Hello everyone, I'm Tina! I'm 22 and was diagnosed with Crohn's in early '05. My husband is in the Army and we just moved to Fort Richardson, Alaska from Texas... and apparently this move has been harder on me than I thought. My Crohn's is flaring up... worse than it ever has. And I'm in more pain now than I have ever been. And not being able to get the treatment I need up here just makes it worse. I'm really struggling with all of this, and I am so thankful to have found this site. I have so many questions and I'm becoming depressed. I can talk to my husband, but it's not the same. He doesn't understand what's going on with my body, he just knows it hurts me.
I've been to the ER twice in the past month for stomach pains and pain killers don't help it. The first time they gave me delotted (sp?) and when it went in, my whole body ached terribly. It took the pain away eventually though. Last time they gave me morphine and it just made the pain worse. Percocet don't work and neither does hydrocodone. I know those aren't good for me, but my new GI is actually out of town.... just great huh? I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy, upper GI scope, and a botox injection at the end of this month, but I can't wait that long to get some kind of relief. I have taken Remicade in the past and that was my miracle drug, but I quit getting it because I had no insurance at one time, then I got married. I'm hoping it will still work for me. And hopefully I can get it when my GI gets back in town. Right now I'm on Imuran, Asacol, Prednisone, and some kind of stool softener, but it's doing nothing.
Sorry if this is all kind of random. I'm doped up right now, haha. And I just needed to get this out. I need someone to talk to. So thanks y'all for listening to my rambling. And I look forward to getting to know y'all!
I've been to the ER twice in the past month for stomach pains and pain killers don't help it. The first time they gave me delotted (sp?) and when it went in, my whole body ached terribly. It took the pain away eventually though. Last time they gave me morphine and it just made the pain worse. Percocet don't work and neither does hydrocodone. I know those aren't good for me, but my new GI is actually out of town.... just great huh? I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy, upper GI scope, and a botox injection at the end of this month, but I can't wait that long to get some kind of relief. I have taken Remicade in the past and that was my miracle drug, but I quit getting it because I had no insurance at one time, then I got married. I'm hoping it will still work for me. And hopefully I can get it when my GI gets back in town. Right now I'm on Imuran, Asacol, Prednisone, and some kind of stool softener, but it's doing nothing.
Sorry if this is all kind of random. I'm doped up right now, haha. And I just needed to get this out. I need someone to talk to. So thanks y'all for listening to my rambling. And I look forward to getting to know y'all!