My bestfriend has crones (sp?) disease

[zixxer]

I feel bad for him.. we're roommates and apparently taking a dump is excruciating ... he's been dealing with it for like 5 months. He's been going to a doctor but apparently nothing is helping much.


Anyone have it, and know of any forums or anything with people that have it?

 

[RagingBITCH]

Thanks, you just ruined my enjoyment of my popsicle.

 

[WannaFly]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Thanks, you just ruined my enjoyment of my popsicle.

hahah...whisky tango foxtrot?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Thanks, you just ruined my enjoyment of my popsicle.

LOL...

I don't know what it is.

 

[jagec]

The doctors suspected for a while that my friend had Crones' disease...but it ended up being something else, thankfully.

 

[Baltazar325]

I had a cousin that had Crone's disease and it is some messed up stuff. She had to have a large chunk of her lower intestines removed, she almost died. It is a nasty disease.

 

[Howard]

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/crohns/

 

[adelphi]

ticker slxp

 

[dquan97]

my wife has it too...she's doing well though

 

[Gunslinger08]

My cousin has it, as well as one of my friends. Stress makes it flare up, so college is going to be hard on him. It usually leads to a gradual surgical removal of the small intestine over many years.

 

[Eli]

Man, thats aweful.

 

[SaigonK]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
My cousin has it, as well as one of my friends. Stress makes it flare up, so college is going to be hard on him. It usually leads to a gradual surgical removal of the small intestine over many years.

Crohn's disease is not caused by emotional distress.

 

[kranky]

Feel bad for your friend, because it can be a rotten thing to live with. But some people have only mild symptoms.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Originally posted by: SaigonK

Originally posted by: joshsquall
My cousin has it, as well as one of my friends. Stress makes it flare up, so college is going to be hard on him. It usually leads to a gradual surgical removal of the small intestine over many years.

Crohn's disease is not caused by emotional distress.

I wasn't insinuating that it is. However, stress hormones do make its symptoms worse.

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

All you have to say is "Bowel Disease" and you know its bad

 

[bleeb]

Man hope your friend gets well soon!

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: bleeb
Man hope your friend gets well soon!

There is no getting well

<--diagnosed about 7 years ago

 

[Xionide]

I guess no <forbidden acronym> anymore.

-Xionide

 

[iliopsoas]

Crohn's disease is an autoimmune disease that affects the entire gastrointestinal tract with skip lesions that can perforate your gut and form fistulas (connect to other organs)

 

[homestarmy]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Thanks, you just ruined my enjoyment of my popsicle.

The popsicle isn't supposed to go in that end anyway, no matter how good it feels.

 

[homestarmy]

I thought I had it when I was on Atkins, turns out I just ate too much splenda... that stuff will make you fart like a mofo and crap like well... let's not get into it...

 

[Tal]

DUDE! I also have Crohn's disease. So does my sister. I was diagnosed earlier this year. I'm taking 23 pills a day right now.

Bruno, what meds you on?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Tal
DUDE! I also have Crohn's disease. So does my sister. I was diagnosed earlier this year. I'm taking 23 pills a day right now.

Bruno, what meds you on?

Pentasa at the moment. I'm doing pretty good right now. Have been for about 2 weeks. Been the best it has been in several years.

I'm guessing you are on Pentasa or Asacol, given the number.

At least I meet my deductible early in the year :disgust:

Crapping a toilet full of bloody pooh can be a bit alarming.

I'm down on pill count right now, but have been in the low 20s myself. It sucks

Nothing does any good. Doesn't matter what I eat, what meds I take, etc.

Real sh!tty (ha ha!)

 

[Tal]

Pentasa, Priolosec and Entocort here. Also taking iron and crap for being anemic.

 

[Armoth]

I have a friend who has Crohns. It sucks. I can sorta relate as I have IBS, well, at least we joke a lot about bad craps i.e. "Montezuma's Revenge"