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Hi everyone,
The last 3 months of my life have been a hell storm of health revelations. 2 1/2 months ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. 6 weeks ago Rheumatoid Arthritis. Now the Doc thinks I also have CD.
I'm 54, female. I've known for 10 years or longer that something just wasn't right with me. Now these diagnosis in the last few months. I don't have insurance so the only Doctor I have been able to see was my GP. I am sero positive RA. I was prescribed methotrexate 10 mgsx1 week. Took that for four weeks until I had a bad allergic reaction (face, lips swelling, itching like mad). So, I went to the ER for the allergic reaction last Monday night, 8 days ago, and haven't taken it for 2 weeks. Since then these autoimmune symptoms have gotten worse and been kicking my hiney - literally.
Last Friday morning at 3.00 am I was woken up with severe cramps and proceeded to have painful cramping diarrhea for 8 hours. So, I chalked that up to other times it has happened and passed with just one incident. Now, each night since then I have been woken up between 3.00 and 4.00 am with terrible cramping, huge bloats of gas in my stomach, and terrible diarrhea that lasts until about 1.00 pm and leaves me exhausted. This is going on day 6 and I can tell already that it is going to happen again tonight. Except now my stomach is sore and painful, really hurting to the point of being hunched over. Ugh. So I don't know what to do. I dont know how many days I can keep doing this without just collapsing, and I'm afraid this stomach soreness/pain is going to be alot worse in the morning. Any advice? What has been your experience?:sign0085:
The last 3 months of my life have been a hell storm of health revelations. 2 1/2 months ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. 6 weeks ago Rheumatoid Arthritis. Now the Doc thinks I also have CD.
I'm 54, female. I've known for 10 years or longer that something just wasn't right with me. Now these diagnosis in the last few months. I don't have insurance so the only Doctor I have been able to see was my GP. I am sero positive RA. I was prescribed methotrexate 10 mgsx1 week. Took that for four weeks until I had a bad allergic reaction (face, lips swelling, itching like mad). So, I went to the ER for the allergic reaction last Monday night, 8 days ago, and haven't taken it for 2 weeks. Since then these autoimmune symptoms have gotten worse and been kicking my hiney - literally.
Last Friday morning at 3.00 am I was woken up with severe cramps and proceeded to have painful cramping diarrhea for 8 hours. So, I chalked that up to other times it has happened and passed with just one incident. Now, each night since then I have been woken up between 3.00 and 4.00 am with terrible cramping, huge bloats of gas in my stomach, and terrible diarrhea that lasts until about 1.00 pm and leaves me exhausted. This is going on day 6 and I can tell already that it is going to happen again tonight. Except now my stomach is sore and painful, really hurting to the point of being hunched over. Ugh. So I don't know what to do. I dont know how many days I can keep doing this without just collapsing, and I'm afraid this stomach soreness/pain is going to be alot worse in the morning. Any advice? What has been your experience?:sign0085: