Though certain foods can cause gas when it comes to Crohn's, the hard part is figuring out which one you just ate.
Like the other day. The pain from gas was so intense, I had to come home from work. It's strange though, since being on Remicade, I have been improving. To the point where the bowel movements have been less, semi formed BUT the downside is the pain from these. As I have had numerous resections, I'm assuming that the semi formation is causing pressure on my lower intestines, thus the pain.
But the gas is something I have never experienced to this degree. Sharp pain lasting for a few seconds (10 - 15), but intense. Backtracking to figure out what I ate is difficult as I am quite good at NOT eating or drinking anything to cause me pain....duh.....but having said that, I think, think mind you, I had some Coke to drink that day.
Doesn't explain the other days though.......
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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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