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  1. CrohnsHobo

    Gallstones

    Those of you have had them what did it feel like? First I would get bloated and sore under my right rib. Chalked it up to gas. Fast forward a month and now after eating I get a constant dull pain from middle of my chest radiating to under my right rib.gets tender to the touch. Sitting down...
  2. CrohnsHobo

    Frequent Forms BM's?

    Hello, old member, been awhile since I have posted. Has anyone had an issue with frequent formed stools with urgency? I have not really had D in awhile which is nice, but I am still having high frequency. 48 times in the last 5 days, all formed, with about half of those bloody/blood in the...
  3. CrohnsHobo

    Losing a year

    This year has been a total loss and one I hope to forget. Subtotal colectomy in April, prolapse in June, kidney stone in July, missed 4.5 months of work. No scope shows severely active Crohn's, and Erythema nodosum on both legs and now my back. Going back to work it feels like life passed...
  4. CrohnsHobo

    4 days left for my stoma

    Tuesday I go in for my reversal. Had my pre-op today. Surgeon said because the prolapse she might not be able to stretch what I have left of my colon to the little part of colon left attached to my rectum so she me just scrap it and pull down my small intestine to that tail end of colon and...
  5. CrohnsHobo

    Stoma getting bigger?

    I had a subtotal colostomy almost 8 weeks ago. I have Hollister two piece supplies with a cut to fit flange. I was cutting them between 1 1/2 inch and 1 3/4 inch today I was changing everything out and I had to cut it slightly bigger than 1 3/4 of an inch, as big as my flanges will go. Should I...
  6. CrohnsHobo

    Old Crohnie saying hi, surgery imminent.

    Hello Everyone, long time no post. I have now failed on Humira, and have for the most part run out of drugs that I have not failed on over the past 16 years. My next options from my Dr. is Tsyberi or a trail for a new type of Tsyberi, both scare the hell out of me, but my only option after...
  7. CrohnsHobo

    Update

    Hi My Fellow Chronies, Have not really been around lately, though I would stop by and update. I am doing well with my Crohn's. I have been going down 1mg a week on the Prednisone and I am down to 2 mg a day currently. I am doing the 1ml injection of Methotrexate once a week and the 45mg...
  8. CrohnsHobo

    Let the starving begin

    Go in for a colonoscopy tomorrow morning, so today I am on the liquid diet. It is only 10 and I am already starving. I am going to be super cranky tonight.
  9. CrohnsHobo

    Frustrated with Food

    I do all of the cooking for myself and my girlfriend and I work full time Monday through Friday. I love to cook, but I am finding myself very frustrated as of late with eating in general. When I am feeling better I tend to think I can eat what I want and then I get myself sick again. Seeing as...
  10. CrohnsHobo

    Methotrexate- To Drink or Not to Drink

    So I have read conflicting reports about drinking while taking Methotrexate. Some say never, some say 1-2 drinks on occasion no problem. Anyone have any opinions? I have been taking Metho once a week for 5 weeks now and have not had a single drink in that time. I am going to be going to Spring...
  11. CrohnsHobo

    I thought Crohn's was bad . . .

    I thought dealing with Crohn's and hospitals and doctors was bad, but this morning my girlfriend and I had to take our cat to be to sleep. What an awful experience. I have never had to do that before and it made dealing with all I have for the past 14 years seem so small. I don't know how...
  12. CrohnsHobo

    Update

    On Tuesday I had my appointment with my regular Gastro and yesterday I went to UCLA's Digestive Disease/IBD clinic and saw their Crohn's/UC expert. Since Xmas I have only been on Prednisone after years of Remicade which failed to work. So I have been taking 40mg a day of the Pred since the...
  13. CrohnsHobo

    Crockpot?

    Anyone have a good Crohn's friendly crock pot recipe? As the weather is turning cold I am looking for some good crock pot recipes to warm things up and that will be Crohn's friendly.
  14. CrohnsHobo

    SCD Diet

    I had never heard of this diet until I began lurking in these forums. I had tried a gluten free diet for about three months and had a real hard time with it and during that time my CRP results actually got worse. Looking at the SCD diet the restrictions seem really extreme. Do people on this...
  15. CrohnsHobo

    New Guy

    Hello. I am a lurker here, but finally decided to register and say hi. I was diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 16 and I am 31 now. When I first got diagnosed it took them a long time to figure out what was wrong with me. I ended up so sick I had a fistula, was malnourished, my feet swelled up...
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