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Hello Terri and welcome to the forum. Its a steep earning curve at first but it gets easier. Ask questions here. Someone almost always has a good re...

Welcome George. This does all get easier and settle down over time. It can seem overwhelming at first and there is lots of sort of little things t...

P.S> my mom's time was before all the biological infusions and all the 'maubs'. They used sun treatments and tar ( !!!). So awful. She never had an...

Milner Island must be close to where we were. Our friend owns a house and the island ( small island) called :Knightsleigh . We launched from Perry Sou...

So beautiful. The words and picture. Its so wonderful you got back back to a full life after so much hardship. I too have never looked back after loo...

Sounds wonderful. We have wanted to do some of the beautiful walks in Wales and Cornwall. Not this year ... but hopefully we will all be able to tra...

Hi Braveness, Just a thought. If you are having joint and skin problems, they might be unrelated to your Crohn's. Might be a form or rheumatism or ...

Welcome and thanks for joining the conversation.

Happy birthday to squeeky. I am sure you have been treating him?/her? well. I'm always happy to read your posts.

Welcome Mimi, You are right to just try to get your general health back. Eating well and getting some exercise. You will have more choices as you r...

Hi Gurwinder, My nephew just had surgery last week for the same thing... they went in from the front I think ... be sure to ask. your doctors. He ...

Well said Linda... And great subject John. Understanding, sharing stories, support and wonderfully, friendship is a huge help to us all.

Hi Stella, Just because no one else complained about it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Not a good response. Good luck with the other batches.

Welcome to the forum, Dave. Always great to have another voice. Its good to experiment until you get it right, and you will. ( and have for a few ...

That is sad indeed. And very unfair and probably untrue to blame the 'condition' of being an ostomate. Unfortunately our 'condition' leads to much s...

Hi medostomy, I used the filtered Hollisters for about a year and had the same trouble. They stop working as a gas escape very soon. And then they ...

Hi Raine, Good luck with all this. Just be aware that methotrexate is ( as you probably know) a powerful immune suppressant. You will probably be g...

This is indeed a very sad story. I too am so grateful for having had great doctors, stoma nurses and this fine group of people at VO. I benefit so m...

Best of luck Chris. Difficult choices and options. But like you said, with NHS payment isn't something you have to worry about and they are taking car...

Thanks for the post. challenging times for sure. One thing I read described it as terror and boredom at the same time ..notoriously difficult for hu...