Hi,
IMy name is Pancho, I live in Trinidad, i was searching the net for information as it relates to crohns, and came across this site.
Its very reassuring to see people with the same symptoms that i have, im very confused and a bit scared, it seems that my crohns is not too bad at the moment, i was diagnosed after going to a GI one whole year after trying every possible doctor here in Trinidad. I never had severe , just mild pain in my abdomen and pains in my legs etc.. I asked my GP maybe in June of this year and was told i would know if its crohns, because of bloody dirreah etc etc... which i never had, ive had an autoimmune disease when i was in my 20s, im now 45, so 20 odd years ago, its called reactive arthritis, same grouping of diseases as crohns. I went though a couple of Months of severe stress and all of a sudden started noticing abdominal pain, pain in legs, eyes were giving trouble etc.. then i got some low back pain that went away after maybe 3 weeks.. i had every possible test for diseases with negative results, but i had a slightly elevated sed rate.
Well to cut a story short, i insisted that i get the colonoscopy done and here i am.. i now have arthritis in my hips, ankles, back, that sreally worrying me, My GI told me its crohns related and im into my second week of Sulfasalazine.. i see from other posts that others like me are experiencing arthritis in the joints and spine, i saw a slight improvement after the first week of Sulfasalazine, just wondering how long this medication takes? Interestingly my GI has crohns as well and this medication worked well for him, however, he has no arthritis. I also saw a post by a fellow TRINI, Nicole i believe, so hi to you! and hello to everyone any advise will be apprecaited..
IMy name is Pancho, I live in Trinidad, i was searching the net for information as it relates to crohns, and came across this site.
Its very reassuring to see people with the same symptoms that i have, im very confused and a bit scared, it seems that my crohns is not too bad at the moment, i was diagnosed after going to a GI one whole year after trying every possible doctor here in Trinidad. I never had severe , just mild pain in my abdomen and pains in my legs etc.. I asked my GP maybe in June of this year and was told i would know if its crohns, because of bloody dirreah etc etc... which i never had, ive had an autoimmune disease when i was in my 20s, im now 45, so 20 odd years ago, its called reactive arthritis, same grouping of diseases as crohns. I went though a couple of Months of severe stress and all of a sudden started noticing abdominal pain, pain in legs, eyes were giving trouble etc.. then i got some low back pain that went away after maybe 3 weeks.. i had every possible test for diseases with negative results, but i had a slightly elevated sed rate.
Well to cut a story short, i insisted that i get the colonoscopy done and here i am.. i now have arthritis in my hips, ankles, back, that sreally worrying me, My GI told me its crohns related and im into my second week of Sulfasalazine.. i see from other posts that others like me are experiencing arthritis in the joints and spine, i saw a slight improvement after the first week of Sulfasalazine, just wondering how long this medication takes? Interestingly my GI has crohns as well and this medication worked well for him, however, he has no arthritis. I also saw a post by a fellow TRINI, Nicole i believe, so hi to you! and hello to everyone any advise will be apprecaited..
