Hello everyone!
I'm very new to this blog and to Crohn's disease in general. I'm 22 years old, and I'm an actress/singer living in LA. When my docs started suspecting that I have Crohn's, I started researching a lot and I'm very glad I found this blog. It's great to know that you're not alone there!
I got my first symptoms 1,5 years ago, when I got sick and thought I had food poisoning but wouldn't get better. I didn't have great insurance at that point, so I had to fly back to Ukraine (where I'm originally from), and the docs there diagnosed me with a roundworm parasite, that they treated and I got a little better. But then a few months later, I felt sick again, so I went to an infectious disease doc, and they diagnosed me with a tapeworm, which they treated 4 times, but I still wouldn't get better, when all my tests were fine. So the docs decided to do a colonoscopy, and they saw that my ileum was inflamed and had ulcers, so they suspected that I have Crohn's. Unfortunately, at the same time I was diagnosed with a carcinoid tumor so the docs were more worried about that, and left my ileitis undiagnosed and untreated. They removed the tumor, and now I'm cancer free, but I still feel sick all the time. I was hospitalized for two weeks cause of having severe lower right abdominal pain, thinking it was appendicitis. But the docs ruled that out, and finally started treating me for Crohn's with Entocort. So I've been taking it only for a few days, but I was wondering how fast should it really kick in if it's really Crohn's. At the moment I'm experiencing a lot of Crohn's like symptoms, but also some of my symptoms are unordinary for Crohn's. I have this weird itching all over my body with muscle/joint pain and discomfort, as well as eye dryness/itchiness and rectum pain/itchiness. And I'm trying to figure out if it could be all connected to Crohn's, or it's something else.
Sorry for making this so long, but I just wanted to share this story with you guys, and see what you think.
Thanks a lot,
Katrina
I'm very new to this blog and to Crohn's disease in general. I'm 22 years old, and I'm an actress/singer living in LA. When my docs started suspecting that I have Crohn's, I started researching a lot and I'm very glad I found this blog. It's great to know that you're not alone there!
I got my first symptoms 1,5 years ago, when I got sick and thought I had food poisoning but wouldn't get better. I didn't have great insurance at that point, so I had to fly back to Ukraine (where I'm originally from), and the docs there diagnosed me with a roundworm parasite, that they treated and I got a little better. But then a few months later, I felt sick again, so I went to an infectious disease doc, and they diagnosed me with a tapeworm, which they treated 4 times, but I still wouldn't get better, when all my tests were fine. So the docs decided to do a colonoscopy, and they saw that my ileum was inflamed and had ulcers, so they suspected that I have Crohn's. Unfortunately, at the same time I was diagnosed with a carcinoid tumor so the docs were more worried about that, and left my ileitis undiagnosed and untreated. They removed the tumor, and now I'm cancer free, but I still feel sick all the time. I was hospitalized for two weeks cause of having severe lower right abdominal pain, thinking it was appendicitis. But the docs ruled that out, and finally started treating me for Crohn's with Entocort. So I've been taking it only for a few days, but I was wondering how fast should it really kick in if it's really Crohn's. At the moment I'm experiencing a lot of Crohn's like symptoms, but also some of my symptoms are unordinary for Crohn's. I have this weird itching all over my body with muscle/joint pain and discomfort, as well as eye dryness/itchiness and rectum pain/itchiness. And I'm trying to figure out if it could be all connected to Crohn's, or it's something else.
Sorry for making this so long, but I just wanted to share this story with you guys, and see what you think.
Thanks a lot,
Katrina
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