MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'crohn’s'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:53:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074262&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fnew-job-same-old-crohns-worries%2F A while back, I wrote about the possibility of losing my job. Well, I lost my job – with my client – but my company has decided to keep me and has already put me into another position. My company is a consulting firm, and one of our major clients is having a lot of problems with their budget. They had to lay off about 75% of their contractors, and I am one of them. My company has put me in another position for the next year hoping that, by this time, my old job will be available again and I can just slip back into it – If I want to, of course. I may actually like this new position better and want to stay in it forever. We will see. So far, it has been quite a whirlwind. Immediately after I left my old position, I had to travel for training for my new job. I am still not certain that... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074262 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:12:02 +0100 4074262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920967&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fhow-is-your-crohn-august-2010%2F Hello everyone! How are you feeling today? I hope that you are well and that your Crohn’s isn’t being a pain in the rump. In case you are new to the blog, I will explain the topic of today’s blog. Every month I like to check in with everyone to see how you have been doing. Everyone writes in and tells how they have been feeling and what has been going on with their Crohn’s or with anything else. It is a great way for us to share and to vent. Since I write the blog, I get to go first. Right now my Crohn’s is not doing too badly. I just went down to 28 mg of prednisone and hope to continue weaning. I am craving carbohydrates like crazy and can’t seem to stop thinking about waffles, bread, coffee with milk, and pretty much anything bad for me that is full of starch. I wrote a blo... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920967 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:06:01 +0100 3920967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3687247&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Ftake-steps-for-crohn%25e2%2580%2599s-and-colitis-2010%2F Hello Everyone!  How are you doing today?  I hope that you find yourself well and in good health.  Hopefully you participated or will participate in the annual Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America’s (CCFA) Take Steps for Crohn’s and Colitis walk.  In case you didn’t know, each year the CCFA holds a fund-raising walk – “Take Steps” –  to raise much-needed money for the cure to these horrible digestive diseases. The Houston walk was this past weekend, but I was unable to go due to a sinus infection and bad cough.  Of course, the first antibiotic did not work, so instead of getting better, I just kept getting worse.  I started my new antibiotic on Monday and it seems to be helping.  Although, I think that I pushed myself too hard and too fast so today I was ba... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3687247 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:32:36 +0100 3687247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3545542&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fstem-cells-for-crohns-disease%2F Since I am now in the midst of a huge flare up, I have been researching new and upcoming therapies for Crohn’s and thought that I would share what I have found out. One of the most exciting areas of research right now is stem-cell research. There are a couple of different investigations with stem cells for Crohn’s disease going on right now that I found very interesting and hopeful. All of the stem cell therapies are still in the clinical trial phase and are not available to the public yet. The first area of research is studying the effects of injecting adult stem cells into the patient. I actually almost joined this clinical trial back in 2007, but decided to wait since I was getting better at that time and had just started my new job here in the states. I kind of wish that I did joi... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3545542 Sat, 08 May 2010 03:46:42 +0100 3545542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499195&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fhow-is-your-crohns%2F Hello everyone!  In case you are new to the blog, I will explain the topic of today’s blog.  Every month I like to check in with everyone to see how you have been doing.  Everyone writes in and tells how they have been feeling and what has been going on with their Crohn’s or with anything else.  It is a great way for us to share and to vent.  It has been a little while since we last did this, so I am expecting lots of comments from everyone so that we can catch up! I have not been doing too well lately.  I guess that I should have seen it coming but, as always, I seem to miss the little subtle signs of an oncoming flare.  Since 2010 has started, it seems it has been one thing after another, but hopefully I will get it turned around soon.  After the strange pain that was in my l... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499195 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:00:42 +0100 3499195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429325&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fslacking-to-cope-with-crohns-disease%2F It seems that my Crohn’s disease has a mind of its own lately.  I like to think of it as a wild bull, strong and powerful and definitely pigheaded.  My Crohn’s can’t be tamed and, each time I try, I end up conceding, so I might as well learn how to ride.  You would think that after almost 19 years of having this disease that I would know how to ride.  But, I don’t.  Each time the ride is different.  Each time I think that I am ready and know what to do, but then the bull turns left instead of right, or goes right instead of left.  Or, it simple starts bucking me to death until I pay attention.  Well, it has my attention now! I think that I am doing better now with it than I did in the past.  In the past, I thought that I was invincible and that Crohn’s couldn’t stop m... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429325 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:27:15 +0100 3429325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311835&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fsupport-the-ibd-research-and-awareness-act-for-crohn%25e2%2580%2599s-and-ulcerative-colitis%2F Last year, an important Act, The IBD Research and Awareness Act, was introduced to the House and Senate to expand research for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.  The legislation would enhance activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis, as well as, expand biomedical research for IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease). You can help advocate for the passage of the IBD Research and Awareness Act with the help of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA).  They have made this really great website where they make it easy for you to contact your legislators and ask them to cosponsor H.R. 2275 (House bill number) and S. 981 (Senate bill number). It is very easy to do.  Just click here. Then, scroll down to the ‘compose m... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311835 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:56 +0100 3311835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283721&cid=t_186416_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fbreakfast-with-crohns-disease%2F I think that I have mentioned before that I have been experimenting with my diet for the last year in an effort to improve my Crohn’s symptoms.  I have eliminated all dairy products and now use only Rice milk because it causes the least amount of trouble and tastes good.  I am also limiting the amount of gluten that I eat.  I still eat some items that have a little bit of gluten, but have for the most part deleted that out of my diet too.  I also don’t eat a lot of fiber because it seems to make matters worse.  Once you get rid of dairy, gluten and fiber, there are not a lot of choices left for breakfast. For the last year, I have been eating Trix for breakfast.  I recently discovered Berry Berry Kix and have switched to that instead because it has a lot less sugar.  I donâ€... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283721 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:26:52 +0100 3283721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1499986&cid=t_186416_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F306145194%2Fnaltrexone_decreases_urge_to_gamble.html A new study released by Dr. Jon E. Grant of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and his colleagues has found that the urge to gamble was decreased in pathological gamblers who were treated with naltrexone.Naltrexone, a drug frequently used in the treatment of alcohol and drug dependence, was found to help control the urge to gamble in nearly 40% of pathological gamblers receiving the treatment. Gamblers were able to abstain from all gambling for a period of at least one month. Those receiving a placebo had an abstention rate of 10.5%.The study randomly assigned a daily dose of naltrexone to 58 men and women aged between 14 and 59 and a placebo to another 19 participants for a period of 18 weeks. The study found that not only were gambling urges significantly decreased but that ... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1499986 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:00:46 +0100 1499986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485068&cid=t_186416_115_f&fid=34683&url=http%3A%2F%2Fradfiles.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fborn-in-1966-know-medical-history-of.html Case by Dr. Orlando Martins/ Dr. Luis Tata. (Source: Rad Files) Rad Files blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485068 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:13:00 +0100 485068