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    Fistula? Abscess?

    Hello everyone! I really hope someone could help me. So about a month ago I started feeling really itchy between my bum cheeks and noticed a hard lump on the right bum cheek between the cheeks a little below my tail bone. I tried to take a look at it. It looks like a cyst with a hole in it. Not...
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    My story need advice about CT scan

    Hello everyone. Sooo I'll just get right into my story. I've always had bowel issues since I was a child but after a bout with a nasty stomach bug when I was 11 years old I started getting horrible pains along with diarrhea. I would have weeks of pain and diarrhea then I would feel fine for a...
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    Azathioprine and Fatty liver?

    Hello everyone. My hubby was diagnosed with Crohns last Aug. He was given a ultra-sound a few weeks ago and the tech said "you're on Imuran arnt you?" when my hubby said yes, the tech said "I can tell, you have a fatty liver" Is this a common side effect of this drug? Anyone else have a fatty...
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    GI pushing drugs?

    My Husband was diagnosed with Crohns Aug 2011. He was put on pred for 3 months and imuran. He still currently takes 150mg of imuran a day. We saw his GI a couple months ago for a checkup. My husband was doing pretty good. He had the odd bad day and only got D every once in a while and it was...
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    AHHHH need to vent

    I'm sorry I have two vents... I don't blame anyone for not reading it, I just needed to write this all down before I go crazy. Vent 1 I had a colonoscopy back in October, it was clear and I have been diagnosed with IBS. Well I got a lot worse this year. I hurt all the time, Im always tired...
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    Night Sweats

    I am not diagnosed as of yet. Along with a 100 onther things happening to my body, I keep getting very bad night sweats and it seems to happen when my belly is going crazy. Last night for example: I had some serious pain in my gut and was up pretty late going to the washroom. When I got to sleep...
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    Is this a flare?

    My hubby was diagnosed with Crohns in Aug of last year. He is currently on Imuran...think that's how its spelled. Over the past month his symptoms have got worse. He has been having an increase in abdominal pain,no appetite, very tired but having a hard time sleeping, and joint pain. He doesn't...
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    Swelling after IV fluids?

    I have been having a pretty bad tummy month. I ended up in the ER today after 2 days of going to the bathroom constantly and was pretty dehydrated. I didn't ask for any pain meds this time, I usually don't do well with pain meds and try to avoid them as best as I can. Anyways after some blood...
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    Question about my Husbands Crohns

    Hello everyone! My husband was diagnosed with Crohns in Aug of 2011. He was on Prednisone which helped a lot. before the pred. he was going to the bathroom 10+ times a day. He is still on a maintenance drug, but has been off Pred. for about three months. He was doing so well all this time, maybe...
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    I don't get it!

    I had my colonoscopy today and everything looks normal even though I had lots of blood in my stool during stomach attacks 4 or 5 times this year. So my diagnosis is ibs. I'm kind of upset since there is nothing I can do about it. Fiber makes it worse and I feel like the foods that I can eat are...
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    Colonoscopy Tuesday

    So the day is finally almost here. I have had a colonoscopy in the past but no biopsies were taken. How can I expect to feel after all this is done? Will I be sore? Also has anyone taken the pico-salax prep? I heard its only in Canada and the UK. I did the fleet prep last time and it was...
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    What are the chances!

    So my husband just had his colonoscopy today and was diagnosed with mild crohns :( I'm so upset he has to go through this. The weird thing is my doctor believes my belly problems are also crohns, my colonoscopy is on the 12th. I have been sick for 15 years and it hurts me to know he is sick too...
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    I'm really scared!

    I haven't been diagnosed. Here's what happened. I have been having bad stomach attacks over the past two day with some blood. Today I was visiting a friend who was in the hospital when I got really bad stomach pains and all of a sudden I passed out cold. (good place to be when that happens) I...
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    Waiting list to see a specialist

    waiting list to see a specialist I live in Canada and it takes FOREVER to get into a specialist...well at least it does in Calgary. Just curious. How long did it take you to get into a specialist and where are you from? The first time I had to wait a year and a half eeek! If only they knew how...
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    Maintenance drugs

    Hello everyone! So me and my boyfriend both suffer from tummy issues... What a perfect match we make. He has an appointment with a specialist in a month and a half. Our family doctor put him on entocort which did help for a while but they took him off of it, I guess this wasn't meant for a long...
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    Need some Idea's for my project

    Hey I hope I'm putting this in the right part of the form. I'm doing a speech proposal for a class project. I have to present a speech about something I feel strongly about, so I thought Crohns would be a good subject. I am still on the road to a diagnosis but I do have a couple family members...
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    Need some help

    Hello everyone. I am new to this site. I was hoping someone could help me out with some questions about getting diagnosed. To make a long story short I have had tummy issues starting at age two. Didn’t start getting pain till I was ten. I was getting attacks that were brought on by food, so I...
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