gave me Prednisolone 40mg and Omeprazole 40mg on top of my Asacol 400g x 6 per day. They have said they want me to see a surgeon to remove the...
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    Do I need surgery

    Hi Can someone tell me if narrowing will always need surgery this has been discovered on my last xray and my appointment to see doctor not until Sept so am a bit worried about this now could this be treated with medication?
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    Finally I've been diagnosed

    Hi All After 13 years of gp appointments and casualty visits I have finally been diagnosed with Crohns. I am finding this hard to understand as my symptoms have been slighty different....When I get bad episodes I have such bad stomach pains that I faint and have to be held on the toilet...
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    Help....the doctors cant

    Hi I have for 11 year suffered with stomach ache, to the point i have diareea and faint having to be held on the toilet by whoever is available. When this happens I cant cope with the pain I will be in and out of consciousness and not sure where I am but can still feel the pains in my stomach...
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    I cant wait card

    Hi Please can someone tell me how I get one of the I cant wait cards I realise these are not nice to have to use but after 11 years of suffering to be told yesterday I have crohns I think its about time to get one of these. I have flare ups every couple of days and it has taken this amount of...
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