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Crohn’s and Thyroid Disease. Help please.
Hi everyone
I am new to this site. I was being investigated for Crohn's after a year of hell. I have had to stop work for months due to many symptoms affecting my nervous system and muscles. I had severe muscle spasm and nerve burning pain mainly in my legs and chest. I started some meds and got that under control. I then started to developed severe stomach spasms, bladder spasm and diarrhea. When I went for my fistula surgery she thought oh now I think you have Crohn's. I should start back about 2 years ago when I was diagnosed with a fistula from a ruptured annular cyst ,the surgeon said we will test you for IBD just to make sure this is not the cause.
Well lets just say at one point I was on almost 20 pills a day for spasm, stomach pain, nerve pain etc.... I was though 4 MRIs, 2 CT scans, 3 scopes and much blood work. The only thing they found was I have peri anal disease osteo arthritis, " a bad stomache" or irritable bowel, mild divertilosis, and cysts on my liver that are no importance. My question is because I have autoimmune thyroid disease, is ther anybody that has gone though this same hell and had a diagnosis after years of testing and finally is shows up. My family on both sides have autonimmune diaseses such as Crohn's, RA, Celiac, thyroiditis. Is there anyway the scope didn't show anything because I am in remission, I do feel my stomach in under control right now.
Sorry about the long story but its the first time Ive posted something
Hi everyone
I am new to this site. I was being investigated for Crohn's after a year of hell. I have had to stop work for months due to many symptoms affecting my nervous system and muscles. I had severe muscle spasm and nerve burning pain mainly in my legs and chest. I started some meds and got that under control. I then started to developed severe stomach spasms, bladder spasm and diarrhea. When I went for my fistula surgery she thought oh now I think you have Crohn's. I should start back about 2 years ago when I was diagnosed with a fistula from a ruptured annular cyst ,the surgeon said we will test you for IBD just to make sure this is not the cause.
Well lets just say at one point I was on almost 20 pills a day for spasm, stomach pain, nerve pain etc.... I was though 4 MRIs, 2 CT scans, 3 scopes and much blood work. The only thing they found was I have peri anal disease osteo arthritis, " a bad stomache" or irritable bowel, mild divertilosis, and cysts on my liver that are no importance. My question is because I have autoimmune thyroid disease, is ther anybody that has gone though this same hell and had a diagnosis after years of testing and finally is shows up. My family on both sides have autonimmune diaseses such as Crohn's, RA, Celiac, thyroiditis. Is there anyway the scope didn't show anything because I am in remission, I do feel my stomach in under control right now.
Sorry about the long story but its the first time Ive posted something
