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Hey Guys my name is Dylan Schulz, im 20yrs old from Adelaide Australia and was diagnosed with crohns in January 09.
I had my own business as a carpet laying contractor which was going well until i started getting stomach pains and diarrhea. At first i thought it was my bad habit of eating junk food on a regular basis and attempted to resolve it by eating healthier.
This went on over a period of 2 months and i finally decided to go see my gp and figure things out as i was starting to miss days working.
After a ultrasound and ct scan i was finally told to go down to the emergency department at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
They gave me a 90% chance of having crohns and sent me home a day later with Prednisolone and an appointment to have a colonoscopy which later clarified i had crohns at the terminal ilieum.
Over the next 3 months i tried other forms of treatment (Sulphasalizine, Mesalazine and Azathioprine) to try and get off the Prednisolone but each time i flared up.
Finally in May i could not deal with the pain i was going through and went to Hospital where they found i was far worse off than thought.
I had a perforated bowel which had abcessed and infected my small bowel also numerous fistulas 1 of which was trying to grow through my large bowel.
After my operation i woke up with 2m less of my small bowel and sections of my large removed resulting in having a temporary ileostomy.
I have had it now for 3 months and have no signs of the disease at the moment and still taking azathioprine as a precautionary measure.
I was told i was not allowed to return to my job and currently looking at the idea of going back to study. Hopefully all goes well in November when i have my bowels reconnected and start over.
I had my own business as a carpet laying contractor which was going well until i started getting stomach pains and diarrhea. At first i thought it was my bad habit of eating junk food on a regular basis and attempted to resolve it by eating healthier.
This went on over a period of 2 months and i finally decided to go see my gp and figure things out as i was starting to miss days working.
After a ultrasound and ct scan i was finally told to go down to the emergency department at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
They gave me a 90% chance of having crohns and sent me home a day later with Prednisolone and an appointment to have a colonoscopy which later clarified i had crohns at the terminal ilieum.
Over the next 3 months i tried other forms of treatment (Sulphasalizine, Mesalazine and Azathioprine) to try and get off the Prednisolone but each time i flared up.
Finally in May i could not deal with the pain i was going through and went to Hospital where they found i was far worse off than thought.
I had a perforated bowel which had abcessed and infected my small bowel also numerous fistulas 1 of which was trying to grow through my large bowel.
After my operation i woke up with 2m less of my small bowel and sections of my large removed resulting in having a temporary ileostomy.
I have had it now for 3 months and have no signs of the disease at the moment and still taking azathioprine as a precautionary measure.
I was told i was not allowed to return to my job and currently looking at the idea of going back to study. Hopefully all goes well in November when i have my bowels reconnected and start over.
