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Cannot afford my meds-Any ideas???

bluangl77
  • By bluangl77 · Posted 7:34 pm
  • In Living with Crohn's · 0 replies
  • Hello All. I have CD. I had my 2nd surgery in May. I had a resection with an ileostomy. Surgeon said I was within weeks of dying. I had a hole and a blockage and I was sepsis. I got 4 blood transfusions ...

Medications

Dee22
  • By Dee22 · Posted October 31, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 5 replies
  • I've had Crohn's for over seven years and it recently spread through my colon. I have been taking Humira for about four years and my disease isn't responding to it anymore. I was hospitalized for iv antibiotics ...

what can i eat?

tater
  • By tater · Posted October 29, 2009
  • In Newly diagnosed · 1 reply
  • hello, i found out i have chrones and since i was ten i havnt been able to eat anything that doesnt send me into excrushiating pain! (except homeade bread and hummas) does anyone have any suggestons on ...

Injecting Humira

AshAlin
  • By AshAlin · Posted October 21, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 3 replies
  • Hi my name is Ashley and i was diagnosed with crohns 5 years ago. I started humira in May, and I have only injected in my leg. I am curious about injecting in my stomach but am worried, I find my stomach ...

improved health

l8ebug
  • By l8ebug · Posted September 28, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 2 replies
  • Several of you were interested in learning about my story regarding Isagenix and my battle with ongoing health issues. I have suffered with a debilitating condition for 27 years, being very tired, having ...

movement in stomach

heppy
  • By heppy · Posted September 22, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 3 replies
  • does anyone feel a movement in your stomach, (if I didn't know better, I would think it was a baby...) thank you. heppy ...

Any Muscle, Joint Pain suggestions due to Crohn's ?

Piperdoodle
  • By Piperdoodle · Posted September 21, 2009
  • In Treatment · 5 replies
  • I was diagnosed with Crohn's nine years ago. I am on Imuran now, and it works pretty well. My complaint now is joint and muscle pain. I want to avoid constantly taking prednisone, and wondered if anyone ...

Hello...

christina26
  • By christina26 · Posted September 1, 2009
  • In Symptoms · 12 replies
  • Hello Everyone! I am Christina and I am 26 and have had Crohns disease since I am 17. I didn't know I had it until I was 18 and once they figured it out it has been horrible. I have had 12 surgeries and ...

Side effect of prednisone ?

nanascorner
  • By nanascorner · Posted August 13, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 1 reply
  • We were talking about the side effect of prednisone at our HopeKeepers meeting a few days ago. Several ladies said that the main symptom of prednisone for them was a tendency to feel nervousness or restlessness ...

Nestle Boost Drink Coupons

bluangl77
  • By bluangl77 · Posted August 8, 2009
  • In In the news · 2 replies
  • For all of you that drink Boost or know someone who does. If you call their nutrition hotline at 1-800-247-7893, Mon-Fri 8:30am-7pm and Sat 9am-5:30pm They will send you $3.00 in coupons to try Boost ...

CD with Ovarian cysts and an ileostomy

bluangl77
  • By bluangl77 · Posted August 5, 2009
  • In Symptoms · 3 replies
  • Hello Everyone. I just found out yesterday that I have a lot of fluid in my abdomen and a large cyst on my right ovary and a small one on my left ovary. I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 1992. I ...

Humira and a 3 year old

RacingMom
  • By RacingMom · Posted August 1, 2009
  • In Treatment · 1 reply
  • Does anyone have a toddler with Crohn's . Our three year old was diagnosed when he was two, we gave tried Remicade, bad side effects, he is on Methotrexate now but can not be whinned off steriods - this ...

Anyone taking Cimzia

kgrammy98
  • By kgrammy98 · Posted July 29, 2009
  • In Treatment · 7 replies
  • Hi, I have been on Remicade for 1 1/2 years. Suddenly I had a flare. My Dr. decided to try Cimzia, and I have had my first injection. Just want to know if anyone has any advice for me ...

LOOKING FOR A LAWYER WHO SPECIALIZES IN MEDICAL BILLS

bluangl77
  • By bluangl77 · Posted July 24, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 10 replies
  • Hello Everyone. I am having a lot of problems with medical bills and co-payments. I have left several posts so I am going to keep this one short and sweet! Does anyone know where patients can turn to ...

medication

lyanne
  • By lyanne · Posted July 14, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 2 replies
  • Does anyone feel worse on endicort? i was doing good until I was back on it for they were unable to get in my illeum again ...

Diet Dilemma

nanascorner
  • By nanascorner · Posted June 27, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 0 replies
  • 15 years ago, after being diagnosed with mild diabetes, and not wishing to push it beyond being diet controlled diabetes I removed sugar products from my daily diet. In other words, no cookies, cake ...

Help Needed

nanascorner
  • By nanascorner · Posted June 16, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 5 replies
  • This is the issue that I face, which doctors refuse to accept or try to understand. I will collapse from malnutrition, or hyperglycemia, before my body will take into my fat stores. When I have a serious ...

Eat or not to eat that is the question

nanascorner
  • By nanascorner · Posted June 10, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 3 replies
  • Picture this.. I had spent the first 37 years of my life not knowing what was wrong with my stomach. 17 years ago I went through a very bad period of stomach cramps and pain that forced me to seek out ...

real diagnosis

lyanne
  • By lyanne · Posted June 8, 2009
  • In Living with Crohn's · 2 replies
  • The only way to truely find out if you have crohns is to have the test done by prometheus. After 6 months and numerous hosp. trips all other tests ect. this never comes back false possitive and rarely ...

Humira and Pregnancy.

DJP71775
  • By DJP71775 · Posted May 19, 2009
  • In Treatment · 1 reply
  • I have had CD since 2000. Initially, I lost 50 lbs and I thought I was going to die. After I finally got on some serious steroids, antibiotics, Asacol etc.. I finally went into remission. It took about ...

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