Crohn's Sucks

Lots of water is a def must, miralax can help with that it's not such a strong stool softener. Pro-biotics can also help with digestive issues. Doing backwards crunches are AWESOME for getting farts out and getting things moving. OH there's also tea (usually peppermint) that is specific for digestive stuff :]

belle-brita — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:30:23 -0400

I didn’t publish this in a timely manner… If you are dealing with constipation like I was recently, here are some helpful hints!

Bisous, Brita

Crohn's & Constipation

belle-brita — Wed, 29 May 2013 19:56:47 -0400

I don’t know about y’all, but my problem is rarely constipation. I’m much more prone to diarrhea, which I still can’t spell correctly (thank you, Spell Check!) after 15+ years of being a Crohnie.

But I am currently constipated, I think. I say I think because I’ve still pooped three times today, but there’s so much pressure in my stomach, and I just feel like I need to poop more. Maybe it’s just horrible gas? I’m burping little burps a lot too. I can barely eat because then I just feel nauseous, although I did manage to eat a bunch of dried fruit this morning since it’s supposed to help with constipation.

All I know is that I feel the same way I did the only two times I’ve actually been constipated (which, for me, happened after going only 8 non-sleeping hours without pooping).

Gargh.

Any suggestions?

Crohn's Makes You More Awesome

failfox — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:34 -0400

fuckcrohns:

I was doing an exercise where you describe the ideal you as a character in the third person via a list of attributes and descriptions. My character is pretty bad ass, to which my brain pointed out “yeah, but she doesn’t have a chronic disease”. And then in an epiphany I thought “Or does she…?”

So I wrote down on the list that my ideal character had a chronic disease and it actually made her way more awesome. Not only is she awesome but she does that while dealing with a chronic disease. Then I realised that no matter what you do, the fact that you do it with a chronic disease just makes you more awesome.

failfox: A really frustrating thing about Crohn’s is you can randomly get sick, lose your appetite,...

failfox — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:54:49 -0400

failfox:

A really frustrating thing about Crohn’s is you can randomly get sick, lose your appetite, and risk having all your food in the fridge go bad

failfox: It’s weird how lying down a stomach cramp might not affect me a ton But if I had to get...

failfox — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:43:27 -0400

failfox:

It’s weird how lying down a stomach cramp might not affect me a ton

But if I had to get up right now
Well I wouldn’t want to get up right now

A Clove of Garlic, A Pinch of Salt: Celebrate

belle-brita — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:19:40 -0400

A Clove of Garlic, A Pinch of Salt: Celebrate:

A blog post from a fellow Crohnie on being diagnosed as a kid, the challenges of Crohn’s during adolescence, and celebrating each day as it comes.

inmysweetestdreams: Study: Inhaled Cannabis Reduces Crohn’s Symptoms | NORML Blog, Marijuana...

failfox — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39:33 -0400

inmysweetestdreams:

Study: Inhaled Cannabis Reduces Crohn’s Symptoms | NORML Blog, Marijuana Law Reform
Inhaling cannabis reduces symptoms of Crohn’s disease compared to placebo in patients non-responsive to traditional therapies, according to clinical trial data published online ahead of print in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The study is the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the consumption of cannabis for the treatment of Crohn’s.

yes.

Cannabis Induces a Clinical Respo... [Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI

belle-brita — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:21:25 -0400

Cannabis Induces a Clinical Respo... [Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI:

PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

My little brother sent me this link. He’s very pro-legalization of marijuana, but I agree, it would probably be a good thing.

cruisecontrolforcool: chronic illnesses are like being stuck playing hard mode but you don’t...

failfox — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:00:42 -0400

cruisecontrolforcool:

chronic illnesses are like being stuck playing hard mode but you don’t actually know what any of the buttons do and there is a reasonable possibility you are holding the wrong controller altogether

failfox: the greenhouse I work for warrants pretty intense hours Monday I worked from 8am until...

failfox — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:32 -0400

failfox:

the greenhouse I work for warrants pretty intense hours

Monday I worked from 8am until 6:30pm
Tuesday I worked from 8am until 9pm
Wednesday I worked from 8:40am until 4:30pm, but if I had not left on my own accord, I would have worked until 6:30pm again

I left early on Wednesday because A) I was fucking exhausted but also B) the physical stress on my body

I know for a fact that prolonged periods of internalized stress can wreck havoc on my body and throw me into a flare up
I don’t want to find out what prolonged periods of physical stress can do to my body

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whovianherbivore: People who tell me I just need to change my diet or exercise more and all my...

failfox — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:43 -0400

whovianherbivore:

People who tell me I just need to change my diet or exercise more and all my chronic illnesses will go away:

Woman Has $5000 Diamond Pulled Out of Her Butt After Accidentally Chugging It

belle-brita — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:42:33 -0400

Woman Has $5000 Diamond Pulled Out of Her Butt After Accidentally Chugging It:

When Miriam Tucker attended a fundraiser luncheon celebrating the Tampa Women’s Club 65th year, she didn’t expect that it all might end in a colonoscopy. Life is full of shitty, yet amazing, surprises!

Share your best colonoscopy stories! Although it probably didn’t end in you getting a $5,000 diamond… Or did it?

Help?

nicoleashleys — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:40:11 -0400

Alright fellow Crohnies, my best friend of 20 years and I thought it would be a swell idea to start a new gluten free website. I know someone out there has drawing talent and would like to make a few extra bucks. Send a response to this and I will get in contact with you shortly.

How are you?

nicoleashleys — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:24:41 -0400

"Worrying is bad for your health"

nicoleashleys — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:24:44 -0400

“Worrying is bad for your health”

- (via lovelyday2bme)

crohnschronicals: join-the-fight-against-ibd: Download the...

failfox — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:26 -0400

crohnschronicals:

join-the-fight-against-ibd:

Download the free my ibd app. A great tool to keep track of your symptoms, keep a food diary and use to present to your gastro.

I’ve been using this app for a few months and it is awesome! It’s so much better than writing things down in a journal because I ALWAYS have my phone on me. It’s super simple and free!

Dear PostSecret, Poop diaries are NBD. Love, the Crohnies

belle-brita — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:55:01 -0400

Dear PostSecret, Poop diaries are NBD. Love, the Crohnies:

failfox: I’ll take any chance I can to find an upside to having Crohn’s I’ve made some amazing...

failfox — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:04:54 -0400

failfox:

I’ll take any chance I can to find an upside to having Crohn’s

I’ve made some amazing friends

I have a different perspective on life

It’s helped shape me into who I am today

one that comes up more often is how I interact with stress in my life

everyone deals with stress in some form or another and a lot of stress I can detect and deal with in a healthy way, but sometimes it’s not so obvious

when I get a cramp, no matter how bad it is I have to stop and think about aspects of my life
do I have an infusion soon?
did I eat something that may have triggered me?
am I stressing about something right now?

if the first two are not relevant then I have to stop and think, why would I be stressed? Can I do anything about it?

sometimes I can figure it out, sometimes not
but usually I’ll do something to calm myself down and force myself to relax somehow, usually playing my Xbox

but it’s interesting how having Crohn’s has made me more aware of the stress in my life and forces me to deal with it rather than have it build up and then explode in a more negative way

"Your Health Comes First!!"

failfox — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:00:26 -0400

handbagsandheadbands:

a rant on the popular saying: “your health comes first!!!!”

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Do I get a prize for convincing my body not to throw up right before before I had to run to the toilet for crampy diarrhea?

belle-brita — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:50:29 -0500

This just happened.

Bisous, Brita