From the category archives:

Pain Tolerance

Knowing Pain with Crohns

by Judi on 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

by Judi on 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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Still sick.. still lower abdominal pain.

by Judi on August 11, 2008

I don’t know why I seem to be so unable to grasp the pain involved with crohn’s disease.  For some reason, I keep thinking that “this time”, I will get better.  Honestly, I think deep down, I believe one of these times, medicine or treatments are going to actually make my crohn’s disease “go away”. 

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Pain Management

by Judi on August 6, 2008

I’ve had Crohn’s for only a short time, in comparison to many.. I started the painful symptoms in January 2007.  The first several months, I didn’t have pain medication to cope.  In hindsight, I wonder how I did manage, because the pain is just so terrible. Today, I came across a post that referred the

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