I am a 55 years old woman. Who has had no problems with my intestines and bowels until last nov when I developed c diff. I have had mostly constipation and thin stools and some cramping . It has been bad for the last 2 months . I had a cat scan a month ago and ended up in the er with diverticulosis. I am still having pains and the cat scan I recently took showed the diverticulosis resovled and that I have just the diverticulitis. Being that I still have pains the dr ran tests . My ASCA/PANCA inflammatory bowel panel showed my s cerevisiae antibody igg at 45 units. normal is 00 - 24.9... Being that my ASCA+/PANCA the doctor says this is suggestive of crohns disease. I have never heard for this disease until today. My doctor gave me no advice how am I supposed to manage this . I have read about this a lot to day online and many people have there intestines removed. Can someone please tell me why they are removed? I am confused. Can people also tell me what the symptoms they had where. I have never had diarrhea or blood in my stool ever . I do have pain and cramping and constipation. Someone please talk to me about this I don't know what to do... Thanks Judy:sign0085: