I only found this site a few days ago and I have to say it is a godsend for me right now. I am just on the verge of finding out if I have crohns' or another IBD of some sort and having the ability to ask questions from others that have gone through many of the same things is very reassuring.
Basically my problems have been ongoing for a few years now, but in the last few things got to the point where I knew I shouldn't put it off anymore.
I knew there was something wrong when several times a month I would have diarea up to 15 times in one day. I'm not sure if it was gas or bloating or constipation or what, but the pain I went through on some of those times brought tears to my ideas and left me pale and just drained.
I was 18 when I first went to the doctor at a local co-op which is an almost free clinic for low-income families. At first they thought I was just anxious and they want to give me anti-depresents. I said I would rather kill myself and took up smoking. I figured a lot of people say it takes the edge off. Well it did and it didn't, because that was about 4 years ago and things definetly got worse with my problems after that.
I then went back a year or two after, to the same clinic, with the same problems, but more frequent and more painful. They set me up with a barium enema. I can honestly say, as much pain as I'm used to with my guts this was still horrible. They also used an air contrast which was just that little bit needed to make it truly awefull. I never even got the results back, and at this point I didn't bother asking why. After that I figured I would almost rather die then have to deal with tests like that and problems like I was having, it was rediculus! I joke about it now but I wonder if there is some as yet undiagonosed problem with a blockage or the like because that hurt so bad I though they were going to rupture my insides.
So, two more years go by to present day. I finally have mediocre insurance so I decide to kinda start the process of finding out whats going on. You have to understand, I was used to the poor peoples clinic, and I don't care what you say, i was treated different after I had insurance. For one they had all my records there when I arrive and before I even spoke he had some questions as to why I had never had any follow ups in the past because all the tests had some irregularities. I said I didn't know.
At this point I had a cat scan setup for a few days later, which was just last friday the 14th of september. Monday morning comes around and the doctor has already called me and he says that he believes I may have crohns disease and that I have to go in next friday, Tomorrow the 21st, for some more tests.
So thats were I'm at right now. I guess maybe tomorrow, or next week more like it, I'll know more. and then my little story will continue!
Basically my problems have been ongoing for a few years now, but in the last few things got to the point where I knew I shouldn't put it off anymore.
I knew there was something wrong when several times a month I would have diarea up to 15 times in one day. I'm not sure if it was gas or bloating or constipation or what, but the pain I went through on some of those times brought tears to my ideas and left me pale and just drained.
I was 18 when I first went to the doctor at a local co-op which is an almost free clinic for low-income families. At first they thought I was just anxious and they want to give me anti-depresents. I said I would rather kill myself and took up smoking. I figured a lot of people say it takes the edge off. Well it did and it didn't, because that was about 4 years ago and things definetly got worse with my problems after that.
I then went back a year or two after, to the same clinic, with the same problems, but more frequent and more painful. They set me up with a barium enema. I can honestly say, as much pain as I'm used to with my guts this was still horrible. They also used an air contrast which was just that little bit needed to make it truly awefull. I never even got the results back, and at this point I didn't bother asking why. After that I figured I would almost rather die then have to deal with tests like that and problems like I was having, it was rediculus! I joke about it now but I wonder if there is some as yet undiagonosed problem with a blockage or the like because that hurt so bad I though they were going to rupture my insides.
So, two more years go by to present day. I finally have mediocre insurance so I decide to kinda start the process of finding out whats going on. You have to understand, I was used to the poor peoples clinic, and I don't care what you say, i was treated different after I had insurance. For one they had all my records there when I arrive and before I even spoke he had some questions as to why I had never had any follow ups in the past because all the tests had some irregularities. I said I didn't know.
At this point I had a cat scan setup for a few days later, which was just last friday the 14th of september. Monday morning comes around and the doctor has already called me and he says that he believes I may have crohns disease and that I have to go in next friday, Tomorrow the 21st, for some more tests.
So thats were I'm at right now. I guess maybe tomorrow, or next week more like it, I'll know more. and then my little story will continue!
