Coming out to crohn's

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coming out to crohn's

Greetings fellow gastro-sufferers!!

So, I'll keep it short. We all have tons of issues.. blah blah blah ... whah whah whah..

I think I am just coming to accept that I actually have this disease...

Been to the doctor for stomach distress my entire life.. ALWAYS told them I wanted to figure it out "once and for all."
..they never did.. well, i wasn't much help.. i was supposed to crap in a jar, eat a special diet, etc etc.. and by the time i was supposed to do these things, well hell, my flare was gone!! i'm not crapping in your jar!! i'm going to go play soccer!

..well finally the doc slipped a colonoscopy on me.. i mean, it was consensual & all that.. but i nearly didn't make the appointment.. i'm a college kid!! who wants to spend MORE time on the toilet?? [i'm referring to the PREP day, if you've had the procedure, you know..]

Anywho, he said i have "the early stages of Crohn's".
That was over a year ago. I didn't really buy it, bc i figured if i had anything, it wouldn't be EARLY stages, bc i've experienced this gastro cycle my ENTIRE life... but i guess early is just in contex & it's not so advanced i have cancer or need to get something chopped out..

it wasn't until i started flaring a week or so ago that i started to put everything together and accepting it.. Well, and my girlfriend has been trying to get me to face the facts since last year..

So, this is my coming out message.

I am runs_with_the_runs, and i have crohn's.

I guess I just want to ask, is everything that I have been so oddly accustomed to my whole life from this disease:

*abcesses on my butt: HUGE ones, the size of a B-cup ****. I mean really, who just lives with those and thinks nothing of it?!?!?
*receeding gum line
*rashy skin : i call it "back-of-the-arm-rash", had it since i was a kid
*obviously, the irrate bowel : comes out of nowhere sometimes and lands you on, hopefully, the nearest john in sight.. oh yeah, i've had more circumstances than i can count without the pot..
*prone to infection : tons of them.. i dont consider myself sickly at all, but little infections here and there..
*arthritis : i don't quite understand it yet, but crohn's is a form of arthritis.. i guess bc it's your own body attacking itself in one way or another.. maybe this explains the dull, yet incessant pain, that i've had in my back for years now.. and i can remember when it didn't hurt, but it doesn't seem to be going anywhere now..

Anywho, that's me. Hi.
 
Hi there and welcome to our community, I'm glad you joined :)

Yes, all of the symptoms you describe can be due to Crohn's Disease. Some of them may be related to vitamin and mineral deficiencies caused by malabsorption or lifestyle. For example, have you had your vitamin D, vitamin B12, and vitamin B9 (folic acid) checked?

Are you currently on any medications?

Again, welcome!
 
Hello there and :welcome: to the forum, I am glad you have decided to join. There is a lot of really helpful info and support here so pls do have a good nosy around. Also curious about what meds you are on? I take it your GI doc is aware that you are having a flare at the moment?

Hope you can be feeling better soon

AB
xx
 
welcome.
check out the arthritis section of the forum.
Good thing is once you start your treatment all of those thing get treated the same way. good luck!
 

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