On Monday I am off to have my 5th Colonoscopy as a check up from last years hospitalization related to my latest “major” Crohns flareup so why not write a few words on the procedure and it nothing else put some peoples minds to ease. For Crohn’s sufferers, 5 Coloncopies is certinally not a record [...]
Your body gets energy by making glucose from foods we eat. However, to use this glucose, your body needs insulin. Insulin is a hormone that helps your body control the level of glucose (sugar) in your blood. No matter if you are prediabetes, a Type 1 diabetic or Type 2, your body has difficulties managing [...]
Ulcerative colitis, or UC, is more localized in nature than Crohn’s disease (CD). Typically, the disease affects the colon (large bowel) including the rectum and anus, and only invades the inner lining of bowel tissue. It almost always starts at the rectum, extending upwards in a continuous manner through the colon. UC can be controlled [...]
As Crohn’s suffers, patients, the lucky few (or is it really that few), or however we choose to label ourselves, life has certainly drawn us a short stick. I have to admit, the rapid weight loss can be a great way to get back into the pieces of your wardrobe that you have hidden in [...]
I ended my last post with something along the lines, medication can do wonders. And that it can, well, until your body begins to act up. How your body may react to a new medication is always an interesting battle to choose when going on medication. Even the simplest of drugs to treat Chrohn’s can [...]
What is considered normal? I suppose that is to be flushed out – but from those I have discussed the question of “What triggered triggered your Crohn’s or Colitis?” There always seems to be some type of physical injury or stress that puts our bodies over the edge. In my case it was a car [...]
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