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Little Introduction
I'm liss. I started noticing symptoms of CD around six years ago when I was in sophomore year of high school. My parents ruled it out to be a sensitive stomach. They tried to get me to see a GI specialist but we never pursued further with it once we received the recommendation from the doctor. I was prescribed Omeprazole.
Years went on, I enrolled in college, still having the same pain, and still unknown to what was causing it. I was officially diagnosed with CD when I went in to the ER a couple nights after a night of heavy drinking. I had severe abdominal pain and intestinal bleeding for two days. Funny thing, I was admitted into the hospital to have my appendix removed. The first CT scan I had showed a swollen appendix so the doctors rolled with it. It wasn't until I was in the pre-op room discussing the procedure with the surgeon when I brought up the blood in my stool (it was the reason I had written down on the paper for coming into the ER in the first place). He told me bloody stools don't happen with appendicitis.
I had another CT scan, and then another. I did not have surgery. A GI Crohn's Specialist diagnosed me with Crohn's Disease, and I felt relieved. To finally know what was causing this pain all these years lifted a fog. But it has only gotten worse.
I'm currently having heavy intestinal bleeding. I believe I was in remission for a short period but my symptoms slowly started to return. I started bleeding a few days ago, not too much at first, but now it ceases to end. I went into the ER last night and got fluids and a prescription for Prednisone.
The next step with my GI is to have a colonoscopy to see what treatment I need. But without insurance, it's impossible to go through him. I'm going tomorrow to a clinic that may be able to help me. I know I need treatment as soon as possible because this disease only seems to get worse as time goes on.
Good luck to everyone out there that's struggling just as well.
I'm liss. I started noticing symptoms of CD around six years ago when I was in sophomore year of high school. My parents ruled it out to be a sensitive stomach. They tried to get me to see a GI specialist but we never pursued further with it once we received the recommendation from the doctor. I was prescribed Omeprazole.
Years went on, I enrolled in college, still having the same pain, and still unknown to what was causing it. I was officially diagnosed with CD when I went in to the ER a couple nights after a night of heavy drinking. I had severe abdominal pain and intestinal bleeding for two days. Funny thing, I was admitted into the hospital to have my appendix removed. The first CT scan I had showed a swollen appendix so the doctors rolled with it. It wasn't until I was in the pre-op room discussing the procedure with the surgeon when I brought up the blood in my stool (it was the reason I had written down on the paper for coming into the ER in the first place). He told me bloody stools don't happen with appendicitis.
I had another CT scan, and then another. I did not have surgery. A GI Crohn's Specialist diagnosed me with Crohn's Disease, and I felt relieved. To finally know what was causing this pain all these years lifted a fog. But it has only gotten worse.
I'm currently having heavy intestinal bleeding. I believe I was in remission for a short period but my symptoms slowly started to return. I started bleeding a few days ago, not too much at first, but now it ceases to end. I went into the ER last night and got fluids and a prescription for Prednisone.
The next step with my GI is to have a colonoscopy to see what treatment I need. But without insurance, it's impossible to go through him. I'm going tomorrow to a clinic that may be able to help me. I know I need treatment as soon as possible because this disease only seems to get worse as time goes on.
Good luck to everyone out there that's struggling just as well.
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