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hi, my name is steve and this is my story
on march 31, i had gone to the usual chinese place that i eat at. at certain times, i would get some mild food poisoing, but for some strange reason, i kept going back because when the food was good, it was great. anyway, 2 days after, i had some strange bloating in my stomach, so i called my gi and he told me to go to the er, could be diverticulitis. i had just found out a month earlier that i had a vitamin d deficiency, and my mom died 6 months prior, so i started to smoke a bit to relieve the stress. anyway, went to the hosp, they took a cat scan and told me they had to take me right away. april fools for me, lol. had emergency surgury, small bowell obstruction, no resection. it was pretty crazy when they put the ng tube and the foley in and rolled me away, however, i was not scared. it was all like something out of a twilight zone episode, as i rolled into the surgury suite. i woner why they call them suites? the surgical team was waiting there and when i woke up, i was screaming in pain. could not eat for 5 days, but released on the eighth day. follow up, with a lower gi small bowell enterogrpohy- confirmed crohns. the strange thing is i had no symptoms and i am 54, but gi told me it could be vit d def plus smoking, so now i dont smoke and take 3000 mg of vit d plus pentassa and cipro. they want to put me on humira, but i wont go that route now. i feel well, no symptoms, so its all very confusing. i moderate my diet very carefully. i only eat chicken, yogurt, oatmeal, etc. only healthy foods, no junk. i am glad i found this forum and wish all of you guys the best. thanx
on march 31, i had gone to the usual chinese place that i eat at. at certain times, i would get some mild food poisoing, but for some strange reason, i kept going back because when the food was good, it was great. anyway, 2 days after, i had some strange bloating in my stomach, so i called my gi and he told me to go to the er, could be diverticulitis. i had just found out a month earlier that i had a vitamin d deficiency, and my mom died 6 months prior, so i started to smoke a bit to relieve the stress. anyway, went to the hosp, they took a cat scan and told me they had to take me right away. april fools for me, lol. had emergency surgury, small bowell obstruction, no resection. it was pretty crazy when they put the ng tube and the foley in and rolled me away, however, i was not scared. it was all like something out of a twilight zone episode, as i rolled into the surgury suite. i woner why they call them suites? the surgical team was waiting there and when i woke up, i was screaming in pain. could not eat for 5 days, but released on the eighth day. follow up, with a lower gi small bowell enterogrpohy- confirmed crohns. the strange thing is i had no symptoms and i am 54, but gi told me it could be vit d def plus smoking, so now i dont smoke and take 3000 mg of vit d plus pentassa and cipro. they want to put me on humira, but i wont go that route now. i feel well, no symptoms, so its all very confusing. i moderate my diet very carefully. i only eat chicken, yogurt, oatmeal, etc. only healthy foods, no junk. i am glad i found this forum and wish all of you guys the best. thanx
