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The doctors in my rural hometown (Idaho) originally misdiagnosed me with IBS. They hadn't even bother to do x-rays or a colonoscopy, and every time they did a stool sample, there was blood, but they totally wrote me off. Then, after I lost a bunch of weight, they declared I had IBS and...

I was just having this discussion with my GI doc yesterday. I was in remission from age 20-34, and then I started having symptoms again: bloating, nausea, vomiting, pain - but no diarrhea or fever. They're telling me I have IBS in addition to crohn's, but I don't think they're 2 different...

One explanation given to me about why my symptoms could be changing with age is a weakening of stomach acidity that occurs with age and therefore changes the bacterial balance of the body. I'm sure having really high stomach acidity could also produce a harmful imbalance in the opposite...

I've found the following combo to be a powerful hunger stimulater, I think due to the glycemic index: bananas, honey, and peanut butter mixed into a shake. Don't put in too much peanut butter, because it can offset the appetite stimulating effects. I also had good luck stimulating my...

what do you folks tell other people? My crohn's symptoms only reemerged the past 2 years or so, and I made a decision to give up alcohol less than a month ago. For some reason, I'm anticipating difficulty when I tell certain (heavy-drinking) friends and family members. Do you specifically...

I gave up beer a long time ago - major problems. The last time I drank wine, I woke up with one of the worst crohn's attacks of my life - spent the day in the ER - and since then, I've permanently quit drinking altogether. I'd known for a long time it messed with me, but that was the turning...

Mine was most severe from ages 13-19, then went into remission for over a decade, then came back at age 34. :(