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So the timeline of my Crohns goes like this...
3 Years ago I had severe abdominal pain (guessing it was blockage) after eating nuts. It lasted a few hours and then subsided. I concluded I was allergic to nuts and setup appointments to get my allergies tested. I got tested and I WAS allergic to nuts, so I thought that's that, I'll avoid nuts. Problem solved.
From this point on I was mostly fine, I'd have the occasional bout of Diarrhea after eating spicy foods and I thought that was completely normal.
Fast forward to 2015. In early 2015 I got severe abdominal pain, I believe it was after eating cooked vegetables (Beats, and Parsnip) which I never eat. I waited out the pain and concluded it was just gas pains.
Now the most recent episode. about a month ago I got severe abdominal pains again. This time they wouldnt go away. I landed myself in the ER with a bowel obstruction. They took an ultrasound which wouldnt penetrate my belly because I was so bloated. They took a CT scan and found evidence of "scarring" on my intestines. This led them to believe I had a form of IBD, most likely Crohns. They scheduled a colonoscopy and that confirmed it, I have Crohns.
I'd say my initial thoughts we're okay, lets deal with it and move on. I guess I was ignorant to how serious Crohns is. I've had stomach issues before but nothing that I thought was too severe. However; after my most recent episode I've been having issues. I'm on 9MG of Entocort and I feel worse than I did after my other episodes.
I'm bloated, gassy (Tons of gas!!) and my stomach is distended. Especially below my ribs, I feel like my intestines are swelled up and I cant push that area in!
I went in to my Dr yesterday and we're running some blood tests to see what my inflammation markers are and if they have gone down or not. I really don't want to keep hopping around from powerful drug to powerful drug but I guess it's just something you have to accept with this disease.
I know some of you have it worse so I cant be too angry about a significant amount of gas / bloatedness.
I guess, I'm wondering is this the medicine not agreeing with me or is this my Crohns in a full out flare?
So the timeline of my Crohns goes like this...
3 Years ago I had severe abdominal pain (guessing it was blockage) after eating nuts. It lasted a few hours and then subsided. I concluded I was allergic to nuts and setup appointments to get my allergies tested. I got tested and I WAS allergic to nuts, so I thought that's that, I'll avoid nuts. Problem solved.
From this point on I was mostly fine, I'd have the occasional bout of Diarrhea after eating spicy foods and I thought that was completely normal.
Fast forward to 2015. In early 2015 I got severe abdominal pain, I believe it was after eating cooked vegetables (Beats, and Parsnip) which I never eat. I waited out the pain and concluded it was just gas pains.
Now the most recent episode. about a month ago I got severe abdominal pains again. This time they wouldnt go away. I landed myself in the ER with a bowel obstruction. They took an ultrasound which wouldnt penetrate my belly because I was so bloated. They took a CT scan and found evidence of "scarring" on my intestines. This led them to believe I had a form of IBD, most likely Crohns. They scheduled a colonoscopy and that confirmed it, I have Crohns.
I'd say my initial thoughts we're okay, lets deal with it and move on. I guess I was ignorant to how serious Crohns is. I've had stomach issues before but nothing that I thought was too severe. However; after my most recent episode I've been having issues. I'm on 9MG of Entocort and I feel worse than I did after my other episodes.
I'm bloated, gassy (Tons of gas!!) and my stomach is distended. Especially below my ribs, I feel like my intestines are swelled up and I cant push that area in!
I went in to my Dr yesterday and we're running some blood tests to see what my inflammation markers are and if they have gone down or not. I really don't want to keep hopping around from powerful drug to powerful drug but I guess it's just something you have to accept with this disease.
I know some of you have it worse so I cant be too angry about a significant amount of gas / bloatedness.
I guess, I'm wondering is this the medicine not agreeing with me or is this my Crohns in a full out flare?