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turning over a new leaf
well first off id though id join up with a community to talk to other people like me. im 23 and living in georgia. im trying to finish up college, working and trying to keep a healthy relationship
last year in early fall i started experiencing stomach pains and it was hard for me to keep down anything i ate. i would get bloated in my stomach after eating. i went to a campus doctor, they just gave me some antacids and thought i had acid reflux. after losing about 30lbs i went to a gastroenternologist, after waiting a month to get an appointment at any place in atlanta. i was quickly diagnosed with crohns. they put me on prednisone(40mg) and imuran. my crohns was mostly affecting my lower stomach and the beginning of my large intestine.
after starting my meds i felt great. i started taking medicine right before thanksgiving and finally got to eat something good with taste. in the spring i started taking pentasa. this summer i was tappered off of the prednisone and my doctor began treatment with humira. everything was going great with it. all this year i haven't had much pain, let alone vomiting after eating.
a few weeks ago during finals, my pains and vomiting started up again. it feels like how i was when my problems initially started. i was out of town for the past two weeks on vacation but was sick pretty much the entire time. i had to take pain killers to help a lot. since the end of november i again lost about 20lbs from not being able to eat.
im going this week to talk with my doctor, prolly some more tests as usual. i want to nip this thing in the butt again. this summer was great not having any issues. im trying to make it my new years resolution to turn around my life style to help. its really been taking a toll on me lately physically and mentally.
so im coming here to listen to other peoples stories and to get advice on what has helped them in similar situations.
well first off id though id join up with a community to talk to other people like me. im 23 and living in georgia. im trying to finish up college, working and trying to keep a healthy relationship
last year in early fall i started experiencing stomach pains and it was hard for me to keep down anything i ate. i would get bloated in my stomach after eating. i went to a campus doctor, they just gave me some antacids and thought i had acid reflux. after losing about 30lbs i went to a gastroenternologist, after waiting a month to get an appointment at any place in atlanta. i was quickly diagnosed with crohns. they put me on prednisone(40mg) and imuran. my crohns was mostly affecting my lower stomach and the beginning of my large intestine.
after starting my meds i felt great. i started taking medicine right before thanksgiving and finally got to eat something good with taste. in the spring i started taking pentasa. this summer i was tappered off of the prednisone and my doctor began treatment with humira. everything was going great with it. all this year i haven't had much pain, let alone vomiting after eating.
a few weeks ago during finals, my pains and vomiting started up again. it feels like how i was when my problems initially started. i was out of town for the past two weeks on vacation but was sick pretty much the entire time. i had to take pain killers to help a lot. since the end of november i again lost about 20lbs from not being able to eat.
im going this week to talk with my doctor, prolly some more tests as usual. i want to nip this thing in the butt again. this summer was great not having any issues. im trying to make it my new years resolution to turn around my life style to help. its really been taking a toll on me lately physically and mentally.
so im coming here to listen to other peoples stories and to get advice on what has helped them in similar situations.
