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Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointest...
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Well, what an eventful few weeks it has been....
bouquiniste Nov 20, 2009
Journal Entry for November 20, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Well, what an eventful few weeks it has been. My son and I had a really wonderful visit with my parents. We missed our bus connection in Vancouver, so we had a couple of hours to wander around the neighborhood and take in the sights. It didn't take us long to realize we needed to abandon our rural openness and be a bit more cautious. We gave a bit of money to one panha... -
..without tramadol and attempting to quit smoking....
katsumi Nov 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
..without tramadol and attempting to quit smoking. Doesn't help that I started my period as well. Instead of writing about the 500 or so ways my day went to shit, I choose to jot down the things that lifted my mood.
I don't know what I would do without my babies. I'm an animal person, always have been, always will be. As an only child, my best friends were my mother first and my dog se...
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OK so the day started out sort of ok.I drove Pat t...
Patswife Nov 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
OK so the day started out sort of ok.
I drove Pat to work for 7:45 and he called me at 8:30 to get him.
His arms were feeling heavy, he had trouble walking because he felt so
weak and his eyes were not focusing right. He took his BP here, it was 103/58.
down to 100/58 up to 134/68 a couple of hours later. Go figure. I called the
Nurse Helpline and she said call an ambulance, she must have thought he w...
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I had my pap smear done day before yesterday. The ...
bifocaled Nov 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
I had my pap smear done day before yesterday. The last time I had it done, the MA gave me a tiny little hospital gown to put on that left my back exposed. Then the doctor opened the door and stood there talking to someone in the hallway, giving everyone that went by a clear view of my posterior. I perfer to choose who I moon. So when I made the appointment this time I asked the MA if the clinic h...1 Recommendation -
Hi everyone, I was just looking through the forums...
zybasima Nov 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
Hi everyone, I was just looking through the forums here and wondering how productive it is for a body to rehash stuff through a support group. Don't get me wrong, I totally love coming here and seeing that I have good company in the screwed up department but sometimes talking about the abuse we suffered and pain we feel just brings up bad emotions and then we are stuck with that soup of confu...1 Recommendation2 Comments -
Well, just stopping by for an update. Everybody he...
mmccaus Nov 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
Well, just stopping by for an update. Everybody here has been on my mind for the last couple weeks, because I went to a symposium for patients and families put on by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Northern CA branch here. It was informative to some degree, though not really too much new information, since I'd read so much when I was so sick a couple years ago. And I still do, ...1 Recommendation1 Comment -
Queensland newsEdition No 77 ...
mrewhope Nov 19, 2009
my story on Australian crohns assocation
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Queensland news
Edition No 77 Winter 2009
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Don't you hate that? Waking up WAY too early i...
suey2y Nov 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
Don't you hate that? Waking up WAY too early in pain? What do you do? Knit?
Not so bad in the middle of the day, but in the night I always medicate, so now I'm sat here, waiting for everyone to get up, running to the loo.
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zybasima Nov 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Hello everyone! It's been a while since I wrote. I have been occupied trying to pull things together in my new country.
I am convinced that I must be the "self-help queen" if there is such a thing. I keep looking at myself, seeing the flaws and then googling my way to the cure. (I think I have googlitis) I never would have dreamed that a person could find so much wrong with the... -
I just realized how grateful and thankful I s...
MDlady Nov 18, 2009
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I just realized how grateful and thankful I should be since I am able to work 2 days a week and have a loving family and have wonderful friends here on DS. I just didn't realize how fortunate I am and how much worse things could be for me.1 Recommendation5 Comments -
Bored bored bored bored bored bored.Can't driv...
suey2y Nov 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
Bored bored bored bored bored bored.
Can't drive, too lazy to move, rubbish weather.
Sat on sofa.
Bored.1 Recommendation -
Try and try but the weight aint going on.....what ...
frenchy68 Nov 18, 2009
Journal Entry for November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Try and try but the weight aint going on.....what goes in comes out straight away.Damn surgery and crohn's.......I know it will go back on so I am just gunna wait. x2 Comments
Journal Entry for November 20, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Well, what an eventful few weeks it has been. My son and I had a really wonderful visit with my parents. We missed our bus connection in ...
Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Information
Crohn's disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. The incidence of Crohn's disease in North America is 6:100,000, and is thought to be similar in Europe, but lower in Asia and Africa. Unlike the other major inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, there is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn's disease. Many medical treatments are however available for Crohn's disease with a goal of keeping the disease in remission.
Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa, UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) featuring systemic inflammation specifically causing episodic mucosal inflammation of the colon (large bowel). The inflammation almost universally affects the rectum, and may spread in a continuous fashion more proximally in the colon. It has no known cause, although there is a presumed genetic component to susceptibility. Treatment is with immunosuppression (suppressing the immune system), although colectomy (partial or total removal of the large bowel through surgery) is occasionally necessary.
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