Hi,
I've had Crohn's for twenty years but was symptom free for fifteen of them.
I don't smoke, I eat a clean diet and exercise.
In the last three months I've had to run to the bathroom up to twenty-five times a day, lost a lot of weight and have extremely low Iron.
My Colonoscopy revealed that I have severe ulceration, nodules, ect in part of my Colon and I'm going to begin Remicade therapy soon.
I have severe edema in both of my calves and feet and Erythem Nodosum (Red, painful bumps on my calves and shins), extreme pain in my knees and ankles and a large hard, subcutaneous growth on the outside of my left knee.
I even have some pain when I sit down and in my lower back.
My general practicioner told me that these symptoms MIGHT be due to my Crohn's flareup and ordered a Sonigram for the huge growth on my left knee.
This flareup has been ongoing for about four months.
My questions are:
Has anyone else experienced any or all of these symptoms during
your Crohn's flareup?
And if you have, what have you/your GI done about this?
I've had Crohn's for twenty years but was symptom free for fifteen of them.
I don't smoke, I eat a clean diet and exercise.
In the last three months I've had to run to the bathroom up to twenty-five times a day, lost a lot of weight and have extremely low Iron.
My Colonoscopy revealed that I have severe ulceration, nodules, ect in part of my Colon and I'm going to begin Remicade therapy soon.
I have severe edema in both of my calves and feet and Erythem Nodosum (Red, painful bumps on my calves and shins), extreme pain in my knees and ankles and a large hard, subcutaneous growth on the outside of my left knee.
I even have some pain when I sit down and in my lower back.
My general practicioner told me that these symptoms MIGHT be due to my Crohn's flareup and ordered a Sonigram for the huge growth on my left knee.
This flareup has been ongoing for about four months.
My questions are:
Has anyone else experienced any or all of these symptoms during
your Crohn's flareup?
And if you have, what have you/your GI done about this?