My story begins on my deployment in Iraq. After my vehicle got hit from a IED i was injured, with serious back injury's. the doctors there gave me everything they could to help with the pain, but made matters worse.
Upon my arrival back home i noticed that i started having stomach pains so i got checked out, well to make a longer story short i went through 3 colon, and 3 EGD to find out that i had ulcers. they gave me med's and they went away.
a few years later down the road i had some minor nerve pain shooting down my leg. It wasn't alarming at first but about week two i noticed that the pain was more regular and more intense. At this time its been 3 months of me trying to tough it out and let me tell you it wasn't easy, I would boil water and put the water at the hottest setting just to get a few mins of no pain. It wasn't the smartest thing I've done in my life, waiting 3 months but i wanted to be sure it was a issue before going to the ER.
When i got to the ER they told me i was lucky to had made it there when i had because the infection that had grown on my syatic nerve was large and spreading. had a few fistulas connection my bowel, it was just feeding it more and more infection. I've dealt with for 2 years before i was properly diagnosed with crohn's. Throughout those 2 years i was in and out the hospital and going through hell. I currently going on year 3 and still waiting to be treated. They had me on No Food, No Water, I had a central line in that i would plug in a nutrition bag that would be my food and water. I've had picc lines for IV antibotics. I'm not sure what will come next but I'm trying to stay optimistic, the only thing i found that helps me with my crohn's is marijuana. I'm currently waiting to get my medication but they are pushing to do the surgery and give me treatment after, but i suggested to do the treatment first to see if it will help and avoid the surgery until i need it.
i hope my story will help others, Thanks for allowing me to be in this group
Upon my arrival back home i noticed that i started having stomach pains so i got checked out, well to make a longer story short i went through 3 colon, and 3 EGD to find out that i had ulcers. they gave me med's and they went away.
a few years later down the road i had some minor nerve pain shooting down my leg. It wasn't alarming at first but about week two i noticed that the pain was more regular and more intense. At this time its been 3 months of me trying to tough it out and let me tell you it wasn't easy, I would boil water and put the water at the hottest setting just to get a few mins of no pain. It wasn't the smartest thing I've done in my life, waiting 3 months but i wanted to be sure it was a issue before going to the ER.
When i got to the ER they told me i was lucky to had made it there when i had because the infection that had grown on my syatic nerve was large and spreading. had a few fistulas connection my bowel, it was just feeding it more and more infection. I've dealt with for 2 years before i was properly diagnosed with crohn's. Throughout those 2 years i was in and out the hospital and going through hell. I currently going on year 3 and still waiting to be treated. They had me on No Food, No Water, I had a central line in that i would plug in a nutrition bag that would be my food and water. I've had picc lines for IV antibotics. I'm not sure what will come next but I'm trying to stay optimistic, the only thing i found that helps me with my crohn's is marijuana. I'm currently waiting to get my medication but they are pushing to do the surgery and give me treatment after, but i suggested to do the treatment first to see if it will help and avoid the surgery until i need it.
i hope my story will help others, Thanks for allowing me to be in this group