It's all the, "Little Things"

[AndiGirl]

When I'm miserable and in a flare-up, I can almost handle the Crohn's better than the little daily reminders of my digestive disorder. I guess feeling miserable and knowing that you'll eventually feel better gives one hope. I just realized that these small things associated with my CD really get me down:

* Minor joint pains
* Nausea after eating waiting for the darn food to digest
* The minor, burning pain in the lower right side (not the sick, hurtful pain, but the minor one that is usually lingering in the background after meals)
* Wondering when the next urgent pit stop with bill

 

[mayhavecrohn's]

i know what you mean if i do have crohn's i hope the GI doctor will get me on a treatment right away and how long does it sometimes take to get it under control or get to feelinng better?

 

[AndiGirl]

I think it really depends on where you are in the disease process, or in a flare-up. If you are just getting over a flare-up, then you should start feeling good much sooner than if you are battling a good flare-up. When I was first diagnosed I wasn't as faithful about taking my Pentasa, so I would get symptomatic bouts here and there. I noticed that things felt better when I took my medication faithfully. Keep in mind, that even if you take your medications as prescribed, you may flare-up.

 

[exit4]

I know how you feel! When I have a full flare I can deal with it better then everyday pains that makes me very depressed knowing that this it, it and my everyday issues will never fully go away.
1. Joint pain
2. Rectal pain
3. Belly pain
4. Leaking post BM.
5. Rash, sun sensitivity.
6. Depression
7. Anxiety

 

[AndiGirl]

Hi Exit4! You added some that I have forgotten. It's constantly dealing with those annoyances that can really wear a person down.

 

[outlier]

* The minor, burning pain in the lower right side (not the sick, hurtful pain, but the minor one that is usually lingering in the background after meals)

that drives me crazy!

 

[AndiGirl]

I absolutely hate that feeling! It seems to be the one that is forever with a Crohnie. Sometimes it feels like a paper cut in your gut. Not seriously painful, but just enough to make you miserable.

 

[SarahAnne]

I like how you classify the pains, Andi! I do the same thing!
The burning pain; the sharp pain; the ripping razor blade pain; the wave like pain that comes and goes like contractions....I had to explain them to my husband once. "This type of pain is from inflammation, this one is a fistula, this one is from an obstruction...."

I hate the fact that whenever I eat anything, I know exactly where it is in my gut. Like I can literally pull up my shirt and watch it travel, I can tell when it gets to my stricture and stops like a lump. GROSS!

The minor joint pains really get me too. It's the one little thing I'm most likely to cry over, especially if it is late at night and I'm tired.

 

[AndiGirl]

The minor joint pains really get me too. It's the one little thing I'm most likely to cry over, especially if it is late at night and I'm tired.

I am so thankful to have the support. I wasn't sure if others were as bothered by the annoying, "little" symptoms. I think the reason why they bother me so much, is they always seem to be present to some degree. When I'm in a flare-up, the pain in magnified, but the Prednisone helps with it. The nagging little pains aren't enough to require the, "big guns."

Before I was married, I was spending Christmas with my parents. I remember having a nagging pain between my shoulder blades, of all places. I was able to ignore it for the most part. On Christmas Eve., the pain either escalated, or I was worn down by it. I broke down in tears because that horrible pain refused to relent, and it seemed to get worse. I took Tylenol and went to bed. The next day, it was gone. I hate that those pains can come and go at will.