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  1. spicypineapple

    Feeling Sick :(

    Hey Everybody! Unfortunately, I'm feeling a little sick again. My temperature has only gotten up to 101 Degrees, so I don't think it's too bad. This sick feeling started about 6 days ago. I'm really not sure what to think. I know I said this the last time I had a major flare-up, so I saw my...
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    Feeling Gross :(

    Hey You Guys! Hope you're all doing great! I have a problem. I have really bad headaches. I'm getting super dizzy. I have really bad pain in my rectum. And I'm freezing. I think I may have a fever, but my thermometer got lost. Theres a chance I have another abscess, (8th one in the past two...
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    Picking the right Med

    OK, so I've been taking Remicade since January 2009 and now it's not working as well. I take it once a month and it's been running out way too fast. My body just uses it up too quickly. My doctors gave me a choice of either getting Cimzia or Humira. I'm pretty worried about the side affects for...
  4. spicypineapple

    Picking the right Med

    OK, so I've been taking Remicade since January 2009 and now it's not working as well. I take it once a month and it's been running out way too fast. My body just uses it up too quickly. My doctors gave me a choice of either getting Cimzia or Humira. I'm pretty worried about the side affects for...
  5. spicypineapple

    MyDiet

    Hi Everyone! So I'm getting kind of bored with the food I'm eating so I wanted to know which foods not on the low residue diet you can handle (small amount of pain, or no pain at all) 1. Olives 2. Sunchips (cornchips in general) 3. Yogurt with chunks of fruit in them 4. Caffeine 5. hot wings 6...
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    Crohn's In family

    Which of your family members have crohn's disease? Apparently I'm the first person in my family to have crohn's disease. I wanted to know how many of you guys were the first to have it, too. THANKS!!!!
  7. spicypineapple

    Horrible cramps

    I have been having the WORST stomach cramps ever for the past 2 days. I double over, whenever it happens, and it's bad enough that I have to hold my breath to keep from screaming. I don't know what happened. My diet has been pretty normal. Has this randomly happened to anybody? And can you guys...
  8. spicypineapple

    IBD Worm Therapy

    So this is probably old news, but have any of you guys considered trying Helminthic Therapy? I read about it and it seemed interesting. I heard it doesn't have enough proof that it actually works, though. Has anybody tried it?
  9. spicypineapple

    Draining Tubes

    I have an abscess in my butt right now. The doctors put in a couple tubes. One is for draining and the other is to flush with saline. Once a day, I get 15 mls of saline and squirt it up the tube with a syringe. (hurts sooo much!!) Has anybody else done that before? PLEASE SHARE YOUR...
  10. spicypineapple

    Abscess

    I have had three fistulas and three abscesses. can you have an abscess that's also a fistula?? oh, and because I don't feel like starting ANOTHER thread, do oranges and other citrus fruits bother you guys? I am soo jealous of anybody eating an orange right now, but not enough to get another...
  11. spicypineapple

    Lactose Intolerant

    If you are lactose intolerant, have crohns, and you drink milk, are the reactions more intense?? My doctor says he thinks I'm lactose intolerant and he found out in december which I think is BS, (but maybe it's not) cuz (I think) nobody can go that long without realizing it and he wants me to...
  12. spicypineapple

    My storyyy

    I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in December 2008. I told my doc I was having severe stomach pain, fevers, and really bad butt pain. so he x-rayed me and said I had a lot of stool stuck in my intestines so he gave me some stool softeners and sent me home. He told me I just had some...
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