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Ha! It's funny to see how I was thinking back in the day. About a year ago I ended up going for surgery. My doctor asked me why I didn't go to him long before already. The damage from the fistula (which became fistulas) was extensive. I had to have a part of my small bowel removed, luckily only...

thanks for the advice guys. i suppose i have already made the decision in the back of my mind to get it sorted out otherwise i would not have asked!! i'm still of the mind though that i am going to be the first crohn's patient to heal myself. i know it sounds crazy. but remember this, we live...

hi hopeful. thank you for your reply. i'm in south africa though. ok here's the kicker. i refuse to take anti-biotics. if i take anti-biotics now, within 24 hours it is guaranteed that i will have a flare up. i don't touch them. even when my doc precribes them i never fetch them from the...

hi guys. i was just wondering, how are fistulas treated? i think i might have one somewhere between my bowels and my bladder. i have gone for a scan before to try and locate it, but they could not see it. i know it's there though, but it really scares the bejesus out of me when i think of what...

hi Babs1957. I have the same symptoms as you. Except they've tested for a fistula but can't find anything? after a flare-up it almost feels like i have a bladder infection. and sometimes small particles of food in my urine. i often get spasms around my prostate area, which are very damn...

Well there's so many South Africans in the UK I'm not surprised!

hehe. all 7 of them!! i'm all the way at the bottom point of africa in a small city called port elizabeth. it's to be renamed nelson mandela bay. where's grimsby?

lol! yeah rygon, that's exactly what i'm thinking!!

yeah i just know it as CDP870. my doctor do a lot of these trials and he says the one i am on is by far the best of the lot. as usual, not all patients react that well to it, i seem to be the lucky one. out of 6 patients, i'm the only one still going on it, the rest all started off well and then...

hi mr ziggy. i only joined this forum today and came across your story. you are a pioneer. out on the frontiers!! much respect. i can tell you are an extremely strong person. thank you.

i'll get some more details on it for you cat-a-tonic. to my understanding it is something similar to remicade. it might seem silly, but i never really fully investigated it. i simply made sure i understood all the side effects. i just wanted to get better at the time. the pain was the only thing...

old kid on the new block hi all. thought i'd join to share in my experience and help out where i can. i was diagnosed back in 1994. i took solazopyrin (spelling??) for about 3 months after the diagnosis and never touched it again, or anything else for that matter. the crohn's flared up...