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    Experience of tattoos

    Hi, advice please: I'm looking to get a small tattoo shortly. I've got 4 already that I got before Crohn's reared its ugly head. Had no probs with excessive bleeding and healed fine etc. I'm currently taking budesonide, azathioprine, pentasa, lanzoprazole and adcal D3. Has anyone got any...
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    Psoas abscess - help please

    Hi I'm looking for some advise from anyone who has/had a psoas abscess. I've had recurring abscesses this last year that were resolved with antibiotics. I had one years ago that needed draining before my Crohn's diagnosis. I felt same symptoms last week and GP prescribed antibiotics. The...
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    Taking prednisolone and got a horrid cold

    Hi, sorry to keep asking questions. I'm on a tapering course of pred (down to 15mg) and caught a cold last week. It was quite mild and seemed to go over the weekend. But Monday it came back and has been getting worse since. I'm sneezing all the time, got quite a lot of mucus, bad headache, cough...
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    Missed medication

    Hi, just realised I forgot to take my medication last night and this morning. I'll take my evening lot as normal today but what should I do about the prednisolone? Currently taking 20mg but if I take them now I'll be wide awake all night. Should I take them now or will I be ok missing them for a...
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    Psoas abscess

    Hi wondering if anyone has any experience of psoas abscess caused by Crohn's? I had one 6 years ago before I was diagnosed with Crohn's. At the time they aspirated it and left a drain for a week. No further problems. This time I have had an abscess on and off since October last year. Been...
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    Tips to ease hip and back pain?

    Hello, wondering if anyone can offer any tips to ease hip and back pain. My hip is particularly bad at the moment and I am struggling to sleep. I am taking Tramadol at the moment but it only seems to touch the top layer. A hot water bottle helps a little but the pain feels "further in" if that...
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    Worried by side effects of azathioprine

    Hello, a little advice please if possible. I have Crohn's in the TI and at the moment I'm only taking pentasa for it as I am on antibiotics for an ongoing abscess (on and off antibiotics since September and it won't shift). In pain on a daily basis and still losing weight and struggling to...
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    Diet for c diff

    Sorry if this has already been covered, I had a look but couldn't see anything. Friday night/Saturday morning I started getting pain very high up in my abdomen (my crohns pain is usually LRQ as it is in TI). Shortly after I started vomiting and had diarrheah and the pain got so bad I couldn't...
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    Ureteric Stent - advice please!

    Hi, Quick background. Recently been diagnosed with Crohns. Currently taking prednisone, Pentax's, metronidazole, ciprofloxin. Hoping to move onto azathioprine in about 6 weeks. I've had a ureteric stent in for approx 4 weeks. It is running from my kidney to bladder as inflammation in my...
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    Restless legs at night

    I have recently been diagnosed with Crohns and have just started prednisolone. I have six weeks to go tapering down from 40mg. I have been experiencing some mild insomnia but have managed to get some sleep. However the last few nights I have had severe restless legs and can not stay still?! I do...
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    Restless legs at night

    Hi, I have recently been diagnosed with Crohns and have just started prednisolone. I have six weeks to go tapering down from 40mg. I have been experiencing some mild insomnia but have managed to get some sleep. However the last few nights I have had severe restless legs and can not stay still...
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