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Hey, I need to vent a little so bare with me. I've been suffering from n/v and upper abdominal pain/pressure since March. It's been getting progressively worse. Colonoscopy revealed inflammation indicative of crohns not colitis (as I was previously diagnosed with in 2008). But the upper endoscopy was fine. My GI is requesting a capsule endoscopy, but that will be at least two more weeks.
On Friday I got fed up with my symptoms and went to emerg concerned about a partial obstruction. They rehydrated me and basically dismissed my symptoms and sent me home without any testing. So I just saw my family doctor this morning and gave him an update. He seemed very concerned and sent me start to emerg with a note for the er doctor to rule out partial obstruction vs ischimic bowel. The doctor there was again not very concerned, hooked me up to an iv and agreed to do an X-ray. When that came back clear he told me all my symptoms are likely from the medical cannabis I just started!
First off, I've had this problems for a good two months before starting that and second I don't even use it daily and when I do I only use approx 0.25g for breakthrough pain. Although happy that there isn't an obstruction visible on X-ray, I felt so dismissed and judged! I get so frustrated when doctors don't take your concerns seriously, and then move onto judge something that is completely unrelated and between me and my pain specialist (also hurtful since it has taken a year of my pain specialist recommending the cannabis for me to agree to it out of fear of judgement and stigma).
Anyways I called my family doctor (who I'm so grateful to have in my life) and told him they did an X-ray and sent me home. He was furious. He said that he would request a stat ct and hopefully get to the bottom of this.
I'm tired of feeling so sick and not be taken seriously when I put my trust into a doctor who should at least be kind and non-judgemental. I understand if they cannot find anything or aren't sure of what's causing my symptoms. They are human and cannot know everything, but please be supportive! When I left I was in tears. I was sore, exhausted, embarrassed, and felt so ashamed to have to try and justify my health concerns and my treatment decisions.
I'm looking forward to the ct scan. I have to admit that as much as I want to be healthy and have the results come back fine, I can't help that a part of me wants there to be something wrong so we can get to the bottom of this and feel like I'm not crazy and making up all these symptoms.
 
Hi Sar,
That is TERRIBLE treatment from the ER!
You deserve better.
I'm glad you have a GP whose on the ball.

I hope the get to the bottom of this so you can get some relief.

Sending you my support.
 
I can totally understand that feeling of both wanting to be healthy and yet wanting the docs to find something to explain the pain and symptoms. I'm glad you have such a good GP in your corner. Hang in there.
 
Thanks you two,
It's pretty hard to say it's nothing when I've been up since 3:00 this morning. The pain and discomfort woke me up. After an hour of tossing and turning I just decided to get out of bed, take a zofran and read. I'll just have to keep advocating for myself and hope my gp, and my gi (once he's back from holidays) stay on my side.
Thanks again for the support
 
Sorry to hear this :( hope you feel better soon!!
My emergency department was the same here in england I was in and out of hospital for 12 years and in the end began telling me they think the problem was in my head... all until eventually they agreed to operate and it came back I had severe crohns!!
Some doctors are awful!!
And again now im having chest pains, throwing up when flaring and oher symptons and im getting brushed of by doctors
A public service should be more understanding and caring!!
 
Sorry to hear about your frustrating experience. I'm happy to hear though that I'm not the only one having chest pain! I think it may be related to gas and inflammation near the splenic flexure (since it's worse on the left side), but I'm not sure. It just feels like really back pressure like someone is pushing against my diaphragm, always there but I get waves of worsening pain. All these recent symptoms are new for me. I'm used to +++ diarrhea and blood in my stool. But right now I feel really backed up (I've never been constipated in my life) and all I've been passing for the last few days is mucus with a bit of blood. I'm booked for a small bowel follow-through tomorrow and I'm hoping that gives me some answers while clearing out my system and relieves some of this pain, distension, and nausea.
But to be honest, I haven't been able to get a full meal down in weeks so I have my doubts that I'll be able to get all the barium down :(
 
This is terrible when I first told my primary care about my symptoms she said it was all in my head and my fatigue and joint paint were anxiety.

I have been suffering with a similar pain. My GI requested a barium Xray so far I've found that avoiding anything too heavy and any grain helps. But After meals I still have this problem. I've tried sneaking aloe into my water and turmeric and ginger into my food it helps with the inflammation.

