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Well here goes my virgin post lol. I was diagnosed last friday, but I am not unfamilar with crohns. My dad has been dealing with it for years. I guess I really do not have the shock of it cause I have expected it. I never really had the pain etc. But was always aware of things that would upset my system and avoided them the best I could. I am easily stressed out ( working on that ;P) and I guess between work, a death in the family, holidays all that mess I finally set it off. I started off thinking I was having kidney stones again. Which is not uncommon for me. I pass a small one every couple of years. I then ended up severely constipated. I went to the a quick care place and then said I was dehydrated and sent me on my way. I finally got fed up and found a normal dr. I had not had one in 8 years or so, so it was probably over due. After some quick checks, I was given stuff for constipation. Well, it did nothing. In the mean time I just really was not eating cause, well I was all stopped up and nothing was coming out. I finally went to the ER cause the Dr didnt seem like he wanted to even talk to me and they started running tests. So I did the normal stuff, pee in a cup, bleed in a tube, and so on. They then gave me a ct scan and found that I had a section of intesting that was inflamed and pissing off my colon and ureter <sp?> for my left kidney. They put me on cipro and flagyl and setup an appointment for a GI the next day. He put me on pentasa horse pills and prednisone in a stepped pack from high to low dose. I took my last prednisone today, and I am expecting some more lab work results back at any time. I appreciate everyone that has put your stories out there so others can learn and help develop themselves a game plan.
Well here goes my virgin post lol. I was diagnosed last friday, but I am not unfamilar with crohns. My dad has been dealing with it for years. I guess I really do not have the shock of it cause I have expected it. I never really had the pain etc. But was always aware of things that would upset my system and avoided them the best I could. I am easily stressed out ( working on that ;P) and I guess between work, a death in the family, holidays all that mess I finally set it off. I started off thinking I was having kidney stones again. Which is not uncommon for me. I pass a small one every couple of years. I then ended up severely constipated. I went to the a quick care place and then said I was dehydrated and sent me on my way. I finally got fed up and found a normal dr. I had not had one in 8 years or so, so it was probably over due. After some quick checks, I was given stuff for constipation. Well, it did nothing. In the mean time I just really was not eating cause, well I was all stopped up and nothing was coming out. I finally went to the ER cause the Dr didnt seem like he wanted to even talk to me and they started running tests. So I did the normal stuff, pee in a cup, bleed in a tube, and so on. They then gave me a ct scan and found that I had a section of intesting that was inflamed and pissing off my colon and ureter <sp?> for my left kidney. They put me on cipro and flagyl and setup an appointment for a GI the next day. He put me on pentasa horse pills and prednisone in a stepped pack from high to low dose. I took my last prednisone today, and I am expecting some more lab work results back at any time. I appreciate everyone that has put your stories out there so others can learn and help develop themselves a game plan.
was a sad time.
