Search results

Update: Last year my symptoms went away. I did see a Dr, who took some blood, and called to tell me I had elevated liver enzymes. So it looked like the shampoo was the culprit. And so my head went back in the sand, despite his wanting to do a colonoscopy. But this August I again went down with...

Thanks for the support all! The good news is I went over 30 hrs without a run to the can. I was getting worried about overdoing the Imodium and getting a blockage, but managed to "get one out". The temptation to stick my head back in the sand and pretend this never happened is REAL strong. I...

Thanks CDDad, maybe you're right, I should at least call and see if Present can see me. He's got to be pretty old now, no? He was a leader of the field back then. The Doc I had before was another big dude, but of the previous generation. In the main forum I posted that he was no longer with...

Hi all, I just posted my story in the story forum, but the short is I may have a recurrence after a long remission and I'd like to find a good GI. My first doc (deceased) said what made a good IBD doc was seeing a LOT of it, not dabbling. Since I'm close to Manhattan (NY not KS) there are a...

Hi all. I was diagnosed with Crohn's in 1986 at age 24, and had a resection of the ascending colon the next year. A large bowel series a year or so after surgery showed some recurrence, and I was prescribed one of the 5-asa drugs, which made me very sick and I decided to just see how I did...