The medical marijuana is probably mot causing it since the point is to help you with the symptoms. One tip for the MMJ is don't wait until you're in extreme pain to take it! And if you're taking oils have them first thing in the morning on an empty stomach
 
Sar said:
Hey, I need to vent a little so bare with me. I've been suffering from n/v and upper abdominal pain/pressure since March. It's been getting progressively worse. Colonoscopy revealed inflammation indicative of crohns not colitis (as I was previously diagnosed with in 2008). But the upper endoscopy was fine. My GI is requesting a capsule endoscopy, but that will be at least two more weeks.
On Friday I got fed up with my symptoms and went to emerg concerned about a partial obstruction. They rehydrated me and basically dismissed my symptoms and sent me home without any testing. So I just saw my family doctor this morning and gave him an update. He seemed very concerned and sent me start to emerg with a note for the er doctor to rule out partial obstruction vs ischimic bowel. The doctor there was again not very concerned, hooked me up to an iv and agreed to do an X-ray. When that came back clear he told me all my symptoms are likely from the medical cannabis I just started!
First off, I've had this problems for a good two months before starting that and second I don't even use it daily and when I do I only use approx 0.25g for breakthrough pain. Although happy that there isn't an obstruction visible on X-ray, I felt so dismissed and judged! I get so frustrated when doctors don't take your concerns seriously, and then move onto judge something that is completely unrelated and between me and my pain specialist (also hurtful since it has taken a year of my pain specialist recommending the cannabis for me to agree to it out of fear of judgement and stigma).
Anyways I called my family doctor (who I'm so grateful to have in my life) and told him they did an X-ray and sent me home. He was furious. He said that he would request a stat ct and hopefully get to the bottom of this.
I'm tired of feeling so sick and not be taken seriously when I put my trust into a doctor who should at least be kind and non-judgemental. I understand if they cannot find anything or aren't sure of what's causing my symptoms. They are human and cannot know everything, but please be supportive! When I left I was in tears. I was sore, exhausted, embarrassed, and felt so ashamed to have to try and justify my health concerns and my treatment decisions.
I'm looking forward to the ct scan. I have to admit that as much as I want to be healthy and have the results come back fine, I can't help that a part of me wants there to be something wrong so we can get to the bottom of this and feel like I'm not crazy and making up all these symptoms.
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This is the way I felt for years - from fourteen years old to now seventeen with a Crohn's diagnosis. It took a while to get there, let me tell you, and I lost a lot of weight during that time - I'm now underweight and still losing. I was submitted into hospital with constipation and left three days later no better.

The doctor poked and prodded at my stomach and said it was something called mesenteric adenitis, told me 'mind over matter' basically and that I should be up and 'partying' in no time - I'll never forget the stinging embarrassment and humiliation. My family were less sympathetic because of it and for a while I DID feel crazy - I wasn't getting any better even after just being in hospital. I went to the gasto consultant and he suspected IBS, told me my hormones would be all over the place with my age, that I was stressed with school and exams. I broke down crying in the office - told him nobody my age was in blind crippling agony everyday.

When they did the blood tests and found anaemia and inflammation, I got a random letter for a colonoscopy that was set up by that consultant - I think he felt guilty. They found severe inflammation in my bowels and I was put on prednisone, now on azathioprine.

I don't think people understand how hard it is having an undiagnosed illness - my family thought I was making it up, they watched me crouched on the floor writhing in pain in confusion and frustration because everyone was telling them nothing was wrong with me. I would cry about it a lot, felt depressed, and did feel like I was going insane - am I focusing on it and making it worse? Am I thinking about the pain and genuinely making it up? I didn't understand

Let me tell you one thing - NEVER let ANYBODY tell you that you are not in pain. Never let anybody tell you that the pain is not serious - when they don't know how physically painful pain can be, how exhausting, how saddening.

Nobody has that right, nobody feels what you are feeling. Stand tall, go back into that hospital and demand the respect and healthcare you and your body deserve.
 
Hi Margaret234,

I'm so sorry that you had to go through all that, especially when your family wasn't providing you with support either. I hope that now you are feeling better with your diagnosis and proper treatment.

As for an update on me. I did the small bowel follow through but it was a waste of time. I threw up all the barium and wasn't even able to drink it all. They did the test anyways but the technician doing to fluoroscopy said that she couldn't see anything since there wasn't enough barium. She did say that she didn't see any big strictures but couldn't guarantee anything aside from that. Obviously something is wrong if I can't even get one full glass of fluids to stay in me. I called my GP to let him know and he said that he also ordered a CT at the same time and is confused why this hasn't been done yet. They were going to call the hospital and see where that appointment stands. I'm hoping to get a call on Monday to do that.

