my story
Hi, just to let you all know i am by no means a writer so please cope with me on my writing. i am 27 years old and have a wonderful wife for 5 years and a 2.5 year old daughter and 9 month old son, i am a building contrator and have another buisness in manufacturing and desighning eps mouldings.
Ive been diagnosed with crohns about 8 months ago starting from a flare up at work, i was feeling a little out of it about a year before i had the first flare up and was always thinking to my self that i was litterally dying from something what i think now was the lack of my body absorbing any nutrition. the framing contracting company is a very physical and mental job, usually consisting of 10-12 hr days through the hot summers and cold winters (we get everything here in Canada). I noticed i was losing weight over that one year about a pound every month starting from my average weight of 170 lbs what i thought was to be small for 6'1''. so just before the flare up i was around 165 and then for 3 days of what was the flare up i droped down to 150 and was in and out of the hospital for a weekend, the docs first thought it was my appendix and then did a x-ray i think if i remember correctly and found that i was flared up in the bowels so they put me on pain killers and set me up with a specialist who was on holidays for 4 weeks so i had to wait till then to see him.
the gi i guess what you call them in short form on this site seen me for about 5 mins and said yeah im flared up and i need a colonoscopy, so he put me on pred till i had the scope in 4 weeks what then clarified that i did have crohns.
so i was on pred from last August to October and gained 25 lbs back putting at 175 which made me feel at the top of the world in years, feeling that good let me know that i was sick for a good 2 years. My problem is ignoring pain and to know when to give in b/c on the job site when you get shot by a nail gun you just pull it out and keep working so i have alot to learn about listening to pain.
So since October to now i have been put on 200mg of novo-azathioprine but backed down to 175mg b/c lately i am losing weight and feeling really fuzzy,weak, and tired. all my bm are 2-4 days apart and are diareah and painfull but no blood which never expierenced yet.
i just went and seen my gi yesterday on short notice to let him know whats going on and he thinks i have constipation(?) help me out on that. and i ask if i may be low on nutrients and then he says most crohns patients are low on b12.
so im thinking why wouldnt he let me know 6 months ago about that and do blood work regarding it, so he is working on getting me appointment for the test in about 3 weeks which i cant wait i have a family to support and 2 buisness's to run.
So im hoping i can get some input on what i should do to get back up and running.
i just started taking triple strength omega3 2 days ago and am feeling a little better in the head but still no energy.
i hope you can make out what i wrote as i can swing a hammer alot better.
thank you.
Hi, just to let you all know i am by no means a writer so please cope with me on my writing. i am 27 years old and have a wonderful wife for 5 years and a 2.5 year old daughter and 9 month old son, i am a building contrator and have another buisness in manufacturing and desighning eps mouldings.
Ive been diagnosed with crohns about 8 months ago starting from a flare up at work, i was feeling a little out of it about a year before i had the first flare up and was always thinking to my self that i was litterally dying from something what i think now was the lack of my body absorbing any nutrition. the framing contracting company is a very physical and mental job, usually consisting of 10-12 hr days through the hot summers and cold winters (we get everything here in Canada). I noticed i was losing weight over that one year about a pound every month starting from my average weight of 170 lbs what i thought was to be small for 6'1''. so just before the flare up i was around 165 and then for 3 days of what was the flare up i droped down to 150 and was in and out of the hospital for a weekend, the docs first thought it was my appendix and then did a x-ray i think if i remember correctly and found that i was flared up in the bowels so they put me on pain killers and set me up with a specialist who was on holidays for 4 weeks so i had to wait till then to see him.
the gi i guess what you call them in short form on this site seen me for about 5 mins and said yeah im flared up and i need a colonoscopy, so he put me on pred till i had the scope in 4 weeks what then clarified that i did have crohns.
so i was on pred from last August to October and gained 25 lbs back putting at 175 which made me feel at the top of the world in years, feeling that good let me know that i was sick for a good 2 years. My problem is ignoring pain and to know when to give in b/c on the job site when you get shot by a nail gun you just pull it out and keep working so i have alot to learn about listening to pain.
So since October to now i have been put on 200mg of novo-azathioprine but backed down to 175mg b/c lately i am losing weight and feeling really fuzzy,weak, and tired. all my bm are 2-4 days apart and are diareah and painfull but no blood which never expierenced yet.
i just went and seen my gi yesterday on short notice to let him know whats going on and he thinks i have constipation(?) help me out on that. and i ask if i may be low on nutrients and then he says most crohns patients are low on b12.
so im thinking why wouldnt he let me know 6 months ago about that and do blood work regarding it, so he is working on getting me appointment for the test in about 3 weeks which i cant wait i have a family to support and 2 buisness's to run.
So im hoping i can get some input on what i should do to get back up and running.
i just started taking triple strength omega3 2 days ago and am feeling a little better in the head but still no energy.
i hope you can make out what i wrote as i can swing a hammer alot better.
thank you.
