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    Popcorn really causing chaos in my body...

    Hey everyone, so Im checkin in with none but all who know best today. Ive been doing well lately, minor stuff to deal with....but nothing in comparison to what Ive been through. Anyway, I took my son to see Cars 2 this morning and I was perfect. Normally I dont eat popcorn, but maybe a few...
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    Question

    So ive been dealing with this stuff far too long, I would think I would know the answers by know...but Im human and dont. My question is, during flares, before or after....does your taste become wierd? Ive been having a hard time eating because Im always queasy, but when I do eat....things taste...
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    Back with a nice update

    Hello Friends, Just wanted to stop in and give a long needed update. After an exploratory surgery found severe endometriosis I had a complete hystroectomy....and boy do I feel better from that. Its been 5 weeks of recovery now and Ive been doing well. Every three of four days I go through a CD...
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    Im game to feel better fast, but not before a complicate surgery

    Hi Friends, finally Im getting back to my reality, had to take some time off for a bit, things have just really become too much to deal with. I met with my OB for post op today, and boy, Im a mess. I have severe endometriosis and CD, which only exacerbate eachother. Everything is stuck together...
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    Not what I was hoping to hear....

    So I havnt checked in here for a while, but this life of mine seems like a never ending roller coaster....after my diagnosis last year of CD, my body has been haywire. Last month I was treated as an inpatient for a resistant bacteria infection....the drs removed the cause of the infection, and...
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    Wondering how many women have gyn issues on top of CD?

    This is for the ladies: So all my life Ive had OB issues, and treated it through birth control. I had two children and flared the worst ever after my second child. All year while flaring, my OB issues got worst....and worst....and worst, till finally I was put in the hospital for IV therapy to...
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    HELP Please!!

    Hey Friends, so Ive been absent lately....dealing with way too much...as usual. So I was seen in the ER a few weeks ago for an infection in my women parts caused by and IUD. I was put on a lot of antibiotics and sent home...three weeks later, still a major infection going on. So my doc says I...
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    Question for the ladies

    :sign0085:Hello ladies, I need some advice, or input. The last year has been awful for me with the worst flare of my life. Finally things are getting a bit under control with the crohns. All last year while flaring Ive been battling constant vag problems...every couple of weeks, a yeast...
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    Sandy looking poo

    Oh man this is becoming a roller coster of a ride....diahrea...contipation back to D and back to C....now sandy grainy looking poo...lots of foced gas helps to relieve the irritaion being caused in my bowels....but also comes sandy looking poo...so what is it?? Why is it?? Things are so messed...
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    Infected lymphnodes from Crohn's Disease

    So things just keep getting crazy for me....I really need a break. I feel pretty good crohns wise, but a new development...and Im not sure what to make of it. Early this week I noticed a swollen lump in my groin...it was painful....but I ignored it. Well over night and into this morning...my...
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    But problems!!

    So yea....BUTT problems....ugh!! Ok, so about a month ago, I saw my GI for some sores on my bum....around my anus and a few going up the crack toward my tailbone. So I got this cream to numb and been keeping it really clean. Things healed...or so I though....I have this one spot, that WONT...
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    Too much laxative safe??

    So as most of you know my story has changed. I went from severe flare to mild and supposedly not flaring now. I had horrible D, that stopped by adding probiotics to my diet. Well, I think the probiotics cause constipation. So I stopped and the D came back, so I tried every other day...and the...
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    Eight days without a bowel movement

    Ok, so today is day 8 of no BMS!! I went to ER last night, as per my GP, and they did CT....no obstruction, just full of crap!! Literaly....well yea I new that. So they gave me instructions for GoLytly and told me to keep my appt with GI today. So this morning....I did the mag citrate and an...
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    Distended, crampy and constipated

    Hey Everyone, hope your all doing well. Things have changed for me greatly with this disease....and Im not sure whats going on. I have been really constipated for 6 days now, not passing much gas....and when I do, I have to force it out. I had a BM yesterday, it was hard as a rock...and work to...
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    Constipation....and pain moved to a whole new area

    Hello all, hope your doing well. Ive been relieved from the D, but now the Constipation is set in....its been about 4 days and Ive not gone at all....not even an urge to go. Strange, I went from severe d to complete constipation. Not sure what it is...but Im not even passing gas. And when I do...
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    Dont know what to make of this

    Hey friends, hope your all doing well. So Ive bee doing much better in comparision to last year, but still just going up and down...all the time. So Im at 10mgs of pred, and I also get Remicade. I stated taking probiotics to help with my ph balance of my intestines. Before I stated taking the...
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    Probiotics and constipation

    Hey friends, was wondering if anyone has experienced constipation while taking probiotics? I just started taking them a week ago...and though Im enjoying less bathroom trips, I seem to be backed up. Its causing some problems with the lil fissures Ive been trying to get rid of....not sure if its...
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    Omg what is that on my bub???

    Omg what is that on my bum??? Ok, WOW!! Im shocked at what I just discovered....please excuse me for my graphic detail, but I need some help here people!! I have been suffing with several bathroom trips daily and ofcourse my bum has become sore and well I have a few hemmies that bother me. So...
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    Chest pain during my sleep

    So Im fairly young and not in terrible shape. Im generally healthy with the exception of my CD, which is newly diagnosed. Currently I am tappering off Prednisone, which Ive been stable at 3 weeks at 20mgs.....and just gona wait to see if symptoms of CD calm down more. I am getting Remicade and...
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    Why does it go right through me

    So Im not feeling the greatest today, and havnt been for a few days. I try to keep it to myself as Im sure my family has had enough already. My bathroom habits are not too bad, but still not great. It seems that when I eat, Im in the bathroom within 20 minutes.....it goes right through me. How...
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