As for now, I am actually feeling slightly better since the barium. It seems to have restarted by bowels. I'm at least passing gas more regularly and I have had some very small BMs (like two rabbit turds a day lol), but to be honest it's minimal and I still have a fair amount of abdominal pain. My GP told me that he wanted me in emerg every day if I wasn't feeling better than I was when I saw him on Wednesday. He feels that I never should have been discharged in the first place and figures if I keep showing up there someone will take me seriously. But to be honest I haven't gone in.

I think that doctors sometimes forget that their actions affect their patients. I'm way to embarasted to go back. I have at least been able to keep some food and fluids down. Still losing weight, general abdo pain, nausea (no vomiting in a few days but some dry heaving), feeling very weak and tired (I can't believe how much I'm sleeping despite the stimulants I'm on), shortness of breath and chest pain, and to be honest today I woke up and I just feel "wrong". I don't know how to describe it but something feels off, like I'm confused and disoriented. If it gets worse I may go in to get some IV fluids (I'm probably dehydrated again)... because I'm suppose to go back to work tomorrow. Not sure how that's going to work since I'm not even comfortable enough with my cognition rate now to drive safely.

All I can say is that I'm so lucky to have friends and family that are supportive of me right now. I can't imagine what I would do if I didn't have my husband next to me every step of the way. I hope that your family is more supportive now that you can prove to them that you weren't making everything up. It's so important to have those people in your life.

Take care, Sar.
 
I'm so glad you have that support, although the symptoms sound worrying! I would definitely suggest going into A&E because the last time I did two weeks ago after I took a virus (I was on azathioprine and they think it affected it, the course was discontinued but I'm back on them) I ended up staying for a full week and came out so much better. I was borderline hospital for a while but the virus threw me, and being in hospital, around nurses looking after you, with constant care and IV drips as well (I was on fluids and potassium) I just felt I was in the right place - and if you're feelig that ill, and feeling a general sense of wrongness, I would go in.

Well my family are supportive, I suppose you have to understand that I was ill for a year and a half with no results, no light at the end of the tunnel, every doctor said there was nothing there, and their frustration was more aimed at the situation, that I should be healthy but clearly I'm not. I love my family very much, I don't have a bad gown life despite what the story might suggest, I just wanted to let you know I do understand what it's like when people think you're crazy and making up pain :(
 
So sorry you're having to go through that. I had a similar experience with gynecologists. I had to see several before any of them would acknowledge that the pain I was having was real-- one just wanted to put me on an antidepressant. But I finally found a good one who worked with me and got to the bottom of my issue. So grateful for that. I hope you'll get the attention you need from an understanding doctor soon!
 
Yeah, even with the support, if every test comes back fine and all the doctors are telling you that you're fine, you start to doubt yourself. You are both so right that it's hard to sometimes get someone to listen to you and believe that the pain you are experiencing is real. When you go for so long without any answers you start to doubt yourself and it's only natural that friends and family will start to question your symptoms as well.

We really do have to keep advocating for ourselves and find someone who will take the time to listen to you. I also have a chronic pain condition which I have been experiencing since I was around 5 years old. I was lucky that my parents advocated for me as a child, but after a million test showing that nothing was wrong we all had to eventually move on. Since being diagnosed with IBD, the testing has started up again. I'm waiting to see a rheumatologist to look at the possibility that the chronic pain I have experienced my whole life may be linked to the IBD.

You learn to pick your battles, you can only tackle so many things at once. The physicians who have worked with me regularly know me well and take my concerns seriously. But for a doctor on the outside to come in a see all the odd symptoms I have it's easy for them to assume it's all in my head. The reality is that some people are going to judge you, but what matters most is how you judge yourself. Like you said Margaret234, don't let anyone tell you that you are not in pain. We know our bodies best and it can be dangerous to doubt that.

I'll keep monitoring how I feel. Right now things are okay, but if they worsen I'm not going to let that one experience in emerge stop me from getting the medical care I may need. Wishing you all the best!
 
