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    Smoothie Diet..what are your thoughts/advice

    Hi all...I am now looking into trying a smoothie diet to settle my crohns and try to lose a bit of weight packed on by the meds...Does anyone have any advice on how much to drink, how long what recipes and if it has helped them...thanks!!! :poo:
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    Jogging/Running

    Hi I'm just starting to get back into working out..have felt fatigued for a very long time...starting out on the treadmill and doing small jogging intervals...I'm interested in starting to run, but I found in the past strenuous exercise caused my symptoms to worsen...just wondering if anyone has...
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    Change of diet (AGAIN :( ) Looking into poss vegan?? help wanted!!!

    Hey all...its been awile since I've been here...had been doing pretty good...but now in some need of true crohnnies advice...I am looking to change my diet up again..I have tried the gluten free, sugar free, lactose free..worked for a bit, but now gluten free products gag me..did the sdc for a...
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    I don't recognize myself

    Venting...needs to be done with this disease....I am getting frustrated and very angry again...I was doing ok, but still never got back to myself...or who I was before crohns...I hate how this disease changes you....I know change is good, but I liked me...now not so sure...I have amazing friends...
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    Weight Gain???!!!

    Hi there...I have been having issues again for past month and 1/2....on Imuran going to see GI this thurs for poss med change...but I have been having pain, bloating diarrhea,etc all the lovely issues with crohns...my question...I'm on a gluten free, sugar free and lactose free diet so I have...
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    At what point to request different route with GI....

    at what point to request different route with GI.... Hey all...haven't been here in a while...was doing pretty good there for a bit...but now for last month and 1/2 have reverted back to bloating, nausea, pain and diarrhea...getting to the point where I am leaving work again and cancelling...
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    Specific Diet??

    Hi there...just wondering if anyone actually sticks to a specific diet? I am on a gluten free, lactose free, sugar free diet...been doing it for a year now, but every once in a while I cheat and have a sugary treat....I do know if I have wheat or gluten I am done...but lactose & sugar I can have...
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    Anyone find it hard to work fulltime???

    Hey all...just wondering if anyone finds it difficult to maitain a fulltime job? I work as an XRay tech & do lots of shift work...every 3 weeks we do a 7 day rotation...even on regular 5 day stretch, by day 3 I am wiped!!!! I do take vitamins & stick to a specific diet, but no matter what I do I...
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    Nobody Understands except y'all here....

    Hey all...just wanted to vent about the general public, even friends how they don't REALLY understand what I'm going through...from the pain, the gas/bloating, the constant D..the anxiety that happens when ya try to live a normal life...All my friends are great, but I know they are frustrated...
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    Has anyone tried Monavie for Crohns?

    Hi all...just wondering if anyone has tried the drink Monavie for their crohns or colitis? I haven't tried it myself, but I am thinking about it...I have been doing gluten free, sugar free and lactose free for about 9months now and it actually was helping alot, but then of course life happened...
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    What does your diet consist of?

    what does your diet consist of? Hi all...just curious as to most people here eat on a daily basis? I am doing a gluten-free, lactose-free, sugar-free diet. I do not drink any caffeine or alcohol (:( ) anymore...I was diagnosed last May and started this way of eating in September...things are...
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    Anything to take for constant nausea?

    Hi there...I had been doing okay for a bit and then I started doing more after work(ie:house renos, etc..). Now I think I maybe have done too much and I am getting nauseous in the mornings again...and the D is starting again:( Any advice on how to kick this crap?? I am currently on imuran and...
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    How do you know if you're in remission?

    Hi all...just wondering how ones knows if they're in total remission? And wondering how long remission can last? Don't think I'm there yet...but hoping soon!!! Any ideas on how to get there????!!!! There's always hope right...
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    Sacroilitis and extra steriod use?

    Hi all...I also have been diagnosed with sacroilitis and they say most likely due to crohns. The docs want me to have steroid injections, however, bit leary on that. I am not taking any internally right now, but I don't want to be pumping myself full of steroids if I can help it.And also, just...
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    IBD sucks

    Hey we all know IBD sucks, and no one really knows how you feel unless you have it. Everyone keeps saying oh it'll get better, it won't last forever, blah, blah.but they don't have it, they don't live in constant pain or constant fear of a flare or an unepected embarrassing moment..but it's not...
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    Ideas on working out?

    Hi All...just wondering what people find is the best way to work out...I don't really care for walking or low key work outs...more into the kickboxing type, however since I've been diagnosed and on meds...I find I get tired easy and I seem to aggravate symptoms working out and I can't seem to be...
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    Needs Advice...Pls read

    Hello, I am glad to join this forum I am a fellow crohns sufferer. I was Dx in May'10 and life has completely done a 180...WOW, unbelievable how this disease can change your life!!! I am trying to do different things with food...did the trial and error thing on my own...became very frustrated...
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    Newbie

    Any thoughts???Ideas welcome!! Hey I'm a newbie to this. Was Dx with crohns in May '10...it sucks! But struggling to get better. I am now on that candida diet..tried trial and error myself, got too frustrated, tried several nutritionist...few tried to put me back in the hospital, then decided...
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