Hi everyone!
My name is Ashley and here is my story. September 2015 I began noticing that I was constantly bloated/constipated/nauseated and had no relief. I tried eating healthier and drinking more fluids but had no relief!
I went to my GP and she put me on dicetel 3 times a dayear with the thought that perhaps my food was sitting too long in my stomach. In the meantime for 30 days she suggested I cut out gluten and lactose as well, unfortunately this did not help. She sent me to a gastroenterologist who I finally met for the first time last month.
From September to January I was relying on 25-50mg of senokot every night in order to have a bowel movement otherwise I couldn't pass anything. When I met my gastro, he ordered an abdominal ultrasound, barium swallow upper gi and a small bowel follow through. The upper gi and ultrasound came out clear. The small bowel follow through showed edema and ulcers formation in my terminal ileum and my doctor stated that this is consistent with small bowel Crohn's.
My gastro is out of the country for the next few weeks so I got my results from my GP. My gastro is performing a colonoscopy at the end of the month which I guess is supposed to show more of what's going on. He will take a biopsy to 100% be sure it's Crohn's. In the meantime my doctor has prescribed me constella(linzess) every morning before meals. I've been on this for one week and have had no relief. The first day I took it, it completely cleared me out LOL! But since then I can only pass very small bowel movements. The bloating and pain still persists
Anyone going through this? Any words of advice? As of now I do not have any Gluten or lactose. I take one dosecond of Miralax at night as well as the higher dose constella(linzess) in the morning.
I have a hard time finding posts about small bowel crohns ( as I suffer from constipation and not diarrhea)
My name is Ashley and here is my story. September 2015 I began noticing that I was constantly bloated/constipated/nauseated and had no relief. I tried eating healthier and drinking more fluids but had no relief!
I went to my GP and she put me on dicetel 3 times a dayear with the thought that perhaps my food was sitting too long in my stomach. In the meantime for 30 days she suggested I cut out gluten and lactose as well, unfortunately this did not help. She sent me to a gastroenterologist who I finally met for the first time last month.
From September to January I was relying on 25-50mg of senokot every night in order to have a bowel movement otherwise I couldn't pass anything. When I met my gastro, he ordered an abdominal ultrasound, barium swallow upper gi and a small bowel follow through. The upper gi and ultrasound came out clear. The small bowel follow through showed edema and ulcers formation in my terminal ileum and my doctor stated that this is consistent with small bowel Crohn's.
My gastro is out of the country for the next few weeks so I got my results from my GP. My gastro is performing a colonoscopy at the end of the month which I guess is supposed to show more of what's going on. He will take a biopsy to 100% be sure it's Crohn's. In the meantime my doctor has prescribed me constella(linzess) every morning before meals. I've been on this for one week and have had no relief. The first day I took it, it completely cleared me out LOL! But since then I can only pass very small bowel movements. The bloating and pain still persists
Anyone going through this? Any words of advice? As of now I do not have any Gluten or lactose. I take one dosecond of Miralax at night as well as the higher dose constella(linzess) in the morning.
I have a hard time finding posts about small bowel crohns ( as I suffer from constipation and not diarrhea)