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Hello. Here is my story....
When I was 19 (I'm 25 now) I was in the process of moving into an apartment with my boyfriend and some friends of his from high school and working part time at an animal shelter. I started loosing weight and going all the time eventually to the point were it was all blood. I was constantly tired and my parents thought I was getting depressed about moving out. I finally broke down and told my mom about the blood and she took me to the ER. I sat in the ER for 5-6 hours and ended up basically diagnosing my self with Chamlophactor (not sure how its spelt) because I didn't have health insurance they tested my stool and said that it had a high white blood count. I then told them we hand some puppys at the shelter that had the chamlphactor. They said thats probably what it was. They gave me some antobotics and sent me home, after 3 days of not feeling better and being unable to keep the pills down I went back to the ER and they gave me another type of medicine. At this point I was staying back at my parents house and when my boyfriend came over after work he said I looked like a chip monk. So back to the ER I went with an allergic reaction to Sulfa. The ER schedualed me to to see an Gastrointerologist and had a flexable scope done on the spot with no pain meds or anything. The Dr. diagnosed me with Ulcerative Colitus.
I was on predisone for 2 weeks and 6 weeks to get off of them. I took asacol for about 9 months before they started not to work and then go switched to Pentasa, 4 pills 4 times a day.
Last February I went to the GI doctor for my regular 6 month check up and starting seeing an new Dr. He was concerned that I never had a full Colonscopy and had one ordered. When I came out he said there was a spot that could either be Crohns or from taking Aleve ( I was an avid Aleve popper) but I would have to wait until the resutls came back. Well the results came back and lucky me it was Crohn's.
I am still on the Pentesa now but only 4 pills 2x a day. I work full time as a paralegal and usally feel pretty good. They only time my Crohn's really affects me is in the morning. I have started to put back on my weight (When I first got sick I was 90 pounds) and have starting enjoying going "out of my comfort zone"
Thanks for reading my story!
When I was 19 (I'm 25 now) I was in the process of moving into an apartment with my boyfriend and some friends of his from high school and working part time at an animal shelter. I started loosing weight and going all the time eventually to the point were it was all blood. I was constantly tired and my parents thought I was getting depressed about moving out. I finally broke down and told my mom about the blood and she took me to the ER. I sat in the ER for 5-6 hours and ended up basically diagnosing my self with Chamlophactor (not sure how its spelt) because I didn't have health insurance they tested my stool and said that it had a high white blood count. I then told them we hand some puppys at the shelter that had the chamlphactor. They said thats probably what it was. They gave me some antobotics and sent me home, after 3 days of not feeling better and being unable to keep the pills down I went back to the ER and they gave me another type of medicine. At this point I was staying back at my parents house and when my boyfriend came over after work he said I looked like a chip monk. So back to the ER I went with an allergic reaction to Sulfa. The ER schedualed me to to see an Gastrointerologist and had a flexable scope done on the spot with no pain meds or anything. The Dr. diagnosed me with Ulcerative Colitus.
I was on predisone for 2 weeks and 6 weeks to get off of them. I took asacol for about 9 months before they started not to work and then go switched to Pentasa, 4 pills 4 times a day.
Last February I went to the GI doctor for my regular 6 month check up and starting seeing an new Dr. He was concerned that I never had a full Colonscopy and had one ordered. When I came out he said there was a spot that could either be Crohns or from taking Aleve ( I was an avid Aleve popper) but I would have to wait until the resutls came back. Well the results came back and lucky me it was Crohn's.
I am still on the Pentesa now but only 4 pills 2x a day. I work full time as a paralegal and usally feel pretty good. They only time my Crohn's really affects me is in the morning. I have started to put back on my weight (When I first got sick I was 90 pounds) and have starting enjoying going "out of my comfort zone"
Thanks for reading my story!
glad to hear you're feeling on the up now!
