well here i am, 19 and just been diagnosed with chrons.
its taken nearly 7 months for me to get a final diagnose,but i am glad that i now know what is wrong.
it all started back at the beginning of november 2006 when i started loseing weight, being sick for no apparent reason and not being able to stand up for long without wanting to faint. At first i didnt really think much of it and just put it down to a bug that would pass with time. After a while it didnt go away so i went to my doctor who prescribed me some anti sickness pills, these didnt help,so went back and got put on a different type of anti sickness pill, but once again this didnt help. Got put onto another type, these worked for about a week but then over christmas was being sick again (what fun that was not being able to keep xmas lunch down lol)
After the xmas period i was going to make an appointment to see my doctor again, but one saturday afternoon i started getting a weird feeling in my leg, almost like i had got cramp or pulled a muscle, went to bed and woke up suday with the pain still there, slightly worse. By the end of the evening i was in agony and could barely move. Monday morning i woke sometime early in the morning, not being able to move at all, with chronic pain in my left leg, got taken to hospital and after a few tests,they found 3 blood clots in the top of my left leg
now that i was in hospital, they took over trying to find out what was wrong with me. Had plently of blood and urine tests, but these didnt show anything up, except for a uriny tract infection and anemia. Got discharced after 5 days, but was given outpatients appointments. When i got home i could still barely walk, and because of the clots my left leg had swollen severly, so it meant i couldnt do the simpliest of tasks, like making a cup of tea. My mum was my saviour during this time, having to get things for me, helping me get dressed/undressed, and just generally being my servent. I was falling asleep most afternoons,was still being sick and was still feeling dizzy, even when sitting down.
duirng these appointmets they did a endoscopy, barium xray (yuck), more blood tests. First they thought it might be celiac disease, but that turned out to be wrong. once i got the results of the barium xray (middle of may), they confirmed that i had chrons. I unfortunatly was on holiday at the time,so i only found out when i came home. I was immediatly put on prednisolone starting at a 40mg a day dose for 2 weeks, then decreasing it by 5mg every 5 days. this has helped so much, i actualy feel myself again and can do everyday tasks without having to need help.
Looking at my family history, im not surprised that ive got it, my mum was diagnosed with it 30 years ago,and her dad was diagnosed with colitis, so it looks like it runs in the family.
now ive got the task of finding what foods/drinks agree and disagree with me and just generally getting back to my normal life, like getting back to college and seeing my friends and family
its taken nearly 7 months for me to get a final diagnose,but i am glad that i now know what is wrong.
it all started back at the beginning of november 2006 when i started loseing weight, being sick for no apparent reason and not being able to stand up for long without wanting to faint. At first i didnt really think much of it and just put it down to a bug that would pass with time. After a while it didnt go away so i went to my doctor who prescribed me some anti sickness pills, these didnt help,so went back and got put on a different type of anti sickness pill, but once again this didnt help. Got put onto another type, these worked for about a week but then over christmas was being sick again (what fun that was not being able to keep xmas lunch down lol)
After the xmas period i was going to make an appointment to see my doctor again, but one saturday afternoon i started getting a weird feeling in my leg, almost like i had got cramp or pulled a muscle, went to bed and woke up suday with the pain still there, slightly worse. By the end of the evening i was in agony and could barely move. Monday morning i woke sometime early in the morning, not being able to move at all, with chronic pain in my left leg, got taken to hospital and after a few tests,they found 3 blood clots in the top of my left leg
now that i was in hospital, they took over trying to find out what was wrong with me. Had plently of blood and urine tests, but these didnt show anything up, except for a uriny tract infection and anemia. Got discharced after 5 days, but was given outpatients appointments. When i got home i could still barely walk, and because of the clots my left leg had swollen severly, so it meant i couldnt do the simpliest of tasks, like making a cup of tea. My mum was my saviour during this time, having to get things for me, helping me get dressed/undressed, and just generally being my servent. I was falling asleep most afternoons,was still being sick and was still feeling dizzy, even when sitting down.
duirng these appointmets they did a endoscopy, barium xray (yuck), more blood tests. First they thought it might be celiac disease, but that turned out to be wrong. once i got the results of the barium xray (middle of may), they confirmed that i had chrons. I unfortunatly was on holiday at the time,so i only found out when i came home. I was immediatly put on prednisolone starting at a 40mg a day dose for 2 weeks, then decreasing it by 5mg every 5 days. this has helped so much, i actualy feel myself again and can do everyday tasks without having to need help.
Looking at my family history, im not surprised that ive got it, my mum was diagnosed with it 30 years ago,and her dad was diagnosed with colitis, so it looks like it runs in the family.
now ive got the task of finding what foods/drinks agree and disagree with me and just generally getting back to my normal life, like getting back to college and seeing my friends and family
