so, having used the forum for advice support for the last couple of years, think its time to give back, so I'm going to do a bit of a diary about how LOFFLEX seems to be helping me -appreciate this won't help everybody, not everyone can get on it, or get the support to do it, so please don't shoot me down.
bit of history - started having issues in 2010, but having trained for a 50+ cycle ride for charity, put some issues down to that. Early in 2011 I went Australia for a holiday and having heard of some people having issues with milk I resolved not to have any - grand plan scupped by shingles!! Doctors there asked if I had any underlying medical conditions, and I said not that I was aware of and put it all down to jetlag. When I returned to the UK, then I put issues down to the post-hepectic neuralgia I was experiencing, but by Easter weight was down and there was blood in the bowl which got my head of the sand and a trip to the docs! Was sent to the local hospital to see a gastro, had a look up (not pleasant) and booked me for a colonoscopy. Woke up in the middle to see the ulcers and said that sounds like crohns but had to wait for formal diagnosis and biopsy results. In the meantime an 8-week course of pred left me feeling better and gaining weight and I started looking for other ways of treating it and found some mention of LOFFLEX when I googled crohn's and diet treatment. It took a while to get back in to see someone to get a diagnosis.
Diagnosed November 2011, from tests in July - GO NHS!
bit of history - started having issues in 2010, but having trained for a 50+ cycle ride for charity, put some issues down to that. Early in 2011 I went Australia for a holiday and having heard of some people having issues with milk I resolved not to have any - grand plan scupped by shingles!! Doctors there asked if I had any underlying medical conditions, and I said not that I was aware of and put it all down to jetlag. When I returned to the UK, then I put issues down to the post-hepectic neuralgia I was experiencing, but by Easter weight was down and there was blood in the bowl which got my head of the sand and a trip to the docs! Was sent to the local hospital to see a gastro, had a look up (not pleasant) and booked me for a colonoscopy. Woke up in the middle to see the ulcers and said that sounds like crohns but had to wait for formal diagnosis and biopsy results. In the meantime an 8-week course of pred left me feeling better and gaining weight and I started looking for other ways of treating it and found some mention of LOFFLEX when I googled crohn's and diet treatment. It took a while to get back in to see someone to get a diagnosis.
Diagnosed November 2011, from tests in July - GO NHS!