hey all,
i have crohn's and my symptoms have improved since i've been on Remicade, though once in a while i have a bad episode.
my last severe flareup was in january (obstruction symptoms), and that was particularly unusual since the flare up happened within a couple days after my remicade infusion.
i have a stricture, it's a pretty severe stricture and my GI cannot get past it during a colonoscopy, he said 'it's like a pinhole' i'm not sure is he's exaggerating but in the meantime i'm waiting to have an MRI and we are going to see about surgery.
so ever since my stricture got bad, i sometimes experience obstruction symptoms, or constipation... generally my bowel habits have changed while on treatment so normally i don't have daily BM's maybe go 3 or 4 times a week - but before treatment i'd go once a day or i'd be constipated but never diarrhea
in the last couple weeks, i started having daily BM's which has been good, seemd normal just once a day in the morning which is fine for me...
but today, i woke up at about 7:45 am and it is now 8:40 pm and i've had probably at least 20 times had diarrhea.
this is very unusual for me... i have no pain... but lots of watery diarrhea which the frequency and consistency of it is exactly like what happens when i've had to do the prep solution before a colonoscopy but i've had nothing like that.
i've been going so much that there is nothing left. i finally decided to have bread and chicken soup to see if that would help slow things down...
anyway, i wanna know for those of you who experience the diarrhea symptoms (which i'm sure is most of you) how severe does it get and does it sound typical to get it as though i've had the laxative prep? this is so out of nowhere for me and i'm wondering if there is some other kind of blockage going on, the watery stool is bright orange/yellow and cloudy.
i did feel nauseous yesterday and felt like throwing up... but it was mild. usually with the obstruction i vomit and it's the same colour as the diarrhea i have so i\m thinking it's bile?
should i call my GI tomorrow or will it be stupid since most people with crohn's get episodes of diarrhea? i just know this is extremely unusual for me so i'm concerned now.
sorry for the long post, thanks to anyone who can share a similar experience or has advice to offer.
take care
i have crohn's and my symptoms have improved since i've been on Remicade, though once in a while i have a bad episode.
my last severe flareup was in january (obstruction symptoms), and that was particularly unusual since the flare up happened within a couple days after my remicade infusion.
i have a stricture, it's a pretty severe stricture and my GI cannot get past it during a colonoscopy, he said 'it's like a pinhole' i'm not sure is he's exaggerating but in the meantime i'm waiting to have an MRI and we are going to see about surgery.
so ever since my stricture got bad, i sometimes experience obstruction symptoms, or constipation... generally my bowel habits have changed while on treatment so normally i don't have daily BM's maybe go 3 or 4 times a week - but before treatment i'd go once a day or i'd be constipated but never diarrhea
in the last couple weeks, i started having daily BM's which has been good, seemd normal just once a day in the morning which is fine for me...
but today, i woke up at about 7:45 am and it is now 8:40 pm and i've had probably at least 20 times had diarrhea.
this is very unusual for me... i have no pain... but lots of watery diarrhea which the frequency and consistency of it is exactly like what happens when i've had to do the prep solution before a colonoscopy but i've had nothing like that.
i've been going so much that there is nothing left. i finally decided to have bread and chicken soup to see if that would help slow things down...
anyway, i wanna know for those of you who experience the diarrhea symptoms (which i'm sure is most of you) how severe does it get and does it sound typical to get it as though i've had the laxative prep? this is so out of nowhere for me and i'm wondering if there is some other kind of blockage going on, the watery stool is bright orange/yellow and cloudy.
i did feel nauseous yesterday and felt like throwing up... but it was mild. usually with the obstruction i vomit and it's the same colour as the diarrhea i have so i\m thinking it's bile?
should i call my GI tomorrow or will it be stupid since most people with crohn's get episodes of diarrhea? i just know this is extremely unusual for me so i'm concerned now.
sorry for the long post, thanks to anyone who can share a similar experience or has advice to offer.
take care
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