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  1. ChaoticKylee

    Lump in Abdomen after Sick for 4 Days?

    Has anyone had any experience with a lump on their right side? Last Friday morning I had a very sharp pain right beside my belly button that happened completely out of the blue (last month I was diagnosed in remission). It doubled me over for a moment then I just had a dull ache in my lower...
  2. ChaoticKylee

    Liquid Medications Better?

    Hello Everyone! It's been a while since I've posted but I felt compelled to ask a question that I've been wondering lately. Is it easier for a patient with IBD to absorb medications easier if they are in a liquid form? BACKSTORY: A few weeks ago I had to have a tooth filling pulled out and...
  3. ChaoticKylee

    Welcome To Holland....

    This is a story I found while surfing the web last night. It's supposed to be about parents facing their child's illness but I think it could apply to Simone facing IBD as well. I will make changes in { }. Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley I am often asked to describe the experience...
  4. ChaoticKylee

    New Years Resolutions....

    What are some of your New Years Resolutions? Any health related? Or just general habit breaking? Make it fun! Here's mine....
  5. ChaoticKylee

    The Woman Who Never Got Mad....

    How does everyone feel about this article? Do you agree with it? Or do you think it's just speculation? http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/341/thewomanwhonevergotmad.jpg
  6. ChaoticKylee

    What To Do While Getting Remicade....

    OK. So I need a good movie to download to my Ipod so I can watch it while getting Remicade on Thursday. Any ideas?
  7. ChaoticKylee

    PSA Help....

    Hey everyone! Tomorrow I am going to be making my own PSA(Public Service Announcement) about IBD. The trouble is that I'm having a hard time coming up with some sayings/words to use. Can anyone give me any quotes/words/thoughts/feelings/anything about Crohn's and Colitis? I will be sure to thank...
  8. ChaoticKylee

    How Did You Feel????

    How did you feel the first time you heard the words "You have Crohn's Disease/Ulcerative Colitis/IBS/ect." I was personally relieved to know what was wrong with me....
  9. ChaoticKylee

    Oral Allergy Syndrome?

    Has anyone been diagnosed with Oral Allergy Syndrome besides me? If you had it, believe me, you'd know. It is basically an allergy to most fresh fruits and for some fresh vegetables. For example if I was to eat a chunk of pineapple within 30 seconds of it entering my mouth I would get coldsores...
  10. ChaoticKylee

    A Remicade/Immunity Question....

    I have a question that I've been pondering ever since I started my Remicade infusions back in the beginning of July. If you take extra Vitamin C/Immunity boosting vitamins while on Remicade do they actually work? Do the vitamins do anything to mess with the Remicade? Or does does the Remicade...
  11. ChaoticKylee

    Remicade Question?

    Just a question for all my Remicade buddies out there. Does anyone get RREEAALLLLYY sore and aching legs in the first couple of days after you get an infusion? I've only had two so far and after the first one I thought I had twisted my knee and injured it or something but it has happened again...
  12. ChaoticKylee

    Medication Interaction Question?

    I was just wondering if anyone else out there suffers from Asthema? Because I'm kind of in a crisis and need to know about drug interactions. I am currently taking 6mg. Entocort and 150mg. Imuran and I was wondering if I could take my puffers. I haven't needed them since last summer due to being...
  13. ChaoticKylee

    Klutzy Anyone????....

    I was just wondering if anyone else out there in this big wide world of Crohn's and Colitis has become a total Klutz since taking Imuran or any other immune suppressant? I started Imuran in late October and ever since about January I have found that I keep dropping things, knocking things over...
  14. ChaoticKylee

    Anyone Know Where I Can Get?....

    ....a Crohn's Bumper Sticker? Like, do they sell them at Walmart or anything? I just got my very first car two months ago and I've seen Breast Cancer ones, funny ones, but I want one for Crohn's. Anyone know where I can find one? :biggrin:
  15. ChaoticKylee

    Anyone Know What This Is?????....

    I have these strange spots on the front of my shoulders and I'm wondering what they are? To me they kind of look like the beginning of liver spots of something like that? A quick Google images search hasn't turned up anything that looks remotey like them. Any ideas?
  16. ChaoticKylee

    Medic Alert?

    Just looking down at my wrist and wondering, does anyone else here wear a Medic Alert Bracelet/Necklace/etc. and what does it say? Mine says.... ALLERGIC TO PENECILLIN & CEPHALOSPORINS CROHN'S DISEASE ....although I have just found out that I am also allergic to Cipro. Anyone else have trouble...
  17. ChaoticKylee

    Possible Drug Interaction????....

    I think I have a yeast infection. I've been on a couple antibiotics for a sinus infection and a urinary tract infection recently so I think it's a reaction to those. Does anyone know if Clotrimazole(Canesten) interacts with any drugs that I am on? The list of my drugs is in my signature. Anyone...
  18. ChaoticKylee

    Is Entocort like Prednisone

    Anyone on Entocort? I just got put onto it today and I want to know about it. I was on Prednisone. Is it anything like it?
  19. ChaoticKylee

    Anyone Else Have....

    ....stretch marks? I assume they are from the constant gaining and losing of weight. (177 pounds at most, 123 at least). I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem? And any good products or home remedies to get rid of the pesky things? :redface:
  20. ChaoticKylee

    Strange Prednisone Symptoms????

    Has anyone ever had any ringing in the ears when taking Prednisone? I'm assuming that's what it's from becasue it only just started when I started the Prednisone. It's worse that higher the dose is. I also get a numb face about an hour after I take it for about an hour. Anyone else get these or...
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