Last November I had a severe bout of pain that lasted a month. At the time my former GI said it was ibs and I just could not believe it. People with ibs do not experience bleeding and vomiting and pain in the left side to the extent I did. And then it went away. In April I had a return of pain in same location but it was a different kind of pain. I was referred to a new GI and she tested my blood for crohn's and it came back positive for antibodies. Fortunately my colonoscopy biopsies came back negative for active crohn's. I then had surgery to remove scar tissue in that same exact area on my lower left side. I had an appendectomy two years before and I know the trochar went nearby that area. What could the adhesions around my sigmoid colon have been caused by? Inflammation or surgery? Also I'm scared it was a flare up I had in November and somehow went into remission without medication. With antibodies for an autoimmune disease, how do you cope with the fear of when a flare up could happen? I am in pain again, same exact area and I am passing mucus about twice per hour. I had the colonoscopy and surgery a month ago. I really hope it's not an oncoming flare up because I am on the other side of the state at college for summer school. What should I do about this?
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