I feel your pain so much :( I'm going through basically the same thing right now. I'm currently in the hospital and trying to switch GI doctors to get this figured out because my current one is a JERK and assumes I'm over exaggerating because I have mental illness, I'm in my 20's, and I'm a woman. Makes you hate doctors I swear.
 
Crohns2015 said:
I feel your pain so much :( I'm going through basically the same thing right now. I'm currently in the hospital and trying to switch GI doctors to get this figured out because my current one is a JERK and assumes I'm over exaggerating because I have mental illness, I'm in my 20's, and I'm a woman. Makes you hate doctors I swear.
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I had this problem I am a 23yr old female I suffer mental problems too and the doctors started telling me it was all in my head until one doctor agreed to operate and tah dah I have severe Crohns!!
 
It's mortifying and disheartening to be told nothing is there - I mean I've never wanted to be ill, but in those times I was praying that SOMETHING would show up! I completely understand how everyone feels here
 
That's really too bad. I'm also in my 20s (25) and suffer from depression. It's terrible to see so many young women get dismissed because some doctors cannot see past the age and mental illness. Keep advocating ladies, the stereotype won't change unless we make it!
 
I did get told that it was due to my hormones and age/stress levels that it was causing IBS symptoms - but I knew something bigger was underhand! You know your own body and you know when there is something wrong
 
Tell me about it! It can happen to any one.
If you are a man, with a laundry list of symptoms...
you may be taken for some kinda liar, drama queen or hypochondriac.
The more details you share, the more you risk getting quietly labelled
and loudly unhelped.

What do you do when the doc won't listen?

And heaven-forbid, be careful not to say it hurts too often...
or you may raise red flags for scrutiny against drug-seeking-behaviour.
If you are nervous and maybe your eye twitches for a second,
you might be labelled some kinda tweaker!

When my body was freaking-out on Remi, no one would listen.
My symptoms were bizarre. (Drug-Induced-Lupus)
I suffered all manner of untold horrors...
I waited a looong time to see a rheumatologist, who suggested:
"maybe I need more attention".

Well I have been a peace & love guy my whole life...
But maybe you need a punch in the nose?

I consulted an expert seeking help for my ill health & suffering???
and he accused me of faking and needing attention,
in front of my wonderful wife ?!?

I had to figure out what it was and how I could prove it on my own.
I ordered my family doctor to order blood tests as I dictated,
my GI was dismissing me as I was talking, saying it was not Lupus.
I shoved my hardcopy under his smug nose, and midspeech
he stops and says you have lupus - we have to stop Remi right away.

Every person in the world thought I was crazy.
Except my darling wife, she never left my side.
We got me through it together.

Not only were the doctors not helpful, they presented various obstacles toward my getting answers & solutions.

The worst feeling in the world is when you are sooo sick that it has been stealing your quality of life like a persistent thief...
and you finally get your 3 minutes of face-time in the little room...
and the doctor seems disinterested in your details.
next
uggh
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ps:
I guess I needed to vent that? :eek:
 
"The worst feeling in the world is when you are sooo sick that it has been stealing your quality of life like a persistent thief...
and you finally get your 3 minutes of face-time in the little room...
and the doctor seems disinterested in your details."

You know I relate to that so much - IBD during a flare is just constant symptoms and your quality of life is so poor, there are so many things you can't do, and when you see the doctor you come out feeling as if you didn't get enough time to say everything, or that those few minutes really didn't make a difference at all :(
 
I hear you! It's go discouraging to be dismissed or worse labeled as something you're not... I think most of us can think back to a time when we experienced this. It's demeaning, discouraging, and frustrating. Walt you are so right in saying that you have to be careful what you disclose. With the way the healthcare system currently works it's so easy to be labeled if you are fully upfront and honest. But this kind of environment and interactions lead to poor patient care, delayed diagnosis and treatment, and in the worst of cases death.

Just last year my father passed away from terminal lung cancer. He was a man who never complained and when he realized something was wrong (a year before his diagnosis) his medical team dismissed his symptoms. After being told over and over that nothing is wrong he was too imbarrased and had too much self doubt to advocate for himself as his symptoms worsened. By the time someone listened to him it was too late and he died two months after being diagnosed. The saddest part of it all... When they told him that he had terminal lung cancer he said "so I'm not crazy, it's not all in my head". Despite the terrible diagnosis he felt releived to know he wasn't a wimp or weak, he was truly sick.

I have heard of far too many stories like this and that's why finding a doctor who cares about you and listens to your concerns is so important!
 
