Well I was referred to a GI with nausea, bloating and quite some abdominal pain. After I told him everything he decided to do an ultrasound. The terminal ileum was thicker than usual, so he wanted blood (5 tubes that I saw) and told me he wanted to do a colonoscopy and gastroscopy, which will be on Tuesday 09-09. But he told me he thinks it very well could be crohn's disease.
If that's the case I hope that the treatment will give me a lot of freedom back. It was November 2008 that I apparently had appendicitis but they couldn't operate and I was in the hospital for 8 days. Kept having problems, but they didn't know why and in the years following I've even seen a gynecologist.
February 2009 we migrated to Germany(I'm Dutch) and shortly after I started having joint pain in my hands that have become unbearable and now affect almost all my joints, but mostly jaw, hands, feet, hips and back.
I no longer use NSAIDs since I keep getting gastritis all the time for one year now, despite PPI (Rabeprazole).
Diclofenac did miracles for me but now it's just not worth it anymore. Had Arcoxia for about 10 weeks, made me sick as well. My GP was not happy and was literally swearing about my orthopedist.
The neurologist and rheumatologist were trying to get me to undergo surgery for CTS, and my physical therapist and orthopedist absolutely disagreed.
I've had heard of crohn's disease before, but never thought of it till now. I'm glad my GI is taking it so seriously, not the least since I was already like ''it not that bad'' again. I hope that when it is crohn's that with treatment i will be able to write normally again and less pain in general but also being less tired and maybe some appetite? Thanks for reading, it has become way longer than I wanted it to be...
If that's the case I hope that the treatment will give me a lot of freedom back. It was November 2008 that I apparently had appendicitis but they couldn't operate and I was in the hospital for 8 days. Kept having problems, but they didn't know why and in the years following I've even seen a gynecologist.
February 2009 we migrated to Germany(I'm Dutch) and shortly after I started having joint pain in my hands that have become unbearable and now affect almost all my joints, but mostly jaw, hands, feet, hips and back.
I no longer use NSAIDs since I keep getting gastritis all the time for one year now, despite PPI (Rabeprazole).
Diclofenac did miracles for me but now it's just not worth it anymore. Had Arcoxia for about 10 weeks, made me sick as well. My GP was not happy and was literally swearing about my orthopedist.
The neurologist and rheumatologist were trying to get me to undergo surgery for CTS, and my physical therapist and orthopedist absolutely disagreed.
I've had heard of crohn's disease before, but never thought of it till now. I'm glad my GI is taking it so seriously, not the least since I was already like ''it not that bad'' again. I hope that when it is crohn's that with treatment i will be able to write normally again and less pain in general but also being less tired and maybe some appetite? Thanks for reading, it has become way longer than I wanted it to be...
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