Okay, So I have lived my whole life with major pain, abdominal cramps and bloating. I have been conditioned to it in a sense and I always just thought.... I am always constipated and am bloated ALL the DARN time!!
So, now at age 38, I actually have decent health insurance. I decide to obtain a doctor. I explain my symptoms and my doctor tells me, without really any tests, that I have Crohns. I am thinking to myself... I never experience diarrhea, I am only ALWAYS constipated!!!!?????
So listening to my doc's recommendations,
I obtain a colonoscopy and it reveals multiple polyps. My doc puts me on Pentasa and something amazing happens....I am pain free and life is like totally great!!
Then, after feeling like life is great...I start missing doses of Pentasa and eating stuff that is so good! Bad stuff, like fried chicken, catfish, ect. (no judgments please).
Then a week later, something horrible happens...I feel so tired, I can hardly move and I get a fever of 101 and go see my doc. He puts me flagyl...and I resume my Pentasa and boom! I feel great again.
My question is, how can my doc just assume I have crohns, maybe I am in denial...what tests should I obtain? At this point, I am NOT getting off of Pentasa, and I am not eating fried chicken and catfish :eek2:
Please, please, give me advice!
So, now at age 38, I actually have decent health insurance. I decide to obtain a doctor. I explain my symptoms and my doctor tells me, without really any tests, that I have Crohns. I am thinking to myself... I never experience diarrhea, I am only ALWAYS constipated!!!!?????
So listening to my doc's recommendations,
I obtain a colonoscopy and it reveals multiple polyps. My doc puts me on Pentasa and something amazing happens....I am pain free and life is like totally great!!
Then, after feeling like life is great...I start missing doses of Pentasa and eating stuff that is so good! Bad stuff, like fried chicken, catfish, ect. (no judgments please).
Then a week later, something horrible happens...I feel so tired, I can hardly move and I get a fever of 101 and go see my doc. He puts me flagyl...and I resume my Pentasa and boom! I feel great again.
My question is, how can my doc just assume I have crohns, maybe I am in denial...what tests should I obtain? At this point, I am NOT getting off of Pentasa, and I am not eating fried chicken and catfish :eek2:
Please, please, give me advice!