My honey, DougUte, told me about this thread. It literally had me shed a few tears. He is the one diagnosed, about five years ago, with crohn's (after three years and multiple trips to the ER, but I know he has had bowel "issues" the whole time I have known him, for about 15 years before that). However, I too can relate to this thread not only because of Doug's health, but my own. I'm just so livid with how some doctors treat people when something isn't obvious to them, or when there is any history of any kind of mental illness (doctors make you crazy, in my opinion!) or nervousness showing, that I can't say much except I wish all doctors could undergo 15 minutes of the full impact of pain we experience from nor only our own illnesses, but the grief of not being believed by docs and family and friends, not because I wish that pain on anyone, but just so they understand. (Ok, maybe I wish an extra 15 minutes of that pain on the ones who have caused us the most problems. My bad!)
Just had to throw that in.
And I'm glad I'm not the only one, but wish I could stop it for all of us.
 
I can relate to every single poster here. I live in southeast CO and it has been almost impossible to find a good Doc within a reasonable distance. I'm currently off biologics because they were making me worse. Suffered through the drug induced lupus from Remicade and then had similar symptoms after using Humira. I don't know what to do next. All my doc has focused on is 'stopping the diarrhea' when honestly that is the least of my worries. I'm 26 and can hardly get out of bed in the morning due to pain. I work full time and have no time to do anything other than work since I'm so dead allllll the time. I need my life back. It's been 3 years since diagnoses and no Doctor has really been able to help me develop a good plan for remission. All they want to do is order absurdly expensive tests that require me to use up all my money and sick days!! Ugh.
 
KMod, I can so identify you. I'm 27 and dealing with the fatigue and diarrhea is hard. One of the main reasons I've been able to address my recent flare is that I've been in grad school and have a lot of relatively unstructured time. However, I'm finishing up my degree in the next few months and am looking for a job-- kind of terrified of how that's going to go with regards to energy level and time off for appts and the cost of everything.
 
Ok I need to vent a little again. I have been feeling a little better lately because the n/v has settled. However I still hadn't heard about my capsule endoscopy that was supposed to be ordered July 14th. So I called my gi doc to see if it was ordered. The receptionist said there was no record of the test being ordered. But she told me to call the hospital, try to find the right department, and ask if it was ordered directly there since I was in hospital when he wanted to order it. So I called, no answer, leave message. I repeat this several times over two weeks. So I called my gi back and told the receptionist that I hadn't heard about it yet, could she please look into it and book me in to talk with my gi doc.
So with the background story done, I'm sitting here drinking the contrast for my ct scan (which was ordered by my family doc-who thankfully stepped up and took my issues seriously), and I get a voicemail from the hospital. It says that they never received a request for me to do a capsule endoscopy. I'm so mad! My gi doc basically did the scope back on July 14th and said I definitely need to change to a biologic and do a capsule endoscopy because he was worried about small bowel crohns, but then he leaves me stranded. The test wasn't ordered, he didn't put me on anything to reduce the inflammation, he never told me to book an appointment, and they are making me to a run around to get answers for their screw up. I want to see a new gi doctor because this isn't the first time something like this has happened, but it will take forever to see someone else and I'll need him in the meantime.
Thanks for listening. I'm just sore, tired, frustrated, and needing to vent. It will all work out and I'll make sure I get the care I need, it's just tough when you keep hitting road blocks.
 
Mate..the cannabis reference is just the stupidest baloney.The person who told you that has some issues there. I have found it to be one of the only rays of light when times are so dark..anyway best wishes.
 
You are right and justified in your anger. You have been saddled with a useless gastrodoc. All the added stress is likely fubaring your system even more.
Now if you could successfully file and win a malpractice suit, that might relief a bit of grief. But what to do in the meantime? Any help from your family doctor?

Sometimes you need to be given a tank to smash through the roadblocks of life. I pray you can find yours.;)
 
Keep us posted Sar, we care. We hope your doctors, particularly the GI, can find a little empathy gene in him/herself somewhere there too. Hoping and praying that they get to the bottom of all your problems and find simple treatment solutions quickly.
 
Just an update everyone.

