Cutting Back on Prednisone

September 26, 2008

I had my doctors appointment last week – the day after our Ike Wind Storm here in Dayton… Crazy days. Anyway, Dr wants to have me to have another CT scan to see what’s going on with the absess I had.  If it’s still there, she’ll put me back on antibiotics.  Plush I am to

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Keeping Up with Doctor Appointments

September 11, 2008

I’m terrible at keeping up with my doctor appointments.  It’s not the doctor appointments.  I mean, when I have an appointment, I make keep it.  It’s the making of the appointment that’s so bad.  If I don’t get the appointment while I’m at the doctor, I’ll be forever and day making one later. I had

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Probiotics Can Help to Treat Crohn’s Disease

September 8, 2008

by Jahir Ahmed Recent research has revealed that a daily supplement of probiotics can help to relieve the symptoms of Crohn’s disease in sufferers. Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, can cause painful discomfort for people who suffer, and is characterized by an imbalance of bacteria in the gut. Whilst antibiotics can help to rid

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Crohn’s Disease – Tell Me What Is Wrong With My Body!

September 1, 2008

By: Tammy Foster.. Crohn’s disease manifests itself in the bowels and negatively impacts your digestive tract. It is an inflammatory disease that causes some degree of stomach pain and weight loss in most patients; and if it becomes severe enough the side effects can be personally debilitating. No, we currently do not understand the true

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Tired

August 28, 2008

I am so tired. I went to bed with the boys last night, around 9:00.  Slept fitfully, got up at 7.  That’s a lot of sleep.  Not an amount I normally need, but periodically it does my body good.  Not today.  I feel just as sluggish and sleepy as I did yesterday. It feels bad

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Crohn’s Disease And Diet – The Dos And Don’ts

August 27, 2008

The connection between Crohn’s disease and diet can be a tricky one to keep track of. There is no standard diet regiment as the disease affects each person differently. Apart from that, the diet itself needs to be monitored closely and adjusted when the disease changes. Basic Dos And Don’ts: There are a number of

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Knowing Pain with Crohns

August 27, 2008

Knowing your pain is actually an important in relation to crohns.  Not that we want to feel pain, however it’s important to be aware of the pain, to know where it is, how strong it is.  This gives us and the doctor insight to where our issues lie. I haven’t seen or spoke to my

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Prednisone Packs on the Weight

August 23, 2008

Since my visit to the ER in June, when they put me back on 40 mg of prednisone, (that would be about 2 months time) I’ve put on 20 pounds.  Egads… What I couldn’t figure out is why it seemed like my tummy (abdomen) was so bloated all the time – then, it looked as

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Crohns Makes Me Tired

August 23, 2008

I finished up my 14 day round of antibiotics (flagyl & cipro) on Tuesday.. actually, I only had one pill to take on Tuesday, so really, I finished most of it up on Monday. By Thursday, my body was dragging so hard.  I could just sit in a chair and sleep.  I ended up going

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Nerve Pain and Prednisone Side Effects

August 16, 2008

First….. Wish I could say I have been feeling much better… I guess I have been, all things considered. I am not having the pain which was resulting from the abscess since it’s been drained. Instead, the main pain I’ve been having seems to be from a nerve in my right butt cheek running down

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