Well, I thought my life officially ended when I turned 26 years old.
In November I was having stomach problems and having trouble going to the bathroom regularly. I was under a lot of stress with work and school at the time, and when I went to see my doctor he thought I had IBS, and loaded me up with a bunch of anti-depressants. As time went on, nothing was changing, but my work was getting busy for the holidays and I really did not have time to follow up or pursue any advance treatment or tests.
In January, I had a scheduled weeks vacation for my birthday, and my girlfriend and I were going out of town. The day of my birthday, the day before we were leaving, the stomach aches and back aches were getting pretty bad. We decided to go to the ER for a quick fix so that it would not hinder our vacation.
Turned out, I had Crohn's. It was a pretty bad case. My GI doctor refused to treat me medically, and because of all the fistulas and infection, my surgeon would not operate because I was a risk. After a month in the hospital and being on the usual antibiotics, my GI doctor and surgeon figured everything out and I had the surgery. They removed 6 inches of my large and 6 inches of my small intestine. They said I still had some disease on other parts of my intestines but they were not inflamed enough to be removed.
I was immediately put on Remicade which as worked well.
In July, I started to get some sharp stomach pains. I went to the ER, and I was let so saying it was just fluid collection. A week later, a boil started to surface and my surgeon just lanced it saying it was a Seroma.
Another Seroma surfaced a month later and had the same result.
About a month ago I felt more pain, went to the ER again. What they thought was a seroma turned out to be a huge abscess. They drained the abscess, and hooked me up to antibiotics. However, they were different then the usual flagyl and cipro. Instead, I was getting vencomyacin. I guess when I was in the ER from July, I tested positive for MRSA and was released before the results came back. So, currently I have a Picc line and getting Vencomyacin at home. I have another week.
I have had no problems with my Crohn's since the surgery, so I think the remicade is working.
In November I was having stomach problems and having trouble going to the bathroom regularly. I was under a lot of stress with work and school at the time, and when I went to see my doctor he thought I had IBS, and loaded me up with a bunch of anti-depressants. As time went on, nothing was changing, but my work was getting busy for the holidays and I really did not have time to follow up or pursue any advance treatment or tests.
In January, I had a scheduled weeks vacation for my birthday, and my girlfriend and I were going out of town. The day of my birthday, the day before we were leaving, the stomach aches and back aches were getting pretty bad. We decided to go to the ER for a quick fix so that it would not hinder our vacation.
Turned out, I had Crohn's. It was a pretty bad case. My GI doctor refused to treat me medically, and because of all the fistulas and infection, my surgeon would not operate because I was a risk. After a month in the hospital and being on the usual antibiotics, my GI doctor and surgeon figured everything out and I had the surgery. They removed 6 inches of my large and 6 inches of my small intestine. They said I still had some disease on other parts of my intestines but they were not inflamed enough to be removed.
I was immediately put on Remicade which as worked well.
In July, I started to get some sharp stomach pains. I went to the ER, and I was let so saying it was just fluid collection. A week later, a boil started to surface and my surgeon just lanced it saying it was a Seroma.
Another Seroma surfaced a month later and had the same result.
About a month ago I felt more pain, went to the ER again. What they thought was a seroma turned out to be a huge abscess. They drained the abscess, and hooked me up to antibiotics. However, they were different then the usual flagyl and cipro. Instead, I was getting vencomyacin. I guess when I was in the ER from July, I tested positive for MRSA and was released before the results came back. So, currently I have a Picc line and getting Vencomyacin at home. I have another week.
I have had no problems with my Crohn's since the surgery, so I think the remicade is working.
I am glad that the Remicade is helping you feel better!
