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What a party pooper
Tricia's Musings | September 6th 2008 by Tricia
My body is playing a big joke on me right now and it’s not funny. Seriously … It’s my birthday and I woke up with a headache this morning. No not from partying last night, unfortunately. I don’t know what caused it, probably t read more
Can’t I just be normal for one day?
Tricia's Musings | August 11th 2008 by Tricia
Back in June I had a week or two where I was dizzy all the time. It happened mostly when I’d stand up from a lying or sitting position but sometimes I was dizzy even when I was lying down. I spoke with my doctor about it at the time (the pain read more
I certainly won’t have a problem with a too-clean house!
King Al's Thoughts of the Day | August 2nd 2008 by Albert
According to this Reuters article, a recent study shows that ultra-clean houses may increase the risk of children developing inflammatory bowel disease. This is thought to be due to the hygiene hypothesis, the same reason why young children who are n read more
Hump day - how’s your week going so far?
Tricia's Musings | July 23rd 2008 by Tricia
It’s already the middle of the week and I feel like I haven’t managed to get anything done yet! I always seem to feel terrible with my Crohn’s but the past two or three weeks have been really bad and it just seems to be getting wors read more
We’re going to a Tom Cochrane concert next week
Tricia's Musings | July 17th 2008 by Tricia
I got an email from my brother last night. Remember I told you last week that he told me that he was going to try to get Chris a free pass to the PGA golf tour? Well he managed to get two passes! Now I’m not all that interested in watching a read more
Turmeric, curcumin in ulcerative colitis
Healthy, Digestion and Nutrition | July 14th 2008
Curcumin is a biologically active phytochemical component in turmeric or yellow curry powder and has been found to be effective in numerous diseases including cancer. Ulcerative colitis (one form of inflammatory bowel disease) may be one of those con read more
I feel like crap, absolute crap
Tricia's Musings | July 8th 2008 by Tricia
I’m in so much pain tonight. Well … really for the last week or so. Remember last week I gushed about eating fresh corn on the cob and how rare it was for me to eat it because it usually caused my Crohn’s to flare up? Yeah, well read more
Reduced Glutathione and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Faye Brown's News Blog | June 30th 2008 by Faye Brown
In studies conducted there have been proof to say that reduced glutathione or gsh as it is also known and the relationship to any inflammatory diseases and inflammatory bowel disease or IBD definitely has inflammation. So can replenishing essential read more
Exhausting day
Tricia's Musings | June 24th 2008 by Tricia
Well I finally got around to going the family doctor early today for a physical. I’ve been so sick the last two years that she didn’t really insist on giving me an annual physical until now. I mean, at one point I was seeing my doctor read more
IBD: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chronic Pain | June 24th 2008 by Tina Samuels
IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease, is the term for a pair of intestinal inflammation disorders called Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Chronic inflammation of the intestines from various symptoms is the categorization of inflammatory bo read more
Ulcerative Colitis
Chronic Pain | June 23rd 2008 by Tina Samuels
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Crohn’s Disease
Chronic Pain | June 22nd 2008 by Tina Samuels
Crohn’s Disease, a part of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, will have inflammation through the entire bowel wall thickness. Crohn’s disease of the small intestine is called regional enteritis, while Crohn’s disease of the colon is called read more
Video UC to J-pouch
UC to Jpouch Story | June 20th 2008 by Megan
Watch this excellent VIDEO here. Very similiar to my decision process, my surgery procedure and also the emotional around and after surgery. Video is about IBD Surgery ”People with inflammatory bowel disease often face surgery. New tech read more
Crohn’s disease sucks
Tricia's Musings | June 19th 2008 by Tricia
I’m having one of those weeks where I just don’t feel well pretty much all the time. Each day seems worse than the last. God, I hate having Crohn’s disease. Most of the time I make the best of it and tolerate this odd painful way read more
IBD and the Elimination Diet
Chronic Pain | June 14th 2008 by Tina Samuels
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, or IBD, is the inflammation of the intestines from Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis. It gives widespread nutritional difficulties and some with IBD are put on what is called the elimination diet. Elimination read more
