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Hi everyone, Just wanted to let everyone know of an update. The GI is confident that she does not have Crohns and retracted her diagnosis. He said the fistula could have been associated with an infection. Of course there are never any guarantees, but I'm hopeful he's right! In regards to...

Hi all again, I talked more with my girlfriend about it. She remembers seeing pus on her colonoscopy. But she also remembers that she did not do any prep for the colonoscopy, she was only not allowed to eat the day before it. Is it normal not to have to do prep for a colonoscopy? This was...

Hi Cat, Thanks for the reply. Yea we're going to talk to the doctor about prescription medicine to see if that will keep the symptoms at bay. She was told she has a slow moving stomach so that might be making her symptoms worse. It's funny that you mention that about hiatal hernias and ibd...

Hi Sarah, Thanks again. No she wasn't under an unusual amount of stress (she's actually under tons of stress now but isn't having bowel symptoms). She did tell me today that she was diagnosed after only a couple of months and Crohns was the first thing she was diagnosed with. As for the...

Hi Shamrock, Thanks for the reply. She had no symptoms at 13 other than the fistula and the pain associated with it. No vomiting or diarrhea at all, just constipation. I'm wondering if the doc is going to do tests on the small bowel next though. Thanks for the support! -Wing

Hi Honey, Thanks for the reply. Yeah she has been taking Prilosec and now she is on Zantac and that seems to relieve the pain. She sometimes still gets it but its not nearly as bad as it is without medication. I'm not sure if the doc wants to check her gall bladder next or do any other tests...

Hi Dusty, Thanks for responding. Her and her parents really can't remember what was done and what it was that diagnosed her, but I do know she had an EGD and colonoscopy and what I think was a barium swallow. I don't know which thing they used to diagnose though and I'm unsure on any...

Hello everyone, This is about my girlfriend...she was diagnosed at 13 (around 2003) of having Crohns (by two different doctors) after she developed an anal fistula. At the time she only remembers having pain from the fistula area when she had a bowel movement and pain from being constipated...