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    Crohns and joint pain?

    It’s the autoimmune side of the Crohn’s. I get horrible joint flare ups with fatigue and nodules with black and blue marks all over my skin. Prednisone is wonderful but you can’t live on it; adverse effects with age and bone density. My doc swears against Ibuprofen. Watch Tramadol! It’s highly...
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    Scar tissue and strictures from previous Crohn’s surgeries have been quite problematic for me...

    Scar tissue and strictures from previous Crohn’s surgeries have been quite problematic for me after 20 years of UC/Crohn’s. Sometimes the rectum needs removed for Cancer but other times strictures and scar tissue and the disease itself can trap the natural lining and mucous that we all shed in...
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    Please help! Concerns over anus being removed

    Thank you
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    Anyone with Inclusion or Peretoneal Cysts?

    I’ve had multiple surgeries and now have been told, after going to the ER for extreme pain, that I have these kinds of cysts that are in clusters and keep refilling due to fluid getting trapped in my scar tissue creating cysts. The cysts are not only painful but also clustered around my small...
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    Please help! Concerns over anus being removed

    Last March I had a J Pouch take down, permanent ostomy put in, and most of my rectum removed. Now in 2020 I have to have the last 2-3 inches of rectum and anus removed that the surgeon left in and sewn up because it’s releasing mucous/fluid into my scar tissue, causing painful inclusion cysts...
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