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A Successful Surgery - Now Just Recovering…
Well, I am very happy to report that my surgery Thursday night went just as planned and had no complications. The surgeons were very happy and said that now “all I have left is to recover.”
Their has been a major difference between this surgery and the other 2 I had last year, the difference is […]
Having Surgery Today at 4 PM ET
My doctors finally decided that I do need surgery. They are going to do a 4 to 5 hour surgery where they do a full mid-abdomen incision to clean out all the adhesions and scar tissue.
They will also have to re-do my anastomosis by creating a bigger hole. The surgery is semi-serious but I should […]
I’m back in the hospital for a “blockage…”
Well, I thought I was done with the complications when my iliostomy was reversed and frankly, I was very excited. But to be honest, I always had a bad feeling that something was going to go wrong.
Well, here’s what happened in greater detail…When the surgeon re-connected me after the iliostomy the surgery was more complicated […]
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 […]
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 […]
ALIVE Straight From The Hospital…Your Host :)
hahaha…you’ll have to excuse if I sound a bit “cookiee” today, I’m 100% tripped out on diladed and other pain killers right now. I thought I would give everyone an update on my surgery and recovery.
I do plan on publishing a much more in-depth experience and recovery guide later on the site, but for now […]
Why Does Crohn’s Disease Take So Long To Diagnose?
Here is another question that was submitted to us about Crohn’s Disease. A CrohnsHelp.com subscriber asked us:
Why does Crohn’s Disease take so long to diagnose? It’s very painful and it seems that other diseases can be diagnosed with things as simple as a blood test?
Great question and I definitely understand where you are coming […]
Is Fatigue Common in Crohn’s Disease?
Actually interesting because this conversation was just struck up at the Crohn’s Disease Forum…but that conversation is a bit more focused on those using Remicade with Crohn’s Disease.
However, I have personally noticed that I have a tendency to be much more inactive and tired than my healthier friends. Well, interestingly enough, the Mayo Clinic just […]
Do you get acid reflux with Crohn’s Disease?
As of about a year now, I’ve had this awkward problem that keeps coming up. It’s not exactly acid reflux in that I eat and then it burns my esophagus, but it’s more that my upper upper stomach area gets VERY tight and tense.
It’s not even all that painful, just really tight and I get […]
