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  1. akanderson

    Joints sore

    Hey y'all. I haven't been on in sometime but I wanted to ask a question. I have for the last month been in a flare up and my dr's are no help so I am in the process of looking for a new one. However, currently for the last month my foot has hurt so bad at my big toe the joint, and my knee too...
  2. akanderson

    Update, on the road to recovery

    I just wanted to let everyone that was so kind and thoughtful to me about my struggles about my visit today at the GI. I actually saw his assitant, b/c that was the earliest I could be seen, she is a LPN. She was very informative and helpful. I haven't much more weight this past month, I weigh...
  3. akanderson

    Cysts

    Does anyone else get cyst like crazy? I have three on one tendon on my ankle, two on the other, one on my knee and one on my elbow. A few months ago I had one on my wrist and it was so swollen I thought I broke it some how and didn't remember. But my ankles... KILL. I can barely walk in the...
  4. akanderson

    I don't know what to do...

    I haven't been very active on here lately. I read through some post then do something else. But lately, I feel as though I have hit a brick wall. My fiancee and I canceled our wedding. I can't focus on it at all. I can barely focus of life. We decided maybe we would get married early so I can...
  5. akanderson

    Some good news...

    Hi all, I have posted in a long time b/c life seem to hit me smack in the face. I thought I was gaining weight back and really losing more. Now I am 115 from 145 in Feb. I still don't have insurance but in the process of applying for it! Yay! I was going to go ahead and get married to my fiance...
  6. akanderson

    Just Can't take IT!

    Everytime I see my mother she gets this look like my poor baby is dying. And she comments on how I'm getting too skinny, i need to eat, i'm losing muscle now... BLAH BLAH BLAH. When I see people out they say you're so skinny, you're too skinny, have you tried ensure drinks? Etc, etc, etc. I've...
  7. akanderson

    Is this an abscess?

    Okay, for the last two days it's hurt bad in the perinium area. I thought maybe it was from "fun" with my fiance but i discovered that there is a swelling and kinda hard bump. It's right at the end where from my first daughter I was cut and sown back. its about the size of my thumb/quarter and...
  8. akanderson

    Wedding And Crohns

    Anyone ever planned a wedding and had crohns? I can't be the only one, right? I was diagnosed 3-4months after the proposal. We've been together for going on 5 yrs and have our happy family and house with kids and the dogs. I just was on the fence so much about a marriage b/c my parents and his...
  9. akanderson

    Trying to do too much?

    I have a question. Since being DX my mother treats me like a fragile doll. Yes, I am in pain, a lot. It faded then came back a few weeks ago, worse as ever. But I just recently graduated with an associates. It took 3 yrs, that includes battling the mysterious now know disease, and 2 pregnancy. I...
  10. akanderson

    I'm tired of being sick

    Well, I guess everyone started here at some point. I guess I start at the beginning. From about 19. That was the first time I was in the ER with horrible pain. I literally fell on the floor in pain and my then boyfriend drove me to the ER for the doctor to tell me I just had bad gas. Fast...
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