Hi All,
My name is Abby, I am 24 years old and i have 'suspected' crohns.
Two drs have said this to me and one surgeon yet I have not seen a GI ( as people keep mentioning) I am new to this as I have been trying not to look to close into it all.
Wasn't till my third dr said it to me and I thought hmmm I better take a closer look at this.
I had a big fissure since I was 11. I was always given creams for them by drs and told it would go away, yet it never did. I would bleed from them but to me it was normal... i lived with it.
It was after I had my second baby in Sept, that i noticed things happening more so.
My fissure was starting to hurt more, bleed more, having mucous, and i would get shocking stomach cramps and sometimes followed by blood ( but not from the fissure)
I seen my dr who sent me to a surgeon, He looked at the fissure, did a sigmoidoscopy, that was fine so all he did was give me cream.
After a few months of these cramps getting worse, fatigue, blood i went back and got sent to another surgeon who took one look at it and said he would do a fissurectomy and spincterctomy. We also chatted about my cramps, how uncomfortable it was, the fevers, nauseous , dizzyness, how sporadic it was and just the PAIN in general. He said he would do a colonoscopy as well.
I went in for my operation, but it wasn't till I was on the operating table that I found out I couldnt get the colononoscopy done due the drugs. My surgeon wasn't impressed but they did the fissure anyways. I even did the prep... yuck.
That was done in May, I re scheduled another colonoscopy to be done 23rd of august.Since then the pain has gotten worse, these episodes seem to be getting closer together, it's been affecting my life dramatically and even my relationship with my partner. I had tests the other day to show that I am severely low in iron which proves just how much blood i have been losing.
So right now I am waiting fr the 23rd, if i have another episode the drs are prepared to have me admitted to the hosp asap. Which is good. I never thought I would say this... but I am waiting for a episode!
I am so scared it will come back all normal. What if i am not having a episode when having it done and they find nothing?
All i want is answers because its ruining my life
So that is whats happening to me.
My name is Abby, I am 24 years old and i have 'suspected' crohns.
Two drs have said this to me and one surgeon yet I have not seen a GI ( as people keep mentioning) I am new to this as I have been trying not to look to close into it all.
Wasn't till my third dr said it to me and I thought hmmm I better take a closer look at this.
I had a big fissure since I was 11. I was always given creams for them by drs and told it would go away, yet it never did. I would bleed from them but to me it was normal... i lived with it.
It was after I had my second baby in Sept, that i noticed things happening more so.
My fissure was starting to hurt more, bleed more, having mucous, and i would get shocking stomach cramps and sometimes followed by blood ( but not from the fissure)
I seen my dr who sent me to a surgeon, He looked at the fissure, did a sigmoidoscopy, that was fine so all he did was give me cream.
After a few months of these cramps getting worse, fatigue, blood i went back and got sent to another surgeon who took one look at it and said he would do a fissurectomy and spincterctomy. We also chatted about my cramps, how uncomfortable it was, the fevers, nauseous , dizzyness, how sporadic it was and just the PAIN in general. He said he would do a colonoscopy as well.
I went in for my operation, but it wasn't till I was on the operating table that I found out I couldnt get the colononoscopy done due the drugs. My surgeon wasn't impressed but they did the fissure anyways. I even did the prep... yuck.
That was done in May, I re scheduled another colonoscopy to be done 23rd of august.Since then the pain has gotten worse, these episodes seem to be getting closer together, it's been affecting my life dramatically and even my relationship with my partner. I had tests the other day to show that I am severely low in iron which proves just how much blood i have been losing.
So right now I am waiting fr the 23rd, if i have another episode the drs are prepared to have me admitted to the hosp asap. Which is good. I never thought I would say this... but I am waiting for a episode!
I am so scared it will come back all normal. What if i am not having a episode when having it done and they find nothing?
All i want is answers because its ruining my life
So that is whats happening to me.