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18,korean and recently diagnosed

K

korean

my english is not that good so some of the sentences may sound awkward.

I was first diagnosed with irritable colon syndrome last december but when I went to a bigger hospital, doctor told me that it couldn`t be irritable colon syndrome since I was losing weight a lot (68 kg- 51 kg in less than 3 months). after colonoscopy and other tests, I was diagnosed with crohn`s disease. at first, since I had no idea about this disease, I thought it was something like cold. then i saw my mom crying and realized it was something worse.
for the first week I had to take pentasa 1g x4 and solondo x8(steroid) a day. after the first week i did another test to see if i was getting better and the doctor said I was getting worse which should not happen. he said that i should immediately move to bigger/better hospital. now I`m in one of the biggest hospitals in my country. just got first remicade last friday and I can feel my body getting better( no more stomach pain, slowly gaining weight, still have diarrhea though). hope this state lasts forever.
nice to meet you all :)
 
Cat-a-Tonic

Cat-a-Tonic

Super Moderator
안녕 하세요 and welcome to the forum. :) I'm sorry to hear that you are in the hospital, but it is very good that you're getting better. I hope the Remicade continues to work well for a long time.

(My Korean is not very good, I only know a few words and phrases, so I hope I wrote that correctly!)
 
POTTYTIME!

POTTYTIME!

Location
USA, Mississippi
Glad to hear the remicade is working. I think all doctors start you out on the pentasa for insurance purposes. Out of 100 I might have read where pentasa has helped 5 people.
 
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Poppysocks

korean said:
my english is not that good so some of the sentences may sound awkward.

I was first diagnosed with irritable colon syndrome last december but when I went to a bigger hospital, doctor told me that it couldn`t be irritable colon syndrome since I was losing weight a lot (68 kg- 51 kg in less than 3 months). after colonoscopy and other tests, I was diagnosed with crohn`s disease. at first, since I had no idea about this disease, I thought it was something like cold. then i saw my mom crying and realized it was something worse.
for the first week I had to take pentasa 1g x4 and solondo x8(steroid) a day. after the first week i did another test to see if i was getting better and the doctor said I was getting worse which should not happen. he said that i should immediately move to bigger/better hospital. now I`m in one of the biggest hospitals in my country. just got first remicade last friday and I can feel my body getting better( no more stomach pain, slowly gaining weight, still have diarrhea though). hope this state lasts forever.
nice to meet you all :)
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Just out of curiosity. What is your diet like? Do you drink milk or eat lots of red meat/burgers?
 
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Poppysocks

David said:
Welcome to the community. I'm glad you're feeling better after the Remicade!

Do you know how prevalent Crohn's is in Korea?
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David,

Crohns is increasing in those countries as their diets become more westernized.

Ie - milk and red meat consumption.
 
K

korean

Poppysocks said:
Just out of curiosity. What is your diet like? Do you drink milk or eat lots of red meat/burgers?
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currently? I`m only eating elemenatal 028 x 6 a day. so that`s like 2400 calories.
i used to eat a lot of those foods but from now on, i wont.
 
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K

korean

David said:
Welcome to the community. I'm glad you're feeling better after the Remicade!

Do you know how prevalent Crohn's is in Korea?
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it is increasing slowly and even kids like 9-10 are diagnosed with crohn`s. we dont know the exact cause yet.
 
K

korean

Cat-a-Tonic said:
안녕 하세요 and welcome to the forum. :) I'm sorry to hear that you are in the hospital, but it is very good that you're getting better. I hope the Remicade continues to work well for a long time.

(My Korean is not very good, I only know a few words and phrases, so I hope I wrote that correctly!)
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안녕하세요~~ thanks:) yeah i hope so. some say that we become resistant to remicade as we get more of it and that worries me now.( the doctor said i have to get remicade every 8 weeks).

and yeah you used it correctly!
 
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