I'm seventeen.
I had my first crohn's symptoms september of 2010. I had a stomachache that night and threw up in the middle of the night.
After that, I started getting stomachaches from everything I ate, I had diarrhea every day, and my stomach began making these really loud obnoxious noises.
The pain was around a 5 at this time.
In february of 2011 I finally had convinced my family that something was wrong with me and they had made me a doctors appointment. The doctor took blood tests and found severe vitamin D deficiency, fiber deficiency, and anemia. I was put on supplements and some of the pain began to go away.
Come september of 2011 and all the pain was back. It was worse at this point, probably around a 7 every day.
I stopped eating, people thought I had an eating disorder because I always refused to eat when I was offered food.
I knew that there was something wrong with me, but no one else believed me.
After severe episodes of vomiting, diarrhea, and pain, I was taken to the ER twice. The first time, only blood tests were taken and those all came out normal, so the doctors said that there was nothing wrong, but since I have been having problems for so long, I should see a GI.
We scheduled that appointment for early december.
Thanksgiving Day, I didn't eat anything, and the next day I threw up twice. I went to the ER again where they did blood tests and a CT scan. I was moved to the hospital after they found inflammation in my small intestine.
That weekend, at the hospital, a GI performed a colonoscopy and figured out that I have Crohns.
I was put on 6-mp, 40mg of steroids, an antacid, as well as the supplements from before. I went on the Crohns diet, I keep a food diary, I never missed taking my meds, I did everything I could to take care of myself. The pain all disappeared, and all my symptoms were gone.
By January 1st of 2012, the pain came back suddenly at full force. At this point, the pain was at a 10. I threw up every week that month and I could actually feel my intestines inside of my stomach - it felt like they were grinding against each other, or like there was a knife inside my small intestine and it was just moving around cutting my inside's up. It was the worst pain I had ever experienced in my life.
On january 31st, I got an x-ray done that showed I had developed a blockage in my small intestine. It was so bad that the biggest thing that could fit through had to have the diameter of a straw.
I was taken to the hospital that night and had to be taken off of steroids so i could get my surgery.
I had my surgery on February 7th. A foot of my small intestine was removed. Two days later, I got a fever, but quickly found out that it was my body's reaction to being taken off the steroids so quickly.
I was released from the hospital on February 17th.
After my surgery, I could eat anything I wanted and I had no pain or symptoms.
In august of 2012, I had a colonoscopy and an endoscopy and I was told that my Crohn's is officially in remission.
I am on no meds, and I eat anything I want.
*****
After December 14th, I've started having symptoms again. I've been really stressed so that could be it, but I don't think it is.
I've had diarrhea a few times as well as a few episodes of mild pain. It's so scary, because I don't know if that's my Crohns or if its just a stomachache from something else.
I don't know what to do or who to tell. What do I do? Is it worth telling someone about or should I go a few more weeks and see if the symptoms intensify?
PLEASE HELP!!
I had my first crohn's symptoms september of 2010. I had a stomachache that night and threw up in the middle of the night.
After that, I started getting stomachaches from everything I ate, I had diarrhea every day, and my stomach began making these really loud obnoxious noises.
The pain was around a 5 at this time.
In february of 2011 I finally had convinced my family that something was wrong with me and they had made me a doctors appointment. The doctor took blood tests and found severe vitamin D deficiency, fiber deficiency, and anemia. I was put on supplements and some of the pain began to go away.
Come september of 2011 and all the pain was back. It was worse at this point, probably around a 7 every day.
I stopped eating, people thought I had an eating disorder because I always refused to eat when I was offered food.
I knew that there was something wrong with me, but no one else believed me.
After severe episodes of vomiting, diarrhea, and pain, I was taken to the ER twice. The first time, only blood tests were taken and those all came out normal, so the doctors said that there was nothing wrong, but since I have been having problems for so long, I should see a GI.
We scheduled that appointment for early december.
Thanksgiving Day, I didn't eat anything, and the next day I threw up twice. I went to the ER again where they did blood tests and a CT scan. I was moved to the hospital after they found inflammation in my small intestine.
That weekend, at the hospital, a GI performed a colonoscopy and figured out that I have Crohns.
I was put on 6-mp, 40mg of steroids, an antacid, as well as the supplements from before. I went on the Crohns diet, I keep a food diary, I never missed taking my meds, I did everything I could to take care of myself. The pain all disappeared, and all my symptoms were gone.
By January 1st of 2012, the pain came back suddenly at full force. At this point, the pain was at a 10. I threw up every week that month and I could actually feel my intestines inside of my stomach - it felt like they were grinding against each other, or like there was a knife inside my small intestine and it was just moving around cutting my inside's up. It was the worst pain I had ever experienced in my life.
On january 31st, I got an x-ray done that showed I had developed a blockage in my small intestine. It was so bad that the biggest thing that could fit through had to have the diameter of a straw.
I was taken to the hospital that night and had to be taken off of steroids so i could get my surgery.
I had my surgery on February 7th. A foot of my small intestine was removed. Two days later, I got a fever, but quickly found out that it was my body's reaction to being taken off the steroids so quickly.
I was released from the hospital on February 17th.
After my surgery, I could eat anything I wanted and I had no pain or symptoms.
In august of 2012, I had a colonoscopy and an endoscopy and I was told that my Crohn's is officially in remission.
I am on no meds, and I eat anything I want.
*****
After December 14th, I've started having symptoms again. I've been really stressed so that could be it, but I don't think it is.
I've had diarrhea a few times as well as a few episodes of mild pain. It's so scary, because I don't know if that's my Crohns or if its just a stomachache from something else.
I don't know what to do or who to tell. What do I do? Is it worth telling someone about or should I go a few more weeks and see if the symptoms intensify?
PLEASE HELP!!
