Hey guys! The name's Cameron, I'm glad to be here, I just found the forum and signed up!
As I said my name is Cameron I am 19 years old, from Tucson, Arizona (born and raised). I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in around February of 2011. I told my mother of my problems I was having (slight stomach pain after every meal, extreme fatigue, no appetite) but she said I am probably just sick or something and kinda brushed it off. The next week I spoke to her about it again but told her that, "something just doesn't feel right". (especially after losing something like 30lbs in 3 weeks) I have no idea as to why this particular statement made her jump into action, but it did. She made an appointment with my doctor who then sent me to a G.I specialist (Dr. Fayez Ghishan). He told me that based on my simptoms he thinks I have "Crohn's Disease" my heart pretty much sank because up until that day I had been one of the healthiest kids I know! Also, I remember snooping around the internet searching my simptoms and Crohn's came up a couple times (when reading about Crohn's you think such disorders could only exist in nightmares from the symptom list).
Long story short, got some blood tests....Inconclusive. Got a CAT Scan....Inconclusive. Finally got a Colonoscopy which gave me a proper diagnosis.
I now take Remicade every 6 weeks and Pentasa 500mg 3x daily, along with Methotrexate .5 mL weekly. The Remicade has worked WONDERS for me and I have been pretty much flare free for a year or possibly a little more.
I am happy to say that I feel very blessed to have such great doctors to look after me, along with little to no dietary restrictions. (I started a food journal and used it for a number of weeks but to this day can't seem to find any trigger foods) I am able to eat what I want when I want, with no problems.
The reason I am here though is because I am currently in the middle of a flare up and decided that I need to expand my support base. Anywho, I hope I found the right place!
Thanks,
Cameron
As I said my name is Cameron I am 19 years old, from Tucson, Arizona (born and raised). I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in around February of 2011. I told my mother of my problems I was having (slight stomach pain after every meal, extreme fatigue, no appetite) but she said I am probably just sick or something and kinda brushed it off. The next week I spoke to her about it again but told her that, "something just doesn't feel right". (especially after losing something like 30lbs in 3 weeks) I have no idea as to why this particular statement made her jump into action, but it did. She made an appointment with my doctor who then sent me to a G.I specialist (Dr. Fayez Ghishan). He told me that based on my simptoms he thinks I have "Crohn's Disease" my heart pretty much sank because up until that day I had been one of the healthiest kids I know! Also, I remember snooping around the internet searching my simptoms and Crohn's came up a couple times (when reading about Crohn's you think such disorders could only exist in nightmares from the symptom list).
Long story short, got some blood tests....Inconclusive. Got a CAT Scan....Inconclusive. Finally got a Colonoscopy which gave me a proper diagnosis.
I now take Remicade every 6 weeks and Pentasa 500mg 3x daily, along with Methotrexate .5 mL weekly. The Remicade has worked WONDERS for me and I have been pretty much flare free for a year or possibly a little more.
I am happy to say that I feel very blessed to have such great doctors to look after me, along with little to no dietary restrictions. (I started a food journal and used it for a number of weeks but to this day can't seem to find any trigger foods) I am able to eat what I want when I want, with no problems.
The reason I am here though is because I am currently in the middle of a flare up and decided that I need to expand my support base. Anywho, I hope I found the right place!
Thanks,
Cameron