Diagnosis: Chron's disease

[Brandi]

I have also heard the suggestion of aloe vera juice. Sounds like a good idea until you actually try it (insert green smiley face). Mom brought a bottle home for me soon after I was first diagnosed. Thick gloopy green goo which smelled and tasted much worse than it looked.

A more recent suggestion is omega-3 supplements. Unfortunately you need to take quite large quantities for it to help which causes the unpleasant side effect of your skin smelling fishy. New enteric coated preparations are in the research stages so there is still hope. I've done quite a bit of research on this for a project at work recently and it's been very interesting.

As for you experience of fatigue, I have the same problem. I was lucky to be diagnosed early because my mom was unlucky enough to be diagnosed late. I went to see our family doctor with stomach pains and he immediately put me through all the needed tests and got a diagnosis. But even when the disease seems fairly well controlled, I feel tired quite often. I always feel guilty about being "lazy", but I'm getting better at listening to my body and letting myself collapse when I need to. I find that excercise helps, when I'm feeling up for it. And cycling definitely works better than many other forms of excercise.

Good luck finding what works for you, and keep posting questions when they come up. Someone else will certainly have had similar questions before and found an answer.

There are much better tasting Aloe juices out there. At least there are in the states. When i was suffering with Gurd I had a very tasty Aloe drink. Don't give up!

[Duck on Wheels]

So did the tastier aloe juice work at all?