Archives for December 2006
Vaccine For Crohn’s Disease? Sparks Major Debate…
Recently, we reported on an article that was published inside the Scotsman paper (and on the web) - here is the link… The article reported that researchers in Scotland feel firmly that they have found a vaccine for Crohn’s Disease based on the theory that MAP causes Crohn’s Disease.
Now, this is a major debate […]
Red Gatorade Can Be Confusing…
I had a little bit of a scare today, thank god I quickly caught the reality of it. I *thought* I sensed blood in the stool, but I realized soon afterwards that I had just chugged an entire bottle of red gatorade!
For those of you with Crohn’s who’s system seems to be very fast, the […]
Remicade Does It Again!
As many of you know, I have been struggling in my efforts to recover after my last surgery where I got the illiostomy reversed. Well, I knew it was coming time to take my next Remicade shot but I was taking it lightly for 2 reasons:
1. Because I felt that since I don’t have an […]
Put a Stop to NIH Budget Cuts For CCFA!
Hey Crohnees, the CCFA needs our support. For those of you who don’t know, CCFA is the largest support and advocacy group for Crohn’s and Colitis patients and helps fund millions of dollars in research!
Well, the CCFA is talking about budget cuts that are extreme and not fair.
Please visit the CCFA press release about this […]
Putting a STOP to Diarrhea!
I have tried many things in the past but about 9 months ago when I had to get a temporary illiostomy bag, my surgeon recommended that I would need Imodium. Well, that was the first time I had ever heard of it so I thought to give it a try.
Since that day it continues to […]
My Latest Condition After Surgery?
I have received a lot of e-mails from people asking me about how I am doing and I apologize if I have not replied to everyone. I am actually doing better, recovering slowly. I met my surgeon last Wednesday and he told me that the full recovery would really take 6 weeks.
I have started using […]
