What is going on?

[ronroush7]

Ever since last Saturday, I have had twice as many bowel movements as normal. Today, for the most part, I have felt plugged up. Now it is coming out in little droves. What is going on?

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[Essieluv]

Have you had a change in pain or nausea levels? What about fevers?

 

[ronroush7]

No. By the way both Remicade and Cimzia have dfailed me too

 

[Essieluv]

I'm sure you've already looked into this, but have you changed your diet or meds recently? It probably wouldn't hurt to get a set of labs run, just the basics like CRP, CBC with diff, and complete metabolic panel. You may want to ask for a calprotectin done, too, as that is usually quite accurate in detecting any inlfammation in the GI tract (much better than a lactoferrin would be).

That's too bad about the Remicade and Cimzia...I feel ya on that. The day that my GI told me no more Remi I cried. It was so nice, like IBD heaven. The cimzia actually put me in a weak remission, but I developed an allergy to it. If I need to, I would be willing to try it again with a pretreatment of prednisone and be monitored.

 

[ronroush7]

The Cimzia was great while it worked.

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[ronroush7]

By the way,my doctor's office wants stool samples.

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[Essieluv]

Weren't the injections nice? They were so easy and almost painless. I really did love them, ha.

 

[ronroush7]

Yes. Only a short amount of time.

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