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Hi,
I am 29 years old, female and have recently been diagnosed with Crohn's well, my doctor says she is 90% sure it is Crohn's. I will find out for certain sometime next week (they are doing a rush/emergency) procedure that is simliar to a endoscopy but with a longer tube.
For the past few years I've had a few stomach issues, which originally my doctors said it was stress related, due to panic attacks, and most likely was an ulcer or some type of gastric reflux. So they gave me Zantac and sent me home. Well, Zantac did not really do the trick and for the past 2 years, I've been dealing with constant nausea, diarrhea and pain in my gut. Last summer, the pain began to become really unbearable. I was swapping jobs at the time though so I did not goto the doctor. I just keep checking for fever etc, signs of appendicitis etc.
Then I had an auto accident. (Not my fault btw!) And during the emergency treatment I was CT scanned. This is when the ER doctor approached me and said "Hon, do you have bad stomach aches and diarrhea often?"
I responded "Why yes, yes I do."
A few months later after I had healed up and haired over from the severe auto accident, I was able to see a GP who referred me to a Gastro Doc. They redid the CT scan yesterday, (boy is my gut paying for that today, so much pain from drinking all that liquid!) and the results were concerning enough for my Gastro doctor to call me and inform me of the treatment / testing changes that she is going to try and push through next week. Apparently my problem is in my small intestine and NOT in my colon where the original scan reviewer thought. I guess with the added dye that I drank the scan was clearer. The inflamed area is under my colon though and my Gastro Doc says she can see where they might have mistakenly read it before.
So In 6 months I have lost 40 lbs, been nauseated, on the toilet constantly...or the reverse, not being able to go for 3-4 days straight. My blood tests show that I have a raised something or another, did not catch that on the phone. (She called me from her CELL PHONE!) And I deal with TERRIBLE pain in my stomach. I told her and ALL my doctors since July that it feels just like I swallowed GLASS. :ybatty:
What is upsetting to me though is that other people even my GP just doesn't understand how bad this pain is sometimes. They just look at me like I'm a weakling or something. I broke down on the Gastro Doc and said "Look, I was in a head on collison, I did not take any pain meds, I can handle pain. This pain in my gut makes me wish someone would knock me OUT sometimes."
And my poor hubby gets very frustrated sometimes.
Everyday I wake up wondering "Will today be an OK day or not." I was thinking to myself on my drive home from work today..."Every day people get on with their lives and never know what it's like to be in CONSTANT stomach pain." I hope for days with out or little pain. I don't "expect" them like normal people. :depressed:
Oh and lastly, she said the location of my inflammation is usual. What the heck, even my Crohn's can't be normal.
Nice to meet you all, my apologies for the long /rant, /whine.
-Kittee :sheep:
I am 29 years old, female and have recently been diagnosed with Crohn's well, my doctor says she is 90% sure it is Crohn's. I will find out for certain sometime next week (they are doing a rush/emergency) procedure that is simliar to a endoscopy but with a longer tube.
For the past few years I've had a few stomach issues, which originally my doctors said it was stress related, due to panic attacks, and most likely was an ulcer or some type of gastric reflux. So they gave me Zantac and sent me home. Well, Zantac did not really do the trick and for the past 2 years, I've been dealing with constant nausea, diarrhea and pain in my gut. Last summer, the pain began to become really unbearable. I was swapping jobs at the time though so I did not goto the doctor. I just keep checking for fever etc, signs of appendicitis etc.
Then I had an auto accident. (Not my fault btw!) And during the emergency treatment I was CT scanned. This is when the ER doctor approached me and said "Hon, do you have bad stomach aches and diarrhea often?"
I responded "Why yes, yes I do."
A few months later after I had healed up and haired over from the severe auto accident, I was able to see a GP who referred me to a Gastro Doc. They redid the CT scan yesterday, (boy is my gut paying for that today, so much pain from drinking all that liquid!) and the results were concerning enough for my Gastro doctor to call me and inform me of the treatment / testing changes that she is going to try and push through next week. Apparently my problem is in my small intestine and NOT in my colon where the original scan reviewer thought. I guess with the added dye that I drank the scan was clearer. The inflamed area is under my colon though and my Gastro Doc says she can see where they might have mistakenly read it before.
So In 6 months I have lost 40 lbs, been nauseated, on the toilet constantly...or the reverse, not being able to go for 3-4 days straight. My blood tests show that I have a raised something or another, did not catch that on the phone. (She called me from her CELL PHONE!) And I deal with TERRIBLE pain in my stomach. I told her and ALL my doctors since July that it feels just like I swallowed GLASS. :ybatty:
What is upsetting to me though is that other people even my GP just doesn't understand how bad this pain is sometimes. They just look at me like I'm a weakling or something. I broke down on the Gastro Doc and said "Look, I was in a head on collison, I did not take any pain meds, I can handle pain. This pain in my gut makes me wish someone would knock me OUT sometimes."
And my poor hubby gets very frustrated sometimes.
Everyday I wake up wondering "Will today be an OK day or not." I was thinking to myself on my drive home from work today..."Every day people get on with their lives and never know what it's like to be in CONSTANT stomach pain." I hope for days with out or little pain. I don't "expect" them like normal people. :depressed:
Oh and lastly, she said the location of my inflammation is usual. What the heck, even my Crohn's can't be normal.
Nice to meet you all, my apologies for the long /rant, /whine.
-Kittee :sheep:
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