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Hi everyone,
Glad I came across this forum, it's wealth of info and support.
Here's my story. I'm 57 and my wife and myself are full-time RVers, currently in Benson, AZ.
My first bout with Crohns occurred in 1989. After my first attack, it took almost 8 months to finally get it diagnosed properly. That took a trip to the ER were they found I had a twisted bowel. When they performed surgery, they found the Crohns and removed part of my small intestine where it hooks to the ascending colon. Treatment after that consisted of drinking Questran to help "bind" things up. That was it, no other drugs what so ever. That went on until a few weeks ago.
I went in to my GP and complained about some pains and she put me on a week on antibiotics, and the pain seemed to go away.
Then one day I woke up with the pains again and fought them throughout the day. Later in the evening I got D and nausea. That actually made me feel a bit better. Then about 1AM it struck again, and this time after the attack, we went to the ER in Tucson, AZ.
There I had a CT scan and they said I had a partial bowel obstruction and some inflamation of the small bowel in the area of my previous surgery. I was on IVs for several days, moving up to a liquid, then low fiber diet. I never did get a follow up scan and was released after a week's stay.
The meds they put me on were: Cipro and Flagyl, to fight the infection. I'm done taking these.
I'm still taking the following: Entocort (3mg) three times a day, Pentasa (1000mg) four times a day, Pantorazole (40mg) once a day, and Lactobacillus Acidophilus one tab twice a day.
Basically, my intestinal pains have gone, but I've had a kind of light headedness most days.
Then last week while at our local WalMart, I had a seizure that blacked me out and put me back in the ER for several hours while they ran tests all having to do with my heart. Go figure. I thought it might be do to my meds, but the Dr didn't seem to think so. They all came back negative and I was released.
I went the other day to my GP and I now have appointments to see a GI and a neurologist in the coming weeks.
My hope is that I can some of these meds reduced or have another scan to see just what's going on inside.
I'll post more back when I get some more info.
Rick
Glad I came across this forum, it's wealth of info and support.
Here's my story. I'm 57 and my wife and myself are full-time RVers, currently in Benson, AZ.
My first bout with Crohns occurred in 1989. After my first attack, it took almost 8 months to finally get it diagnosed properly. That took a trip to the ER were they found I had a twisted bowel. When they performed surgery, they found the Crohns and removed part of my small intestine where it hooks to the ascending colon. Treatment after that consisted of drinking Questran to help "bind" things up. That was it, no other drugs what so ever. That went on until a few weeks ago.
I went in to my GP and complained about some pains and she put me on a week on antibiotics, and the pain seemed to go away.
Then one day I woke up with the pains again and fought them throughout the day. Later in the evening I got D and nausea. That actually made me feel a bit better. Then about 1AM it struck again, and this time after the attack, we went to the ER in Tucson, AZ.
There I had a CT scan and they said I had a partial bowel obstruction and some inflamation of the small bowel in the area of my previous surgery. I was on IVs for several days, moving up to a liquid, then low fiber diet. I never did get a follow up scan and was released after a week's stay.
The meds they put me on were: Cipro and Flagyl, to fight the infection. I'm done taking these.
I'm still taking the following: Entocort (3mg) three times a day, Pentasa (1000mg) four times a day, Pantorazole (40mg) once a day, and Lactobacillus Acidophilus one tab twice a day.
Basically, my intestinal pains have gone, but I've had a kind of light headedness most days.
Then last week while at our local WalMart, I had a seizure that blacked me out and put me back in the ER for several hours while they ran tests all having to do with my heart. Go figure. I thought it might be do to my meds, but the Dr didn't seem to think so. They all came back negative and I was released.
I went the other day to my GP and I now have appointments to see a GI and a neurologist in the coming weeks.
My hope is that I can some of these meds reduced or have another scan to see just what's going on inside.
I'll post more back when I get some more info.
Rick
