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Hi Everyone!
I want to introduce myself. I begin my struggle in 2008 when I became sick on New Years Day with violent nausea and vomiting. It continued for 3 weeks before I finally couldn't keep anything down, including water. I was hospitalized through the Emergency Room where I was found to have an ulcer that perforated my stomach and was causing fluids to leak into my intestine. The pain was horrendous, worse than childbirth, I felt like I was dying. Come to find out due to the pain, I collapsed a lung and could have easily died either from the collapsed lung or from the possibility of sepsis due to the fluids leaking into my intestine. I was hospitalized for 6 days and sent home. No direct diagnosis was provided besides "ulcers" and told to follow up with my GI.
In 2010, I quit smoking in the summer because I was feeling very ill again. Actually let me back up....
2009, I began to develop very high fevers (102 degrees) and sores on my eyes and inside my mouth. These ulcers were very painful. My primary care doctor tested me for Lupus and Sjorgrens (which my mother has). Both test came back negative and I was referred to a dermatologist. No explanation was given for the fevers.
2010 I quit smoking because I gradually had become sicker and sicker. I began having horrible gas pains and diarrhea. The pains would be so bad I would double over in pain and break out in sweats. The SMELL was the worst, which no matter what I ate the odor was so malodorous I was embarrased to even leave the house due to the smells.
In April 2011, I was taken by ambulance to the ER and admitted for extreme inflammation. I saw a wonderful GI, Dr. Menasha (who I absolutely ADORE!) who identified the inflammation as possibly being UC. Upon further testing, I was diagnosed with Crohns. The final test they put me through was drinkng a Barium substance and having pictures (xrays) taken of it moving through my intestine. The test took about 4 hours and it was the worse.
I was put on Mercaptapurine, Pentasa, Prednisone, Flagyl.
I will however be starting acupunture, and herbal supplments. I cannot continue to take the meds, the side effects I get make me very very ill, including not being able to walk (prednisone) and the headaches that felt like I was having my brain sliced open with a dull knife. I also changed my diet and am working out every day.
Just wanted to introduce and tell my story. Thanks for listening and reading.
I want to introduce myself. I begin my struggle in 2008 when I became sick on New Years Day with violent nausea and vomiting. It continued for 3 weeks before I finally couldn't keep anything down, including water. I was hospitalized through the Emergency Room where I was found to have an ulcer that perforated my stomach and was causing fluids to leak into my intestine. The pain was horrendous, worse than childbirth, I felt like I was dying. Come to find out due to the pain, I collapsed a lung and could have easily died either from the collapsed lung or from the possibility of sepsis due to the fluids leaking into my intestine. I was hospitalized for 6 days and sent home. No direct diagnosis was provided besides "ulcers" and told to follow up with my GI.
In 2010, I quit smoking in the summer because I was feeling very ill again. Actually let me back up....
2009, I began to develop very high fevers (102 degrees) and sores on my eyes and inside my mouth. These ulcers were very painful. My primary care doctor tested me for Lupus and Sjorgrens (which my mother has). Both test came back negative and I was referred to a dermatologist. No explanation was given for the fevers.
2010 I quit smoking because I gradually had become sicker and sicker. I began having horrible gas pains and diarrhea. The pains would be so bad I would double over in pain and break out in sweats. The SMELL was the worst, which no matter what I ate the odor was so malodorous I was embarrased to even leave the house due to the smells.
In April 2011, I was taken by ambulance to the ER and admitted for extreme inflammation. I saw a wonderful GI, Dr. Menasha (who I absolutely ADORE!) who identified the inflammation as possibly being UC. Upon further testing, I was diagnosed with Crohns. The final test they put me through was drinkng a Barium substance and having pictures (xrays) taken of it moving through my intestine. The test took about 4 hours and it was the worse.
I was put on Mercaptapurine, Pentasa, Prednisone, Flagyl.
I will however be starting acupunture, and herbal supplments. I cannot continue to take the meds, the side effects I get make me very very ill, including not being able to walk (prednisone) and the headaches that felt like I was having my brain sliced open with a dull knife. I also changed my diet and am working out every day.
Just wanted to introduce and tell my story. Thanks for listening and reading.
