hey guys,
I'm 17 years old and have recently been diagnosed with Chron's disease. I've been having weird stomach pains for the last few years, but this year they started getting real bad, to the extent that i had to stop what im doing and wait for the pain to go. Also, it was quite clear that i wasn't digesting my foods properly, as i'm quite thin but eat a hell of a lot! And of course, a lot of the other symptoms were present..
So i decided to go to the doctors, after originally thinking it could be Caeliac's disease (after looking it up on the internet). I then had a blood test, and found out it was not Caeliacs, but my Inflammatory rate or something like that was extremely high. So the doctor suggested i had the dreaded colonoscopy..
And 2 weeks later, I had it. I don't remember much about the actual colonoscopy itself, but of course i remember the awful preparation drink which made me gag after every sip.. but it had to be drunk. So yeah, and then he told me after the colonoscopy it was Chron's disease most likely. They didn't get to inspect my small intestine as apprently i was in too much pain, although i can vaguely remember the actual precedure, and being in a bit of considerable pain.
And since then i've been on prednisone for a week, and I've been on vitamin/calcium tablets. So many tablets.. but if it helps im going to take them. I've also been prescribed Pentasa.. but not sure whether to take it with the steroids as there wasn't a clear prescription for them, but im seeing the doctor next week so I can check then.
So yeah! thats where I am now.. I was impressed at how quickly it actually got diagnosed, after reading so much about mis-diagnosed cases on the internet - overall it only took about a month.
So i thought id join these forums, and say hi to you guys. It would be good to know more about Chrons, and implications that may affect peeps.
~Blue
I'm 17 years old and have recently been diagnosed with Chron's disease. I've been having weird stomach pains for the last few years, but this year they started getting real bad, to the extent that i had to stop what im doing and wait for the pain to go. Also, it was quite clear that i wasn't digesting my foods properly, as i'm quite thin but eat a hell of a lot! And of course, a lot of the other symptoms were present..
So i decided to go to the doctors, after originally thinking it could be Caeliac's disease (after looking it up on the internet). I then had a blood test, and found out it was not Caeliacs, but my Inflammatory rate or something like that was extremely high. So the doctor suggested i had the dreaded colonoscopy..
And 2 weeks later, I had it. I don't remember much about the actual colonoscopy itself, but of course i remember the awful preparation drink which made me gag after every sip.. but it had to be drunk. So yeah, and then he told me after the colonoscopy it was Chron's disease most likely. They didn't get to inspect my small intestine as apprently i was in too much pain, although i can vaguely remember the actual precedure, and being in a bit of considerable pain.
And since then i've been on prednisone for a week, and I've been on vitamin/calcium tablets. So many tablets.. but if it helps im going to take them. I've also been prescribed Pentasa.. but not sure whether to take it with the steroids as there wasn't a clear prescription for them, but im seeing the doctor next week so I can check then.
So yeah! thats where I am now.. I was impressed at how quickly it actually got diagnosed, after reading so much about mis-diagnosed cases on the internet - overall it only took about a month.
So i thought id join these forums, and say hi to you guys. It would be good to know more about Chrons, and implications that may affect peeps.
~Blue