I'm still struggling with many of the things I mentioned above, but thankfully the vomiting stopped and my nausea is not as intense. I had a capsule endoscopy at the beginning of September which showed inflammation and ulcers in the jejunum. My first follow up after that with my gi doc was quick. He read off the report noting the inflammation and said that he couldn't see anything after 4 hours or so. Because he didn't see it enter the colon and I never saw it pass he refused to discuss treatment options until we did an X-ray to make sure it wasn't stuck. Did that the followed up just last week. Now that appointment topped the cake for all of his incompetence in my opinion and I am waiting to get a referral to another gi because I don't trust him at all anymore to effectively manage my crohns. It went like this;

He came in and said that the X-ray didn't show anything so the capsule must have passed.
Doctor - "But let's give you some domperidone to help the nausea and since everything else was clear well follow up in six months".
Me - but I believe you said there was inflammation and ulcers in the video.
Doctor - of yeah (looking at the report) but it was pretty mild so let's hold off and see how you do.
Me - well we have discussed biological every appointment for the last two years and we keep saying the same thing and putting it off. There was also inflammation on the colonoscopy right.
Doctor -oh yeah in the rectum and throughout the ascending colon (looking at the report)
Me - yes so I would like to go ahead and start on one now to control the inflammation. I don't feel the Azathioprine alone is controlling the disease.
Doctor - well I guess we can start you on Humira. I'm doing a study now looking at two different dosing options. You'll get the drug either way but you won't know the dosage.
Me - so long as I meet the criteria I would be good with that. I have a number of other conditions and am taking many other meds.
Doctor - oh but you have ulcerative colitis not crohns so you wouldn't be able to do this study.
Me - you just mentioned that my capsule endoscopy showed small bowel involvement and my colonoscopy showed skip legions, is that not indicative of crohns not colitis.
Doctor - oh I suppose that's true. I'll contact the study nurse then who will call you next week.
Me - ok I'll wait for her call and I'll stay at the front to wait for my domperidone prescription.

Leave to wait for my script at the front desk as usual and he forgets to bring it and I have to ask the receptionist to ask him for it and fax it later.

Maybe I'm just frustrated but I feel like he was very neglectful and had no clue about my illness. I had to tell him what the tests said. I had to tell him that my diagnosis should be crohns not colitis. I had to tell him to start me on a new medication. He has never once completed a physical exam. Never once asked about my medical history or what other medications I'm taking ( I haven't bothered to tell him because I feel my pharmacist would be better at knowing about interactions then him anyways). It turns out that i don't qualify for the study because of my other meds, so I called his office and asked if they could please just prescribed the Humira and not make me come back in for another appointment. It takes weeks and I'm pretty sure we will end up have the exact same conversation. She is supposed to talk to him and call me back.

As a side note - my long term disability got approved! They are letting me work what I can (currently 12 hours per week) and they will provide assistance so I always get 85% of my income. Yay!

Thanks for the rant. I'm looking forward to getting some feedback. Was the Doctor on the ball and I'm just blowing things out of proportion? Do you agree that finding a new gi is a smart idea (the only other one is two hours away but supposed to be amazing)? What are your experiences with Humira?

Thanks everyone!

Sar
 
I wanted to tell you about the same thing, but I didn't feel qualified to answer, as it's not me with the IBD, and because of my own experiences I have an inherent distrust of most doctors. However, I can tell you humira has done my hubby a world of good.
 
Yes I'm really looking forward to the Humira. I'm going to look around on other posts to see some other people's experiences with it. Thanks for the posts. I've decided that I will ask for a referral to another gi doc. Ultimately, if I'm not comfortable and confident with him then I'm less likely to reach out, follow his advice, or ask questions. It's important to have a good relationship with your doctor especially when you are dealing with a chronic illness.
 
Wow, so glad I found this thread...I just was discharged from er yesterday from nearly full blockage, and havent had any bowels in 4 days of eating pretty normal amounts,this was my first experience with inflammation so this was all new but I did knew i had crohns,1 nurse specifically ignored my call for pain meds when necessary time had past, and when she finally gave me them 2 hours past required time to recieve them, acused me of wanting to abuse the meds and made several comments about not needing them for stomach pain...people really think this a little tummy ache or something?? But thank God I saw this thread so I know im not crazy!!
 
I know how you feel I've had the same treatment from my ER i was in there for a week and they weren't helpful at all. You all most feel that nothing is wrong. I've got my first specialist appointment next week and I'm hoping they help. They sent me home from the ER doubled up in may, i had an xray done that showed i was servely constipated even though I wasn't. I've lost hope with it all. I hope you get the answers you deserve soon!! Good luck
 

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