- Location
- Knoxville, Tennessee
So, this is all new to me still. My name is Brianna and I am 15 years old. My story started about 3 years ago. Early in 2011, I began having stomach pains and feeling really tired along with fevers. My mom really started to worry after it went on for a month or so and took me to Children's Hospital. Well, the doctor just did a few scans and said it was constipation and sent me home on laxitives. After a few more months, none of the symptoms were letting up so mom took me back to the hospital. The SAME doctor then again gave me the same diagnosis and sent me back home. I finally started hurting to the point I couldn't eat because it hurt so much to eat and I started losing a lot of weight. I went from 115 lbs to 85 lbs in about 4 months. My mom took me back to the hospital in January of 2012 and the SAME doctor knew something wasn't right then. I ended up being admitted while they ran all of these tests and did a colonoscopy and other things. At first they were scared I had leukemia because my cell levels were abnormal. It was only after the colonoscopy they realized I had Crohn's Disease in some part of my colon, they just couldn't pin point where. I ended up with a GI doctor who wasn't the least bit helpful. Since then, I haven't been doing anything for treatment because we can't get me back in with any doctors. None seem to return phone calls. And now I have more going on and I am flaring up ten times worse and getting to where I can't eat again. As well as a lot of blood when I go to the bathroom every time. And even though I'm going through it all and seem okay, it's terrifying. I try my best daily to get through and get home so i can rest, but it seems to get harder. I dunno why I wrote this, maybe to see if any one else is in my situation or knows a way to help, but I just hope someone sees this.
