Thanks!!
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
You Might Be A Crohnie...
If you know the difference between fistulating and nonfistulating perianal disease
...you might be a Crohnie
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...you might be a Crohnie
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Travel Roller
For those of us that constantly have aches and pains, which (let's get serious), is all of us that live with Crohn's, or ANY illness for that matter, the Travel Roller is a great 'little' product to take out the muscle aches and pains. Works great on my calves.
https://www.TravelRoller.com/?ref=532a2572-aa34-4590-aad2-4bb143cd78d6&banner=4" >
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https://www.TravelRoller.com/?ref=532a2572-aa34-4590-aad2-4bb143cd78d6&banner=4" >
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Remicade : Day 582 - You're So Vein....
Nothing exciting about this infusion, or the last 6 weeks since my last infusion. I have been doing pretty good actually. A little pain now and again, but that's par for the course. But I wanted to touch on something that I'm sure every Crohnie comes across and that's having crappy veins!
I hate having crappy veins. You know....when it comes times to have an IV and the nurse can't seem to find one. I've had heat applied, bright lights, 2 tourniquets at once and my personal favorite, the old smack, smack, smack. So now, what I do before my infusion is I heat up my hand. Not unusual you might ask?? When I say I heat it up, I mean before I even leave for my infusion, I run my hand under hot water for awhile, then dry it quick and put on one of my ski gloves. About 5 minutes before arriving, I take off my glove and stick it in front of my car dash heat to heat it up some more until I get in to the parking lot. As soon as I turn off the car, I put the glove back on and as soon as I sit down in the nice Lazy Boy, I take off the glove again and wrap it up in a heating blanket. By the time she comes with the IV, my veins are popping!! Today was so good, I didn't feel it go in. Awesome!!
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I hate having crappy veins. You know....when it comes times to have an IV and the nurse can't seem to find one. I've had heat applied, bright lights, 2 tourniquets at once and my personal favorite, the old smack, smack, smack. So now, what I do before my infusion is I heat up my hand. Not unusual you might ask?? When I say I heat it up, I mean before I even leave for my infusion, I run my hand under hot water for awhile, then dry it quick and put on one of my ski gloves. About 5 minutes before arriving, I take off my glove and stick it in front of my car dash heat to heat it up some more until I get in to the parking lot. As soon as I turn off the car, I put the glove back on and as soon as I sit down in the nice Lazy Boy, I take off the glove again and wrap it up in a heating blanket. By the time she comes with the IV, my veins are popping!! Today was so good, I didn't feel it go in. Awesome!!
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Bloated?
I've been asked again about bloating and how can you stop it.
I don't think there is any real way of stopping it, in my opinion, unfortunately.
I think you can, as a Crohnie, limit the amount of times you get this way....but stopping it? uh-uh
The majority of the bloating comes from food and drink, but also from certain meds and, ironically, air. Gulping when you eat or drink, chewing gum, talking whilst you eat and even eating too fast can cause bloating.
For me, I always, and I mean always avoid gaseous foods like cabbage, cauliflower, onions, potatoes, asparagus, cucumbers, raisons, apples, cheese, milk, nuts, and fiber in general. It's the sugars and fiber in the foods and drinks that cause a lot of the problems. aspartame is very, very bad, no matter what you're told how good it is. If you want sugar, try honey.
Everyone is different, it's trial and error, you'll figure it out eventually.
I'm still figuring it out after more than 25 years......
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I don't think there is any real way of stopping it, in my opinion, unfortunately.
I think you can, as a Crohnie, limit the amount of times you get this way....but stopping it? uh-uh
The majority of the bloating comes from food and drink, but also from certain meds and, ironically, air. Gulping when you eat or drink, chewing gum, talking whilst you eat and even eating too fast can cause bloating.
For me, I always, and I mean always avoid gaseous foods like cabbage, cauliflower, onions, potatoes, asparagus, cucumbers, raisons, apples, cheese, milk, nuts, and fiber in general. It's the sugars and fiber in the foods and drinks that cause a lot of the problems. aspartame is very, very bad, no matter what you're told how good it is. If you want sugar, try honey.
Everyone is different, it's trial and error, you'll figure it out eventually.
I'm still figuring it out after more than 25 years......
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