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I actually just had my gallbladder removed last week. I spent 4 years of ridiculous pain that was text book for gallbladder attacks,even getting the refferred pain through my back and into my shoulder. I have had numerous ultrasounds which always came back with no stones so was told it's not...

Yeah. Lovely prednisone great short term drug but nasty over the long term. Try and find a good orthopedic surgeon is my recommendatiom . or a rheumatologist.

They can provide cholesterol medication as well if youre not in need of surgery right away. If the head of your femur hasn't collapsed yet you prob dont need surgery but thats just my opinion not medical advice. I was on cholesterol medication as well for a few weeks. I guess the idea is that...

Actually mine wasn't that bad so were being conservative and playing watch and see. I took 2 weeks off and just stayed off my feet and a lot of the pain dropped away. Now I'm able to put in a 4 or 5 hours on my feet without any pain. Pretty much my tteaent right now is if it hurts dont do it lol.

Thank you for writing back with your story My surgeon and I have decided to try a conservative a conservative approach first considering I'm young as well. Also getting some test done to rule our ankylosing spondyliais since a ct scan also showed some bone spurs developing in my lumbar spine...

H there everyone, I want to start by saying I'm sorry if this topic is already open but I wasn't able to find it myself. Its been awhile since I've written on this forum because things have actually been going great on Remicade treatment for me over the past year. I was diagnosed with crohns...

thanks Trysha, I cant wait to get to my first GI apt in 3 weeks and get some more information and a plan of action. Is there anywhere on the forum you can recommend for me to check out some of the more not so fun sides of the pred?

new to crohn's and feeling slightly overwhelmed Hi everyone, I would like to say first that i am new to forums and after browsing for a little while i feel great joining this one everyone seems very supportive and knowledgable. To me my road to crohn's diagnosis seems kind of a strange one...

hello, i have been recently diagnosed with chron's. i had the same pain symptoms you mentioned under the rib cage and through my back as well. I ignored it for a long time and thought my occasional bowel problem were something i ate.(my diet was never that great). Then in december i started...