Flare Ups

[donna martinez]

I'm newly diagnosed and prior to my diagnosed I literally thought I was going to die. I didn't know what was wrong with me but i couldn't eat anything, and everything I did eat just came out the other side. Not to mention when i went to the bathroom it felt like i was releasing pieces of glass my bottom hurt sooo bad. All my bones hurt, so bad at times i had trouble walking to the bathroom. So my question is, when you flare is it always as bad as it was the first time?

 

[teeny5]

You can have varying intensities of flares. What type of treatment are you on?

 

[donna martinez]

I am on prednison 60mg a day
asacol 1200mg 3 times a day
iron supplement 2 times a day
proilosec 1 time a day

I just started treatment about 3 weeks ago. I feel a little better but my bottom still hurts when i go and actually i think i'm constipated now. I'm kind of scared to eat anything and for some reason all these medications make my chest kind of hurt.

 

[RollinontheRvr]

Second flare for me...

I am, hopefully nearing the end of my second flare. I was diagnosed in August 2009 with CD. For me, I started with an abscess (?) in June and then by July I felt like I had been kicked in the guts by a horse. I had diarrhea but not as bad as you are describing, I am sorry you are going thru that. This flare is starting out pretty much the same for me. Stomach ache, less diarrhea this time and very fatigued. It does not seem to matter what I eat but getting up and doing anything strenuous makes my stomach ache even more. My GI put me back on 40 mg of Prednisone to drop the swelling which made my knee's and ankles feel less swollen but my stomach is still aggravated after about three weeks. Before this flare started, I had been having issues with my ankle's and knee's feeling swollen for months.

 

[Gutsy]

I can relate, I also am pretty sure that I did almost die last year. I lost 30 lbs in a month, couldn't keep anything down, not even water so dehydration almost got me. Luckily my husband took me to the ER. When I feel a flare coming on, I increase my Assacol immediately and that seems to get it under control before it blooms into a full blown flare. You will find that you must take charge of your own medical case.