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Taking a moment for ourselves
- By nanascorner · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Chamomile Tea Outside the sky is light with stars; There's a hollow roaring from the sea. And, alas! for the little almond flowers, The wind is shaking the almond tree. How little I thought, a year ago ...
Hope Prevails
- By nanascorner · Posted November 16, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- It’s easy to give up hope. Obstacles and daily living seem to beat hope out of the best of us at times. For me, dealing with the reality of a chronic illness has shaped and changed my life significantly ...
i just want some relief
- By IzzieT · Posted November 12, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Oh i forgot to add i have never had any surgeries or major complications because of crohns. Just bleeding, weight loss, cramping and multiple bowel movements in flare ups. I can't remember exactly where ...
i just want some relief
- By IzzieT · Posted November 12, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- I was diagnosed with crohns 2 yrs ago. Since I have only has at best one to three months without having a flare. I have taken 6mp and asacol up until this year and in April was put on Humira. It seemed ...
First Cimzia and Methotrexate injections
- By sc17carter · Posted November 11, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- 1ST Injections...Whoo Hoo Made it thorugh the first of these injections(2 cimzia and 1 Methotrexate. The Shots went in quite easy. The methotrexate site did turn a bit yellow at first but it went away ...
Could the foods you are eating be causing you pain?
- By nanascorner · Posted November 8, 2009
- Journal · 5 replies
- When dealing with the reality of living with chronic pain in my life, I never consider that some of the food items that I was consuming on a daily bases , could be a contributing factor in causing some ...
Research Opportunity
- By TeamInspire · Posted November 6, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- All, We have been made aware of a research opportunity that may be of interest to some of our members from FocusSession Research. They specialize in healthcare market research. They have been asked to ...
a little Nervous today
- By sc17carter · Posted November 3, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- I picked up the methotrtexate today. I'm a little nervous. I haven't switched drugs in a few years. I'll be giving myself shots of methotrexate and cimzia. oooohhh the shots don't scare me it's the NOT ...
New sensitive stomach Recipe
- By nanascorner · Posted November 3, 2009
- Journal · 3 replies
- Pumpkin Muffins 3 cups bread flour ( or gluten free) 2 cups sugar or ( you can replace sugar with I small can carrots adds extra calories and nutrition) 1/4 cup butter, melted 1/4 cup vegetable oil 3 ...
Medications
- By Dee22 · Posted October 31, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
When Life Gets Hard
- By nanascorner · Posted October 29, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- I was thinking about so many ladies I know that are struggling with some tough situations, chronic pain and illness. I was thinking about some certain situations that I am struggling with as well. I was ...
what can i eat?
- By tater · Posted October 29, 2009
- Discussion 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 ...
New Research
- By nanascorner · Posted October 27, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Everything that I have read about CD/UC points to new research information.. Some researchers are suggesting that there is a link between chemical sensitivities and auto-immune diseases like lupus, type ...
Injecting Humira
- By AshAlin · Posted October 21, 2009
- Discussion in Living with Crohn's · 2 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 ...
Compassion Does Matter
- By nanascorner · Posted October 21, 2009
- Journal · 9 replies
- I have been asked; why do you send out these poems? Some of my friends understand, some think I am weird. Some answer with a thank you, some dont answer at all because they dont have a clue of why I do ...
The day was ok. Only two trips to the restroom.
- By acbay · Posted October 19, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- The day was ok. Only two trips to the restroom. I will take any advice on diet restrictions or medications to try. I have been on a few and please don't ask me the names because I couldn't spell them ...
Finding a purpose when you battle a chronic illness
- By nanascorner · Posted October 15, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- I loved my grand mother very much. She was to be an example of a strong self-sufficient women. Widowed at the age of 35, she went back to school and became an RN. She has to knee surgeries , in order ...
The word compassion
- By nanascorner · Posted October 14, 2009
- Journal · 2 replies
- The word compassion comes from two Latin words, suffer and with . To show compassion means to suffer with someone, to enter into a persons situation and become involved in that persons suffering. Compassion ...
Reasons for Chronic Nausea
- By nanascorner · Posted October 10, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Chronic Nausea, is a common problem with people battling a chronic illness and pain. People with Fibromyalgia can suffer from IBS, GERDS, Hypersensitive ( HSP) issues, which can and does lead to chronic ...
Reaching Out
- By nanascorner · Posted October 8, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- It has been said; A human being requires at least eleven hugs a day to feel complete! I have no idea whether that figure is correct or not, but I do know that a baby can not survive with out human touch ...
