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I had stomach pains for a couple of months and was exhausted. Blew it off as stress until one day I had terrible [wiki2="Cramping"]cramping[/wiki2] so I called the dr. and did the BRAT diet (February). I felt better after a week or so and thought I was fine. Then it all came back and by then I had lost nearly 30 lbs from my small 5 ft frame. I went to the dr. who sent me for a CT scan and blood work (May). He saw inflammation in my CT and sent me for a colonoscopy (June). The GI doing the colonoscopy saw inflammation and ulcers in the [wiki2="Colon"]colon[/wiki2] and skip lesions. He said it was Crohn's and put me on Asacol that day. The GI I ended up getting as a permanent one wasn't sure about Crohn's so sent me for an upper GI to check the small intestine and did the Prometheus test (July). He said I for sure had IBD but wasn't sure of either CD or UC. The upper GI came back with nothing and the Prometheus test came back showing "not consistent with IBD." Boy did he seem ticked with that test! Said that I still have IBD and that the test didn't help. So, now I am officially diagnosed with IBD...he still won't commit to either CD or UC.

<blockquote data-quote="teeny5" data-source="post: 45906" data-attributes="member: 11475"><p>I had stomach pains for a couple of months and was exhausted.&nbsp; Blew it off as stress until one day I had terrible [wiki2=&quot;Cramping&quot;]cramping[/wiki2] so I called the dr. and did the BRAT diet (February).&nbsp; I felt better after a week or so and thought I was fine.&nbsp; Then it all came back and by then I had lost nearly 30 lbs from my small 5 ft frame.&nbsp; I went to the dr. who sent me for a CT scan and blood work (May).&nbsp; He saw inflammation in my CT and sent me for a colonoscopy (June).&nbsp; The GI doing the colonoscopy saw inflammation and ulcers in the [wiki2=&quot;Colon&quot;]colon[/wiki2] and skip lesions.&nbsp; He said it was Crohn&#039;s and put me on Asacol that day.&nbsp; The GI I ended up getting as a permanent one wasn&#039;t sure about Crohn&#039;s so sent me for an upper GI to check the small intestine and did the Prometheus test (July).&nbsp; He said I for sure had IBD but wasn&#039;t sure of either CD or UC.&nbsp; The upper GI came back with nothing and the Prometheus test came back showing &quot;not consistent with IBD.&quot;&nbsp; Boy did he seem ticked with that test!&nbsp; Said that I still have IBD and that the test didn&#039;t help.&nbsp; So, now I am officially diagnosed with IBD...he still won&#039;t commit to either CD or UC.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="teeny5, post: 45906, member: 11475"] I had stomach pains for a couple of months and was exhausted. Blew it off as stress until one day I had terrible [wiki2="Cramping"]cramping[/wiki2] so I called the dr. and did the BRAT diet (February). I felt better after a week or so and thought I was fine. Then it all came back and by then I had lost nearly 30 lbs from my small 5 ft frame. I went to the dr. who sent me for a CT scan and blood work (May). He saw inflammation in my CT and sent me for a colonoscopy (June). The GI doing the colonoscopy saw inflammation and ulcers in the [wiki2="Colon"]colon[/wiki2] and skip lesions. He said it was Crohn's and put me on Asacol that day. The GI I ended up getting as a permanent one wasn't sure about Crohn's so sent me for an upper GI to check the small intestine and did the Prometheus test (July). He said I for sure had IBD but wasn't sure of either CD or UC. The upper GI came back with nothing and the Prometheus test came back showing "not consistent with IBD." Boy did he seem ticked with that test! Said that I still have IBD and that the test didn't help. So, now I am officially diagnosed with IBD...he still won't commit to either CD or UC. [/QUOTE]

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