New Vehicle for Crohn's Sufferer's

Gas powered

Flu bug

I hate getting sick.  It only lasted about 24-36 hours, but it zaps it right out of me.  Go figure.....could it be the Crohn's?!  Ummmm, yea!  Hell yea!!  Oh well, seems to be getting better now, though last year when I got sick from flu, I ended up in hospital from dehydration. Not fun.  This time, I had the same symptoms, but just not as severe thank goodness.

Got Guts........?

You're lucky.

What's that!?

In the peace and quiet of my bedroom, lying half asleep, I hear it.  Faint at first, but loud enough to make me wonder, what's that!?  I shrug my shoulders and close my eyes and try and go back to sleep.  Then I hear it again, a little louder this time.  My heart starts to beat a little faster wondering, what's that!?  I'm hesitant to get up and take a look around, cuz you never know, but, what's that!?  I roll over and take a look at my wife lying next to me and I wonder, should I wake her?  No, I'm the man, I can handle it.  So I slowly and quietly get out of bed and go take a look around.  From the top of the stairs I hear it again, what's that!?  Even louder now, so I go downstairs and have a look.  I turn on all the lights and listen.......I hear it again even louder than ever!!  What the f*&@ is that!!?? 
Then realize it's just my gut talking.  Oh, the life of a Crohn's sufferer.

Ah, the trials and tribulations of a Crohn's sufferer

Giving up on things you love.....as far as food and drink go anyway.  For me, things that I LOVE that aren't good to eat anymore are ice cream, chocolate, candy (like licorice etc), chocolate, pop, pastries with cream fillings of any kind, donuts, chocolate, coffee, etc.  I CAN eat them, but I will suffer a pain greater than death if I do.  And not only from the abdominal pain but the pain I'm going to feel from wiping my butt every time I go to the bathroom, which in these cases would be about every 5-10 minutes........literally.  I might as well strap my sons potty to my waste!! 

Stress

Whomever said that stress isn't a factor with Crohn's disease, can bend over and kiss my a--!!
So, having said that, I am here to tell everyone who wants to listen that YES stress DOES agrivate your Crohn's!!!!!

Funeral arrangements for a Crohn's sufferer

Bury me in a porta potty

Absess cometh and go-eth......

It took from the end of November until just last week for the abscess to completely go away......finally!!!  But, did I speak too soon?!!  Has the annoying, painful and frustrating swollen, pustule, carbuncle returned??!!   In a word......YEP!  Small, thank goodness, but there all the same.  Let's hope that with the previous surgery, there is a way for it to drain on it's own.  Let's hope.

I have such a hot ass

Well, now that you have your mind out of the gutter.....
With this abcess and going to the bathroom all the time (several times an hour.....yes, an hour), my ass is burning, literally!  Stings like a hot damn.  Tylenol 3's help, but doesn't help while you're out shopping with the family.  Because of me, we always have to leave early.  This would be considered another bad day.  Probably something I ate, like the wifes birthday cake, but now I have to grin and bare it I guess.
But, let me tell you.............wait for it...............wait for it.........

........it's a pain in the ass!!

Pills

I'm on Salofalk, so here's some info:

Salofalk is an anti-inflammatory (5-aminosalicylic acid, 5-ASA) or mesalamine, and is used to treat mild to moderate ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease.  There are different brands of 5-ASA used to treat different places in the digestive tract, anywhere from the mouth to the anus.  For this reason, some brands are used to treat only ulcerative colitis and some for Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis.

To me....?  Take whatever works for you.  I've tried others over the years, and found that Salofalk was the only one that works for me.  I also take Prednisone (5mg) on a maintenance dose.