Hi all,
Well I've been lurking your site for aBout a month now. I finally broke down and joined a couple weeks ago and this is my first post. I was diagnosed with CD about two years ago. Mild the doc said. At the first flare up 2 years ago I eventually went from 237 to 180 lbs in 4 months. After that I was on the mends for a couple years and started another flare up a couple months ago. It seems my crohns likes to mainly manifest itself in my rectum resulting in fissures and hemorrhoids. I mean yes, still the staunch diarrhea at the beginning, but then massive pain in "the last mile" for months. I read Alot, goodness do I, and find some encouragement in finding out what has worked for others. Matter of fact sitting in the tub right now writing this on my iPhone.
So going through a flare up for the last 2 months now. Internal fissures and hemorrhoids my bane right now. Prednisone, pentasa and Rectiv. No real end in sight. . It's quite depressing As many of you have said. Oh yeah, and Percocet and SCD for the last three weeks. Learned the hard way about not taking NSAIDs . That caused some pretty scary bloody stool.
Anyway, thanks for listening. Sometimes I wish I could turn into a fish as sitting in the tub is quite soothing. Off to work at 0500.
Cheers
Will
Well I've been lurking your site for aBout a month now. I finally broke down and joined a couple weeks ago and this is my first post. I was diagnosed with CD about two years ago. Mild the doc said. At the first flare up 2 years ago I eventually went from 237 to 180 lbs in 4 months. After that I was on the mends for a couple years and started another flare up a couple months ago. It seems my crohns likes to mainly manifest itself in my rectum resulting in fissures and hemorrhoids. I mean yes, still the staunch diarrhea at the beginning, but then massive pain in "the last mile" for months. I read Alot, goodness do I, and find some encouragement in finding out what has worked for others. Matter of fact sitting in the tub right now writing this on my iPhone.
So going through a flare up for the last 2 months now. Internal fissures and hemorrhoids my bane right now. Prednisone, pentasa and Rectiv. No real end in sight. . It's quite depressing As many of you have said. Oh yeah, and Percocet and SCD for the last three weeks. Learned the hard way about not taking NSAIDs . That caused some pretty scary bloody stool.
Anyway, thanks for listening. Sometimes I wish I could turn into a fish as sitting in the tub is quite soothing. Off to work at 0500.
Cheers
Will
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