Crohn's Disease
Laprascopic Surgery for Crohn's vs Open Surgery
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> Thanks for your anethesia suggestion. I told my daughter but she said > she wanted to be out. Were it me, I would pick the epidural.
You go out. They inject the pain killers and initial relaxation anesthesia in the epidural. Then you are OUT! 100, 99, 98, 9…..zzzzzzzz The best [...]
Home Enteral Nutrition ?
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I had a nasogastric tube – up the nose, down the oesophagus, into the stomach. The tube can go further, into the duodenum or jejunem if necessary. The reasons this might be used instead of eating or drinking normally are problems with swallowing (not in my case)and palatibility/taste issues (the formula [...]
Antibiotics still do me good
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If it works….. Nina
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Have you tried Beano? It works well for my gas pains. Nina
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Ah, good ol’ Beano. A natural food enzyme that works for many people to help reduce gas. Sold by GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical company. And some people around here have scoffed at the [...]
Letter of introduction
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Hi Dave and welcome! You’ve certainly come to the right place. Pull up a chair, hang out, ask questions, sit back and listen, and join right in. We are here for support and even offer a bit of humor to go with, after all, you need some to get through most days, LOL! [...]
2nd annual: Are shoes a cause of Crohn's disease?
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You mean she runs too slowly? Debs – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > My Mother was raised barefoot. Maybe that’s why she never catches anything. > Mary >hey, you might be on to something rebecca! >jeff >>I am almost always barefoot (except when it is this [...]
so many sites claim to heal us
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> Well when paying someone’s salary doesn’t that make them a little
bias? So we shouldn’t pay attention to what Ray Strand writes in "What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know…" since he is PAID BY USTANKA (or "serves as a member of the medical advisory board," in USTANKA-speak). And we shouldn’t [...]
Inflamed Stoma
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Boy, my GI would hear it from me about not getting back to me when I called with an important question! In the meantime, try and reach your colo-rectal surgeon for advice. mgbio – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > No, because I’m not able to get [...]
How much fish oil do you take
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If you look at the summary of the NEJM study on fish oil and CD below, you will see that the authors recommend 2.7 grams per day (2,700 mg) of fish oil in ENTERIC-COATED capsules. The only enteric-coated brand I know of is Nature’s Way Fisol–there might be others, though. New [...]
As Re: 500mg Pentasa and Nephritis
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>Give it a bloody rest. Everyone here knows about your theory, you don’t >>have to post it here on a daily basis. >That is true, she doesn’t HAVE to post it here on a "daily basis" and she >doesn’t, but she could if she wanted to. You [...]
Where/how to find RMAT doctor?
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Hello All, I would like to undergo RMAT treatment for Crohn’s Disease and am wondering how/where to find a doctor familiar and willing to treat using this therapy? Is this normally done by a GI doctor or infectious disease doctor? Is there a serological test available for determining if one [...]