Hi everyone, thank you for all of this great information. I was recently diagnosed with Crohn's after waking up in the middle of the night about 3 months ago with my hands and wrists on fire. This came completely out of the blue with no warning signs what so ever. I went to my primary physician and he told me I should find a rheumatologist. She sent me for x-rays which showed severe osteoarthritis in both wrists and hands so I figured that was it. She said that was just normal wear and tear from lifting heavy weights for 40 years and not what could be causing this pain and now swelling and recommended seeing a gastro doc and an ophthamologist because the whites of my eyes were very red. Oh yes, I left out that I have had chronic diarrhea for 11 weeks now.
Colonoscopy showed moderate colitis in most parts of my colon and apparently I had episcleritis in my eyes. So, I have been on prednisone for about 10 weeks for the pain in my hands and wrists now and also steroid drops for my eyes. Here is where my skepticism comes from. Last week after changing my diet to match a lot of things we were reading about and cut out red meat, cheese, dairy, etc. It did not see any improvement in my bathroom visits and actually seemed to get a little worse, on top of losing 10 lbs after taking out all the foods I like and eating chicken and fish. So, on Easter I said that I am eating anything I want and let the chips fall where they may on Monday. I ate prosciutto, sharp provolone, spicy eggplant, pasta with meatballs and sausage, ice cream and apple pie. I also drank about 3 glasses of red wine during the 7 hour day. I was prepared to call in sick if I needed to on Monday but I was fine. Nothing different than the usual up at 5:00 with the first of three bathroom visits before 7:30. Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated
Thank you,
Wayne
Colonoscopy showed moderate colitis in most parts of my colon and apparently I had episcleritis in my eyes. So, I have been on prednisone for about 10 weeks for the pain in my hands and wrists now and also steroid drops for my eyes. Here is where my skepticism comes from. Last week after changing my diet to match a lot of things we were reading about and cut out red meat, cheese, dairy, etc. It did not see any improvement in my bathroom visits and actually seemed to get a little worse, on top of losing 10 lbs after taking out all the foods I like and eating chicken and fish. So, on Easter I said that I am eating anything I want and let the chips fall where they may on Monday. I ate prosciutto, sharp provolone, spicy eggplant, pasta with meatballs and sausage, ice cream and apple pie. I also drank about 3 glasses of red wine during the 7 hour day. I was prepared to call in sick if I needed to on Monday but I was fine. Nothing different than the usual up at 5:00 with the first of three bathroom visits before 7:30. Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated
Thank you,
Wayne
