Hi all,
I have just been diagnosed with Crohn's on the 11th november 2012. It was the last thing that I would have expected to hear.
My story is that I had not been felling well for at least a year, and had noticed on some occasions blood in my stools along with cramp when passing motions, The doctor done tests on the motions and blood samples and all were clear. At times I felt that I was taking a fever and then it would disapear again, other times I felt like I was taking a cold and then woud never actually get one. I should stress that I did have an Actual flu 26 years previous and never had a cold or flu since in fact never even snezzed in all that time. One thing that seemed to be happening more and more frequent before I was diagnosed was the need to get to a toilet quickly and being very fatigued. Other symthons that were starting to show was itchy shins which I thought at first must have been my washing power or shower gel. I was going hrough buckets of cream just to cool my skin. Lumps also appeared on my arms and itched also, sometimes they would disapear and sometimes not. Then I had what is know as the flareup, for me a first, I was loosing a lot of blood from the rear, as if a tap had been turned on, yet had very little cramp on this occassion all the pain was at the rear. Ended up in hospital and after being taken to surgery to allow the doctors to get a look at what was going on, found out I had Crohn's. Now they are treating it with the usual drugs that I see mentioned through the various web sites (steriods). The drugs made me feel great for the first week or so now I am getting fatigued easy again, I dont know if that is because the drugs are being reduced or related to the fact that for the first couple of weeks I took cravings for Peanuts and ate loads of them along with creamed rice. I dont know if these are good to be eating but I just had to have them. I have also read that Crohn's has normally been diagnosed in people under the age of 40, I am 54. apparently they are now starting to see an increase in people between 50 to 60 who have it. I have still a lot to learn about handling this and it is early days on the medication yet so I am glad I have found these forums and hopefully they will prove a useful knowledge source and help for coping. One thing I keep thinking about at the minute is can a second flare up be as bad as the first?
I have just been diagnosed with Crohn's on the 11th november 2012. It was the last thing that I would have expected to hear.
My story is that I had not been felling well for at least a year, and had noticed on some occasions blood in my stools along with cramp when passing motions, The doctor done tests on the motions and blood samples and all were clear. At times I felt that I was taking a fever and then it would disapear again, other times I felt like I was taking a cold and then woud never actually get one. I should stress that I did have an Actual flu 26 years previous and never had a cold or flu since in fact never even snezzed in all that time. One thing that seemed to be happening more and more frequent before I was diagnosed was the need to get to a toilet quickly and being very fatigued. Other symthons that were starting to show was itchy shins which I thought at first must have been my washing power or shower gel. I was going hrough buckets of cream just to cool my skin. Lumps also appeared on my arms and itched also, sometimes they would disapear and sometimes not. Then I had what is know as the flareup, for me a first, I was loosing a lot of blood from the rear, as if a tap had been turned on, yet had very little cramp on this occassion all the pain was at the rear. Ended up in hospital and after being taken to surgery to allow the doctors to get a look at what was going on, found out I had Crohn's. Now they are treating it with the usual drugs that I see mentioned through the various web sites (steriods). The drugs made me feel great for the first week or so now I am getting fatigued easy again, I dont know if that is because the drugs are being reduced or related to the fact that for the first couple of weeks I took cravings for Peanuts and ate loads of them along with creamed rice. I dont know if these are good to be eating but I just had to have them. I have also read that Crohn's has normally been diagnosed in people under the age of 40, I am 54. apparently they are now starting to see an increase in people between 50 to 60 who have it. I have still a lot to learn about handling this and it is early days on the medication yet so I am glad I have found these forums and hopefully they will prove a useful knowledge source and help for coping. One thing I keep thinking about at the minute is can a second flare up be as bad as the first?
I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis 
