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                        <title>RE: Hello people!</title>
                        <link>https://crohns-disease.org.uk/forum/your-personal-account/hello-people/#post-24</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[im a new member here , single mum with two kids and really struggling with my crohns pain , taking painkillers to get to sleep atm .
had to go part time with my job and can’t pay the bills ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>im a new member here , single mum with two kids and really struggling with my crohns pain , taking painkillers to get to sleep atm .</em></p>
<p>had to go part time with my job and can’t pay the bills , can anyone help me with advice as how to get a little disability benefit to subsidise my family as I’m desperate .</p>
<p>thank you so much </p>
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						                            <category domain="https://crohns-disease.org.uk/forum/your-personal-account/">Your personal account</category>                        <dc:creator>Natalie 14011986</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Hello people!</title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi, im new to this board I just came across it after googling trying to find an ongoing forum for crohns sufferers in the uk, as most of the other ones i have found are mainly american or ar...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, im new to this board I just came across it after googling trying to find an ongoing forum for crohns sufferers in the uk, as most of the other ones i have found are mainly american or are not used that often.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I'd just like to be able to talk to people who actually have the same disease so no what its like.</p>
<p>Im 25, I was diagnosed with crohns disease 5 years ago but had symptoms a few years before that just kept putting off going to the doctors. First I was put on steroids and pentasa which made me feel so much better. Then after tapering off the steroids i had to try azaithoprine (cant remember how u spell it), which didnt work and gave me a really bad back, so then i changed to mercaptopurine which made me feel a bit better for a while but i was sick nearly everyday for a year, so went back on the steroids and am now on methotrexate which i think is ok. Have also been on the pentasa for the whole 5 years, i asked to stop it once because i didnt feel it was doing anything but i was assure/persuaded by the IBD nurse that it was good for the type of crohns that i have.</p>
<p>My crohns is controlled alot on diet, i cant eat any fruit or any vegetables without going into a flare, which really bothers me as i have the most unhealthy diet ever (i also dont eat meat as i dont like it- never have.) i've been to a nutritionist (think thats the name of them- maybe not dunno lol) and i ve spoken to the IBD nurse but neither thinks its a problem that i have such an unheathly diet.</p>
<p>Anyway sorry ive babbled on a bit, but general i feel ok most of the time, but never forget that i have this stupid disease as its constantly there everyday.</p>
<p>Also im doing the crohns and colitis walk in london in may to raise money and awareness, are any of you?? </p>]]></content:encoded>
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