She’s dizzy all the time
Tricia's Musings | June 3rd 2008 by Tricia
I’ve had a miserable few days or perhaps I should say few weeks. My Crohn’s disease has been acting up and I haven’t slept well for weeks. Well that is, until that last few days at least. I think my body or brain has finally give read more
Busy few days - updating website and more
Tricia's Musings | May 24th 2008 by Tricia
Gee I haven’t made a post on this blog for a few day … what’s up with that? I usually post at least one if not two or more posts a day. Well … to tell you the truth I’ve been pretty busy over the last few days. I̵ read more
Miserable today
Tricia's Musings | May 13th 2008 by Tricia
I haven’t been feeling well today at all. My Crohn’s is acting up and my stomach has been cramping all day. Last night I fell asleep on the couch and slept pretty much straight through ’till 6 a.m.. Chris happened to get up in the read more
Thank you for your condolences
Tricia's Musings | May 5th 2008 by Tricia
Thank you everyone for your condolences. It’s been a tough time for the family losing someone long before we should have. Our cousin’s mother and brother are taking his death particularly hard. Yesterday as we were driving to Brantford o read more
About Crohn’s disease
B-Health | May 2nd 2008 by blog.generic-pills.name
Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is a condition in which the lining of your digestive tract becomes inflamed, causing severe diarrhea and abdominal pain. The inflammation often spreads deep into the layers of affec read more
I’m seriously sleep deprived
Tricia's Musings | May 1st 2008 by Tricia
I swear I’ve got a sleeping disorder. Over the last several months it’s very common for me to only sleep for an hour of so and then get up again. When that happens I end up not returning to bed for hours and then I only sleep for an hou read more
I know where rainbows end up
Tricia's Musings | April 4th 2008 by Tricia
Just imagine if there really was a lot full of used rainbows. LOL Wouldn’t that be cool! This week I’ve been spending my days trying to update my sites. Yes I’m still working on getting a few sites upgraded to WP 2.33 and then onc read more
Organic food heals Crohn’s disease
Healthy, Digestion and Nutrition | April 1st 2008
Organic food—expensive! Should we eat this expensive organic food for better health in Crohn’s? Would organic diet be better for healing Crohn’s? Gasche and colleagues from Austria tested the hypothesis that organic diet is better for treating read more
Sick House
Tricia's Musings | March 26th 2008 by Tricia
Chris came home from work yesterday with an upset stomach. He just felt off all evening. I had a feeling that he wouldn’t be feeling well today and as it turns out he went to work, but returned only two hours after he’d started. It look read more
I wish I hadn’t woken up this morning …
Tricia's Musings | March 18th 2008 by Tricia
My husband had an early shift at the hospital today. He was supposed to get up about about 5:15 in order to get ready for his shift. Lucky for him I woke up at about 6:20 a.m. and realized that he hadn’t gotten up yet! As I was waking him up read more
Diet Crohn’s disease risk
Healthy, Digestion and Nutrition | March 18th 2008
Diet as risk for Crohn’s disease? Over the years, some dietary foods predominant in vegetables and fruit have been thought of as protective. In contrast, fatty foods have been thought as increasing the risk for Crohn's disease. The literature howev read more
Well so far this year sucks too
Tricia's Musings | March 4th 2008 by Tricia
It seems that my bad week, or maybe I should call it my bad year, continues. I was so sick on Saturday that I stayed in bed until 8:30 pm! I had my period and the pain was so bad that I just couldn’t move. I’ve got endometritis, combined read more
Understanding Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Cats
Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation | March 3rd 2008 by Winn Feline Foundation
Winn funded researchJaneczko, S., D. Atwater, et al. (2008). "The relationship of mucosal bacteria to duodenal histopathology, cytokine mRNA, and clinical disease activity in cats with inflammatory bowel disease." Vet Microbiol 128(1-2): 178-93.Infl read more
Herbal meds for Crohns?
You are in My World | February 22nd 2008 by Tricia
I’m so fed up with my Crohn’s disease that I’m willing to look at alternative medicine for any kind of relief. Actually I know that some herbs are said to work very well for people with Crohns and Ulcerative colitis. Things like Al read more
Wondering when the axe will fall
Tricia's Musings | February 22nd 2008 by Tricia
I was just talking about how much I’d like to get back to work, but I’ve been on medical leave for 25 months now. It’s hard to imagine that I’ve been off for so long! Almost every day I wonder when the phone will ring and on read more
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