Hi everyone
I have had gut problems since i was young, they said gastro something back then, i was put on zantac at some point and was on that for 20 plus years, I am 53 now, recovering from a TBI and from gall bladder removal last year that caused pancreatitis, about two years after i had my TBI my guts started hurting again and i started asking more questions from my doc, he did a blood test then told me i had IBS, I had problems with my gut a long time, he said to to eat certain foods and that would help it, back then i told him about these attackes on my right side, like a fist in my upper gut and sick to my stomach, i saw 4 more gastro docs, after that each one said a different thing, the first one started off with wanting to do a endoscopy and colonoscopy, i asked if i needed that for IBS? he said i might have IBD, sp i explained after my TBI i was told i should not go under unless its critical, i might not wake up, when i had my gallbladder out last year i wouldnt wake up, my son sat and watched it all, my sister to, she said i turned yellow my bp was 90 over 40, my temperature was 93, the nurses were rushing all around, they could get blood from my finger, i did wake up obviously lol, I was having gall bladder attacks two and 3 times a week, i went to ER for them once, sat in ER for over 12 hours before being seen by a doc or nurse, i told the doc please scan my right side here its like a fist, he said no you have a belly ache go see a doc, dang i was mad, couple years after that my left side started hurting also i keep telling my docs this stuff they tell me to eat lentils and beans and veggies, i tell them about the attacks and the left side now hurting, they said eat more veggies gave me diet paperwork, keep in mind i had now lost almost 80lbs. I went from 205 to 126 at one point i was 116lbs after gall bladder surgery, im back to 132 or so, then this last november i had my back go out and my guts hurt like heck, felt raw, was feeling sick mostly at night after dinner, decided i needed all new docs, enough was enough, i found a great GP who also works with internal medicine, I found a great gastro doc who really seems like he wants to find out whats going on, he wants to do the colonoscopy at a hospital that has a really bad rep, when he heard what had been going on he started running all kinds of tests, my GP said my liver enzymes were high, but said everything else looked ok, the gastro doc ran a stool test his nurse called me and said you tested positive for crohns, i went what? i begged for an explanation she said no wait for your doc visit next week. so i see him, he says he looked at a CT with contrast from when i had my gal bladder attack and it did not show anything that looked like crohns, the only thing they saw was minor colonic wall thickening, he ordered a colonoscopy anyway which i am about to schedule, i need to know at this point. my GP said to go on a low residue diet for now, i been eating lots of cereal and pasta with ketchup, i get minor pain or cramp kinda thing some of the time a good bowel movement or passing gas can make it feel a little better. i had seen 4 gastro docs before this one, i found out later only one was an actual gastro doc, the others where NPs, either way, i guess im here because im concerned about all this, im mad, I have to raise my child, im a single Dad with a great kid, i need to be around allot longer for him, my pain mostly is in my left side, from the center along the lower edge of my rib cage, when i have pains if i feel or hear my stomach gurgle it usually feels better, it feels like something is putting pressure from the inside of me, it happens mostly at night after dinner when i sit down to relax, what do you folks pains feel like? does this sound like crohns?
I have had gut problems since i was young, they said gastro something back then, i was put on zantac at some point and was on that for 20 plus years, I am 53 now, recovering from a TBI and from gall bladder removal last year that caused pancreatitis, about two years after i had my TBI my guts started hurting again and i started asking more questions from my doc, he did a blood test then told me i had IBS, I had problems with my gut a long time, he said to to eat certain foods and that would help it, back then i told him about these attackes on my right side, like a fist in my upper gut and sick to my stomach, i saw 4 more gastro docs, after that each one said a different thing, the first one started off with wanting to do a endoscopy and colonoscopy, i asked if i needed that for IBS? he said i might have IBD, sp i explained after my TBI i was told i should not go under unless its critical, i might not wake up, when i had my gallbladder out last year i wouldnt wake up, my son sat and watched it all, my sister to, she said i turned yellow my bp was 90 over 40, my temperature was 93, the nurses were rushing all around, they could get blood from my finger, i did wake up obviously lol, I was having gall bladder attacks two and 3 times a week, i went to ER for them once, sat in ER for over 12 hours before being seen by a doc or nurse, i told the doc please scan my right side here its like a fist, he said no you have a belly ache go see a doc, dang i was mad, couple years after that my left side started hurting also i keep telling my docs this stuff they tell me to eat lentils and beans and veggies, i tell them about the attacks and the left side now hurting, they said eat more veggies gave me diet paperwork, keep in mind i had now lost almost 80lbs. I went from 205 to 126 at one point i was 116lbs after gall bladder surgery, im back to 132 or so, then this last november i had my back go out and my guts hurt like heck, felt raw, was feeling sick mostly at night after dinner, decided i needed all new docs, enough was enough, i found a great GP who also works with internal medicine, I found a great gastro doc who really seems like he wants to find out whats going on, he wants to do the colonoscopy at a hospital that has a really bad rep, when he heard what had been going on he started running all kinds of tests, my GP said my liver enzymes were high, but said everything else looked ok, the gastro doc ran a stool test his nurse called me and said you tested positive for crohns, i went what? i begged for an explanation she said no wait for your doc visit next week. so i see him, he says he looked at a CT with contrast from when i had my gal bladder attack and it did not show anything that looked like crohns, the only thing they saw was minor colonic wall thickening, he ordered a colonoscopy anyway which i am about to schedule, i need to know at this point. my GP said to go on a low residue diet for now, i been eating lots of cereal and pasta with ketchup, i get minor pain or cramp kinda thing some of the time a good bowel movement or passing gas can make it feel a little better. i had seen 4 gastro docs before this one, i found out later only one was an actual gastro doc, the others where NPs, either way, i guess im here because im concerned about all this, im mad, I have to raise my child, im a single Dad with a great kid, i need to be around allot longer for him, my pain mostly is in my left side, from the center along the lower edge of my rib cage, when i have pains if i feel or hear my stomach gurgle it usually feels better, it feels like something is putting pressure from the inside of me, it happens mostly at night after dinner when i sit down to relax, what do you folks pains feel like? does this sound like crohns?
