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    Any weight lifters/body builders on here?

    K walker, The best advise I can give is to find out your natural bodyweight and composition by going online & figuring your weight /height ratio. After mathematically figuring your exact calories it takes to maintain your body weight with all the variables you simply incorporate more calories. I...
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    Recently diagnosed with Crohns - Diet advice

    I've had the disease for about a year and the best advice I can give you for total health benefits is to find a perfect balance of diet excercise rest and stress management. It all depends on how quick you want to heal. Most people don't want to change their lifestyle drastically. I did. I went...
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    Do you think stress is directly linked to your flare ups?

    nico85- sorry i didnt mean to tease i didnt realize it happened that frequent. good that it doesnt bother you anymore. now that i think of it i have a similiar issue as well. it feels like diarrhea but it goes away within seconds. it happens a few times a day, its never happened prior to...
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    Do you think stress is directly linked to your flare ups?

    it might. depends on what you are using cannabis for. im not sure if eating it will induce hunger like smoking it will. i eat cannabis brownies sometimes and it makes me have a body numbing high and dulls the pain alot. on the bad side it also makes me extremely lethargic and my motor skills are...
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    Do you think stress is directly linked to your flare ups?

    this is a topic that gets so many mixed reviews its not even funny. scientifically i dont see how smoking weed would hurt you any more than say prednisone, imuran, or anything else your pharmacy has prescribed you. cigarettes make people use the toilet for a few reasons including the dialating...
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    Do you think stress is directly linked to your flare ups?

    perhaps i can suggest the marijuana once again to everyone out there. it has helped me with the appetite, pain, and stress relief like no other medicine has. lets keep it going :allright:
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    Do you think stress is directly linked to your flare ups?

    I just wanted to see what people thought about their stress levels effecting the activeness of their Crohn's disease. keep it short. I have noticed that long periods of moderate stress can cause my flare ups quicker than just brief bouts of intense stress. when i first started to get better...
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    Reaction to food

    although crohns may not be directly linked to what you eat, i believe what you eat during flare ups makes all the difference in the world crohny. your diet is very similiar to mine as i have to cut almost all of those things out of my diet just as you have and added almost the same supplements...
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    Has anyone ever heard of...

    oh my goodness. im so sorry you have to go thru that. i will not complain about the burning i feel sometimes when i have a BM anymore. i just prayed for you.
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    No Veggies or Dairy Forever?

    it helps me too. unlike many people i am actually (almost) fully functional being stoned. matter of fact it does keep me stationary and relaxed on long or tedious projects which i occupy my time with while im healing. it helps with my appetite and a little bit of pain relief. and who doesnt like...
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    During the E.R. stay and on to current treatment

    Thank you ladies. I'll be popping in to give updates and browse thru threads.
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    Liquid diet and gas?

    good luck my friend. i have my fight to sort out as well and i'll be thinking about ya while me and senior crohns go to war at the battle of the bulge(in my gut). stay positive.
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    Tapering off pred...flaring again???

    i wish i could give you an answer but honestly you need to give us a little more detail in your lifestyle. all medicine and dosage you are currently taking all of your common foods and drinks you consume for atleast the last week smoke/alcohol/stress levels pain before and after meals i can...
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    Herbal treatment!

    It does sound promising and natural treatments are far more sparkly in my eye =)
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    Best natural digestive aids

    im not sure about alot of those mentioned but i do know for a fact that the aloe vera that you bought is a good start. i drank that stuff by the gallon jugs throughout the day for anti inflammatory properties not knowing it was a strong laxative as well. i flushed me out. you need to watch out...
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    During the E.R. stay and on to current treatment

    I was hospitalized friday the 24th of June for severe swelling and pain in the entire large intestine. I was put on a liquid diet and given options of pain killers morphine and oxy. I refused all of it. I figured i could do better. I have tried many things since my diagnosis in October to assist...
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    Liquid diet and gas?

    what kind of surgery are you having? and something too that might of value is to consider a quick fasting especially if you are in the hospital because they can give you sodium hydrocholoride iv drips to maintain your health better as you fast. I'll tell you that I just finished a full 2 days...
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    No Veggies or Dairy Forever?

    i apologize. im done.
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    New useful information about crohns and colitis

    alrighty then. im sorry. i guess i expected something different on this website. im still going to avidly research and trial and error. if anybody is interested in the methods i am incorporating in my treatment feel free to follow me. i will no longer take criticism so personally but please keep...
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    No Veggies or Dairy Forever?

    Lydia- does your original post not say "The is NO scientific research that says nicotine helps crohns disease."? i never said SMOKING in that post what so ever. then u said "A nicotine enema is not the same as smoking cigarettes." Handle- its funny i read the same thing you did and i do believe...
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