Hi,
My name is Lynne, I have had crohn's most of my life but was diagnosed in 2009 and have luckily only had one major flare up in 2010 and one recently this past winter. My pain started out only when I was moving, bending over, or twisting. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I had just began swimming a lot but the pain never went away. Then I started having loose stools and hip pain and called my GI doctor and he told me I am flaring. I did not put two and two together about the hip pain until he told me that the crohn's was causing it. So, I was put on Xifaxan (Rifaximin) in the beginning of April…the diarrhea went away very fast and my hip pain cleared up a few weeks later…however, I am still having this sore pain on my lower right side (I have crohn's on my terminal ileum). It sometimes feels like a pulled muscle because it definitely gets worse with movement, but lately within the past week I have noticed pain while I am NOT moving, in the same area. It's almost like what some would describe as labor pains because it is sharp and comes on quickly and last for about 30 seconds and then goes away. I can feel it tightening up, almost like my intestine is being squeezed and then released. I am confused because the Xifaxan cleared up my diarrhea so I didn't think I was flaring anymore. And I actually just finished my last dose yesterday. So….could this still be related to my crohn's? Luckily I go for a colonoscopy on May 29, but I still have a few weeks and I am a little worried as this pain can get pretty severe. Oh, also I have noticed when I switched to drinking smoothies and having soup all day I noticed the pain is pretty much gone.
Thanks so much!!!
Lynne
My name is Lynne, I have had crohn's most of my life but was diagnosed in 2009 and have luckily only had one major flare up in 2010 and one recently this past winter. My pain started out only when I was moving, bending over, or twisting. At first I thought it was a pulled muscle because I had just began swimming a lot but the pain never went away. Then I started having loose stools and hip pain and called my GI doctor and he told me I am flaring. I did not put two and two together about the hip pain until he told me that the crohn's was causing it. So, I was put on Xifaxan (Rifaximin) in the beginning of April…the diarrhea went away very fast and my hip pain cleared up a few weeks later…however, I am still having this sore pain on my lower right side (I have crohn's on my terminal ileum). It sometimes feels like a pulled muscle because it definitely gets worse with movement, but lately within the past week I have noticed pain while I am NOT moving, in the same area. It's almost like what some would describe as labor pains because it is sharp and comes on quickly and last for about 30 seconds and then goes away. I can feel it tightening up, almost like my intestine is being squeezed and then released. I am confused because the Xifaxan cleared up my diarrhea so I didn't think I was flaring anymore. And I actually just finished my last dose yesterday. So….could this still be related to my crohn's? Luckily I go for a colonoscopy on May 29, but I still have a few weeks and I am a little worried as this pain can get pretty severe. Oh, also I have noticed when I switched to drinking smoothies and having soup all day I noticed the pain is pretty much gone.
Thanks so much!!!
Lynne