Hello everyone,
I m Roy from Lebanon and i've been diagnosed with crohn's since past may.
I had a massive flare up from march thru may tht really bothered me and turn out to be caused by stress mainly which is ironic since the diagnosis itself stressed me out.
I m on 5-ASA ( 4g/day of salofalk 500mg) since june and i guess its the easiest of all treatments since the only side effects i have noticed-other than the huge price tag tht damages my salary - were some grumbling followed by gases an increase in acne and i guess becoming more prone to flus and colds sonce i ve been getting sick more often than before on average like once every other week in comparison to never in past 5 years.
I was a body builder and i boxed but during my flare ups i was too weak and too bloated to be able to train properly and lost like 20 pnds of mostly muscle since i lost alot of my muscle mass because of both no training and the disease itself.
I returned to the gym in june after starting the treatment and evrsince i ve been gr8.
As for my diet i havent changed a thing, my dr. recommended tht i self eliminate what bothers me, i have a say since my disease is in the mild phase so i have a give and take with my dr.
anyways its gr8 to find a support forum.
cheers
I m Roy from Lebanon and i've been diagnosed with crohn's since past may.
I had a massive flare up from march thru may tht really bothered me and turn out to be caused by stress mainly which is ironic since the diagnosis itself stressed me out.
I m on 5-ASA ( 4g/day of salofalk 500mg) since june and i guess its the easiest of all treatments since the only side effects i have noticed-other than the huge price tag tht damages my salary - were some grumbling followed by gases an increase in acne and i guess becoming more prone to flus and colds sonce i ve been getting sick more often than before on average like once every other week in comparison to never in past 5 years.
I was a body builder and i boxed but during my flare ups i was too weak and too bloated to be able to train properly and lost like 20 pnds of mostly muscle since i lost alot of my muscle mass because of both no training and the disease itself.
I returned to the gym in june after starting the treatment and evrsince i ve been gr8.
As for my diet i havent changed a thing, my dr. recommended tht i self eliminate what bothers me, i have a say since my disease is in the mild phase so i have a give and take with my dr.
anyways its gr8 to find a support forum.
cheers