Hi! :sign0144:
I'm Lindsey, I'm 28 and live in Lansing Michigan. I was Diagnosed with Crohn's Disease November 2009. When i was diagnosed by GI put me on Lialda and i was on that for almost two years. I had been doing good on it. I had small flare ups but nothing to big.
Then about the beginning of August (this year) i started to feel bloated and having cramps. I was having a hard time passing stool and didn't have much of a appetite. I didn't really think much of it and just let it go and didn't go to the doctor.
Well, guess what! It was my Crohn's flaring up like crazy! I had a CT Scan on September 22. Only 3 hours after i had it done my GI called me and told me to go the nearest ER. I called my mom to let her know what was going on and she informed me that my sister was being induced to have her baby that night in Owosso. I was heart broken that i didn't get to see her give birth to my niece.
I ended up going to Sparrow Hospital and was admitted. They started pumping fluids & Antibiotics into me. Little did i know, i had a nice size Abscess in my small intestine. I think i saw like 10 doctors and got poked with needles more times than I want to count. The GI doctor at the Hospital wanted me to stay a couple more days to do blood work, but the surgeon said there was no reason for me to stay at the hospital when I could talk the antibiotics at home. I ended up leaving Sunday afternoon and going home.
They gave me three weeks of Cypro & Flagyl. I took it all and it made me feel a hell of a lot better. Now a month later, i am feeling so much better and allowed to start eating normal food again. This time i am staying away from the fried food, mountain dew and everything else that doesn't agree with me. I am going to be so careful. I have so much support from my Husband and family, I am so glad for that!
I hope that i will never have to go threw that again. I know that my story is nothing compared to some of the stories that i read on this forum and my heart goes out to all of you that are battling this with much more pain and frustration.
I'm Lindsey, I'm 28 and live in Lansing Michigan. I was Diagnosed with Crohn's Disease November 2009. When i was diagnosed by GI put me on Lialda and i was on that for almost two years. I had been doing good on it. I had small flare ups but nothing to big.
Then about the beginning of August (this year) i started to feel bloated and having cramps. I was having a hard time passing stool and didn't have much of a appetite. I didn't really think much of it and just let it go and didn't go to the doctor.
Well, guess what! It was my Crohn's flaring up like crazy! I had a CT Scan on September 22. Only 3 hours after i had it done my GI called me and told me to go the nearest ER. I called my mom to let her know what was going on and she informed me that my sister was being induced to have her baby that night in Owosso. I was heart broken that i didn't get to see her give birth to my niece.
I ended up going to Sparrow Hospital and was admitted. They started pumping fluids & Antibiotics into me. Little did i know, i had a nice size Abscess in my small intestine. I think i saw like 10 doctors and got poked with needles more times than I want to count. The GI doctor at the Hospital wanted me to stay a couple more days to do blood work, but the surgeon said there was no reason for me to stay at the hospital when I could talk the antibiotics at home. I ended up leaving Sunday afternoon and going home.
They gave me three weeks of Cypro & Flagyl. I took it all and it made me feel a hell of a lot better. Now a month later, i am feeling so much better and allowed to start eating normal food again. This time i am staying away from the fried food, mountain dew and everything else that doesn't agree with me. I am going to be so careful. I have so much support from my Husband and family, I am so glad for that!
I hope that i will never have to go threw that again. I know that my story is nothing compared to some of the stories that i read on this forum and my heart goes out to all of you that are battling this with much more pain and frustration.
lol.. I have only about 40% in the right. My mother was in her first trimester with Rubella (German Measels) so I am lucky. Apparently I heard that also is a risk for Crohns disease too but my brother has UC and my sister has Crohns colitis and my mom is RH Factor blood type, so I think it is in the genes. 
