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  1. brieyourbest

    Should I Go to the ER?

    Hey all! I am a little frustrated tonight. I have been having the darker stools with dark blood [diarrhea] in it for about two days now. I usually have a regular bowel movement once a day. Also, for a week+ I have been having some serious joint pain. I told my parents that I was in pain and...
  2. brieyourbest

    The Maker's Diet

    Hey Loves! I hope, sincerely pray and hope, that this message fines you all well. And for those of us who aren't doing the best, I am sending out warm wishes, thoughts and prayers for you all as well. Point of the post: I want to try The Maker's Diet. So has anyone ever tried it? :) And if...
  3. brieyourbest

    I Dropped Out of College!

    First off, let me start by saying that I am extremely happy with my decision. I've been in college since Fall of 2007 and ever since 2008 I have been struggling here. My energy levels are horrid. I can never concentrate. I hated my major [and changed it several times]. This current semester...
  4. brieyourbest

    Sticky You Are Not A Burden!!!

    :) Thank you so much for posting this. I am literally crying right now because I seriously feel like a burden to my family.
  5. brieyourbest

    Surgery 11/23/11

    Hey All! I will be having a laproscopic ileotic resection done tomorrow. I am a little hesitant about it because mostly everyone post that recovery is a lot but besides that I am a little anxious. I will begin to keep a journal [paper.blog.video] on my Crohn's Disease and on how this surgery...
  6. brieyourbest

    Surgery Wednesday

    Hey Everyone! Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I am having surgery this Wednesday, tomorrow, at 1:00pm. I am having a laproscopic ileotic resection. I am kinda bugged about it because I was just diagnosed in April and since then it seems as if my life has fallen apart...
  7. brieyourbest

    Thank You Jesus!

    I have been put on Cimzia and in just a week and a half I am feeling so much better! Usually I would be in the hospital around this time of the month but now all I have to deal with are my menstrual cramps. tmi... i know... but YAY! and for everyone else still suffering... your day of relief...
  8. brieyourbest

    A Doggie?

    Hey All! I was just wondering if any of you all have a dog? I really want one but my parents want me to get better before I get one. Any advice?
  9. brieyourbest

    I just want to throw shit!

    i just want to throw shit! This little bastard called Crohn's Disease is pissing me off. Excuse my language but damn, really? It is bad enough that I have 7 incompletes from the Spring semester but then come fall I want to/need to take 17 hours of classes but at the rate that I am feeling, it...
  10. brieyourbest

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

    I am soooo very worried. I'm away from home (Atlanta) because my Grandma just had a hysterectomy for her endometrial cancer... Yikes. :( (she is doing better) But there has been more and more blood in my stool and today it was too much to even look at. My mom is in charge of taking care of my...
  11. brieyourbest

    Anything but the ER...

    Hey Everyone. I was just diagnosed with Crohn's Disease on 4/20/2011 and I was released from the hospital on the 21st. Now that I have been home the pain has gotten worse and worse... :( I want to go back to the hospital... Not want... I NEED to go back to the hospital because this medicine...
  12. brieyourbest

    Oops, you've got Crohn's! What? What is that?

    Hey All! I hope everyone had a great day today! I was diagnosed on 4/20/2011 and I am happy that I was finally diagnosed. Since 2006, I have been dealing with abdominal pain, severe anemia, fatigue, or what my parents called LAZINESS! Is started college in Fall of 2007 and I would have great...
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