Hey peeps!
Been a while since I've posted on this forum I hope you're all keeping well, I've had an interesting passed two months I'd like to share with you with a few questions in here too.
Around the beginning of November I planned a trip to Canada in December on the purpose of pursuing work out there and since I haven't had any issues with my Crohn's since I was diagnosed I thought I'd be fine.. wrong.
Come the 23rd of November I started experiencing the worst pain I have ever felt in my life, I had a big meal that day too and all day I felt like it just wasn't sitting right. Eventually I had to make myself throw up and I was throwing up constantly to the point that nothing but acid and blood was coming up, so a call to the paramedics and my morning is spent in the back of an ambulance receiving morphine(life saver) and anti sickness injections.
Rushed into hospital I was then given more morphine for the pain and awaited x-rays. They revealed that I had a blockage in my ileum which is where my Crohn's is located and told I might require surgery, so in the mean time I was hooked up to a drip and this was the story for 3 days.
Transferred hospital after the first day on the third day I was told I wouldn't require surgery as I passed the toilet and the drip done me all the good, polymeric diet followed(yay -.-) and I was to remain on the drip and given steroids through it for the rest of the week, I was due to fly out the next weekend so I really didn't want to be in hospital.
My doctor was aware of the trip situation and encouraged me to get better and out for it, MRI scan followed on the Friday and this would determine if I got out or not. Again if you read my other post of my diagnoses the KleanPrep didn't work and I had to get the injection for it again which was horrible, fortunately everything was fine and I was discharged following a successful reaction to treatment and placed on Prednisolene for 7 weeks, polymeric ensure drinks for 4 weeks and I was given information on Remicade which I will start after my dosage of steroids is over.
On returning from my trip to Canada I can tell you I had no problems and loved it and will probably seek emigration there in the future, so maybe it was good timing for me to go into hospital just to make sure everything was alright.
That's my eventful month sorry for the long read, quick question too.
What can I expect when I go on Remicade? I'm not looking forward to it at all. Also anyone here on it had any success with Remicade?
Thanks guys.
Been a while since I've posted on this forum I hope you're all keeping well, I've had an interesting passed two months I'd like to share with you with a few questions in here too.
Around the beginning of November I planned a trip to Canada in December on the purpose of pursuing work out there and since I haven't had any issues with my Crohn's since I was diagnosed I thought I'd be fine.. wrong.
Come the 23rd of November I started experiencing the worst pain I have ever felt in my life, I had a big meal that day too and all day I felt like it just wasn't sitting right. Eventually I had to make myself throw up and I was throwing up constantly to the point that nothing but acid and blood was coming up, so a call to the paramedics and my morning is spent in the back of an ambulance receiving morphine(life saver) and anti sickness injections.
Rushed into hospital I was then given more morphine for the pain and awaited x-rays. They revealed that I had a blockage in my ileum which is where my Crohn's is located and told I might require surgery, so in the mean time I was hooked up to a drip and this was the story for 3 days.
Transferred hospital after the first day on the third day I was told I wouldn't require surgery as I passed the toilet and the drip done me all the good, polymeric diet followed(yay -.-) and I was to remain on the drip and given steroids through it for the rest of the week, I was due to fly out the next weekend so I really didn't want to be in hospital.
My doctor was aware of the trip situation and encouraged me to get better and out for it, MRI scan followed on the Friday and this would determine if I got out or not. Again if you read my other post of my diagnoses the KleanPrep didn't work and I had to get the injection for it again which was horrible, fortunately everything was fine and I was discharged following a successful reaction to treatment and placed on Prednisolene for 7 weeks, polymeric ensure drinks for 4 weeks and I was given information on Remicade which I will start after my dosage of steroids is over.
On returning from my trip to Canada I can tell you I had no problems and loved it and will probably seek emigration there in the future, so maybe it was good timing for me to go into hospital just to make sure everything was alright.
That's my eventful month sorry for the long read, quick question too.
What can I expect when I go on Remicade? I'm not looking forward to it at all. Also anyone here on it had any success with Remicade?
Thanks guys.