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  1. girlygirl

    Crohn's and the daily struggle - my A-Z

    Needed to vent.. :wink: Ok.. So, since being diagnosed in 2010.. it's been one thing after another. Fistula surgery, High Blood pressure, thyroid nodules, hypothyroidism, gallstones, apthous ulcers, edema, polyarthralgia, allergies, uterine fibroid, Gallbladder removal, fatigue, broken tooth x...
  2. girlygirl

    Methotrexate Support Group

    Personally I've been on methotrexate injections for over a month now. Following previously talking the pill version. I would love to hear from others also on methotrexate. My rheumatologist initially put me on mtx for my CD and arthritis induced by CD. How are you feeling? Any side effects...
  3. girlygirl

    Prednisone 5mg Can I stop?

    Hi Everyone, I have CD, and some arthritis problems here and there.. I've been taking Prednisone 5mg since November of this past year. I'm super fed up with the side effects. I thought i was safe from them.. but apparently not.. it just took them a while to surface. the most noteable is the...
  4. girlygirl

    Cough up Blood? Anyone?

    Ok.. This morning I woke up and my throat felt like there was something in it. Went to the sink and coughed up a cluster of blood, bright red. I'm thinking.. what the heck??!? :confused:Well after more came out bright red, sort of all over the sink, a few times. :pale:Hasn't happened anymore...
  5. girlygirl

    Advice please. post-op yeast/antibiotics

    Ok. Its been just over 3 wks since surgery, cut out mass/abscess/fistula tract doesn't have a setton, so still open next to the incision below.. On 30day dose of cipro/flagyl, also sulfasalasine 500mg 4x's/dy, probiotics, BC, etc.. I've had to take warm/hot baths/w small mix of clorox to help...
  6. girlygirl

    Welcome girlygirl

    Hello I have recently been diagnosed with IBD this month. Originally I noticed a lump in Feb 2010. Was seen by my GP and was told was a swollen lymph node. Was placed on Cipro and flagyl. The lump went down, only to return again late March. Was on and off antibiotics this year keeping the mass...
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