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Welcome to the forum. I was diagnosed with Crohn's in January this year after a year of tests and a stint in hospital. It was a long road but I did eventually get my diagnosis and so will you you just have to keep pushing your doctors and refuse to be fobbed off or told no. Crohn's has affected...

Hi Sam. Thank you for your message and I'm very sorry to hear you are not well and hope you feel better soon. I completely understand about the feeling of missing out on things especially with the little ones as I also get the same feeling. My little boy is nearly 18 months old and regularly...

Hi Lou. Thank you for your comment. I'm really sorry to hear that your Crohn's is bad and I really hope the injections work for you and that your pain soon subsides as like most people on here I know how bad the pain can be. I completely agree about Crohn's being lonely, until I joined here the...

Thank you guys, your support has been amazing :). I'm feeling much better than I was with regards to the pain just low on energy and very tired. The good news is I have a brilliant weekend coming up as hubby is taking me out for a nice meal tomorrow evening and then we are going to Derren Brown...

Hi all. I have an update for you. Firstly sorry in the delay, I have been feeling pretty ill. I had my endoscopy done.....never again!!!! I choked the whole way through it and was quite traumatised afterwards. They did confirm that I have gastritis and they have also found a hiatus hernia but...

Hi Ben. Welcome! I am so happy to hear that your doctor finally listened to you and is now getting things sorted and that you are happier, that is great news. I am new to this forum and must say I have found the support here to be wonderful and the people here always make me feel better and help...

Hi Mia, thanks for the lovely message. My GP is great and it is definitely good to have someone from the NHS who listens to me and fights my corner as I'm not sure I would get through this without her as at the moment I am very depressed (I suffer with mental health issues anyway and my health...

Sorry about the spelling mistakes in the last message...forgot to spell check before I posted it *Doh!*

Hi all. Thank you for the lovely messages since the last time I posted your support is amazing and always makes me feel better. The good news my pain from the gastritis has gone as long as I don't move. Because I was feeling better I made the mistake of going for a short 10 minute walk yesterday...

I've had a colonoscopy before but not an endoscopy. I'm scared because my experience with the colonoscopy wasn't great as it resulted in me being admitted to hospital. I know this might sound strange but the thought of having an endoscopy scares me much more than the colonoscopy. My doctor told...

I have stopped taking the iron since I got the gastritis and to be honest I'm barely eating at the moment as well because of the pain it causes. My doctor is booking me in urgently for an endoscopy so hopefully I won't have to wait too long for that and then I should know more about whats going...

Tramadol is amazing for the first time in days I was pain free last night. Unfortunately I also vomited blood last night so it was yet another trip to my doctors today. Not much has changed she is just pushing the hospital to get me in for an endoscopy asap. My pain hasn't been so bad today so...

Hi all. David thank you for the advice on the iron tablets I will mention it to my doctor and see what she says as I do find they also make me quite constipated. Adele, thank you for your message of support. I'm not too far away from Torquay and Exeter, I live in a small town called Teignmouth...

Hi all. Thank you all so much for the lovely welcome and the reassurance about getting pregnant it really means a lot. David, I'm not sure if the Omeprazole is working or not as I have only been on it for three days and I'm not sure how long it takes before it starts to work. If it is supposed...

Hi all. I am new here and wanted to share my story with you all. I'm 22 years old, have a young son and live in Devon in the UK. I have had tummy complaints on and off for many years but things became much worse in December 2010, about a month after having my son. As well as having chronic...