Hi All,
Im new here. First off I wanted to say what a great forum this is and a great bunch of people you all are.
I have been recently diagnosed with Crohns/UC. They are not sure which it is yet. It stared about 10 years ago with blood in my stool on irregular occasions. The Doc thought it was just hemorrhoids but couldn't see anything with a sigmoidoscope. Over the years Ive had mild bouts of D and C and just about always bloated. My job means I spend about 30 weeks of the year traveling, I just put it down to eating in different restaurants all the time. The last few months I have been having urges to go to the toilet and the only thing that would come out was blood and mucous so I went off to the Doc again. He sent me to a Proctologist who booked me in for a colonoscopy where they have diagnosed me with either Crohns or UC.
I was then put on Pyralin which made things a lot worse for me. Started getting stomach pains and strange feelings in my gut accompanied by extreme fatigue, headaches, bloodshot eyes and not being able to think clearly about anything. After a month I finally got to see a GI who changed me over to Pred 25mg/day and Pentasa. Things are starting to improve now as I adjust to all these meds. I am still confused a little over all these meds as I feel worse now than I ever did before. Im not sure if that is the natural progression of Chron's though.
Off to have a blood test tomorrow to see if they can narrow it down to either Crohns or UC.
My biggest fear at the moment is if I will still be able to do my job. I love what I do and am supposed to be starting a new position next month looking after Asia Pacific which will mean a lot of travel. Does anyone here travel lots with Crohn,'s? If so I would love any advise on how to make it easier/better.
Regards
Paul
Im new here. First off I wanted to say what a great forum this is and a great bunch of people you all are.
I have been recently diagnosed with Crohns/UC. They are not sure which it is yet. It stared about 10 years ago with blood in my stool on irregular occasions. The Doc thought it was just hemorrhoids but couldn't see anything with a sigmoidoscope. Over the years Ive had mild bouts of D and C and just about always bloated. My job means I spend about 30 weeks of the year traveling, I just put it down to eating in different restaurants all the time. The last few months I have been having urges to go to the toilet and the only thing that would come out was blood and mucous so I went off to the Doc again. He sent me to a Proctologist who booked me in for a colonoscopy where they have diagnosed me with either Crohns or UC.
I was then put on Pyralin which made things a lot worse for me. Started getting stomach pains and strange feelings in my gut accompanied by extreme fatigue, headaches, bloodshot eyes and not being able to think clearly about anything. After a month I finally got to see a GI who changed me over to Pred 25mg/day and Pentasa. Things are starting to improve now as I adjust to all these meds. I am still confused a little over all these meds as I feel worse now than I ever did before. Im not sure if that is the natural progression of Chron's though.
Off to have a blood test tomorrow to see if they can narrow it down to either Crohns or UC.
My biggest fear at the moment is if I will still be able to do my job. I love what I do and am supposed to be starting a new position next month looking after Asia Pacific which will mean a lot of travel. Does anyone here travel lots with Crohn,'s? If so I would love any advise on how to make it easier/better.
Regards
Paul