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Hello people,
I am a 18 year old guy (almost 19) who goes to school and is doing pretty fine in life. I have been found with Crohn's about 2-3 years ago, getting it from my dad who has much more severe case. My mom has Gluten intolerance, which i also have a little bit.
My crohn's is a bit mixed but i am happy to know that some people here have some of the symptoms i have to the way I feel is not specific.
My Diet corresponds with semi-vegetarianism, where i only eat chicken and some sea food, never having much taste for the red meat. I love cheese but hate yogourt, and I tend to drink 1% milk rather than 2% like a lot of people. My favourite foods are pastas, casseroles and bakery sweets. I don't drink alcohol much, as in maybe once a month or less. I know which food will make me feel bloated or full and what i can digest easily and what i can't ( fast foods, fried food, red meat, a lot of pasta or a lot of bread takes time).
What I find funny here is that sometimes I feel so hungry, so empty, that there is a slight pain right in the stomach where the duodenum starts. This Part of my stomach is where the pain generally occurs and this can happen with any type of food.
I am currently taking Pentasa 4 pills a day with Folic Acid and Prevacid because I'M really bad with acidity. This helps a lot, when I have tested a lot of other medicines and none have proven to work. I have never been keen on taking meds much, until recently i had an appointment with my doc who put me back on pentasa (jan 11, 2010)... The thing I don't understand is that My crohn's is Not with Diarrhea or regular flair ups.
I am mostly constipated when I have flair ups, these happening about once every third month or when i have neglected my diet for a day or two (this is rare). Another funny thing is that I have not taken meds except prevacid between end february 2009 to around christmas. I don't recall having a flair up with pain or anything that could have put me in the slow down mode.
I am in the 5% of people who can't tolerate Purinethol, giving me Pancreatitis when I have taken it. This pancreatitis has happened twice in a year, once on meds and the second time because i had stock up on way too much chinese food.
Right now I am concerned about whether my meds (pentasa) are doing anything at all, except thinning my hair, since I feel like i was better before taking them. In The last week until now, I have felt as if I was constipated most of the time and with this i felt some inflammation pain in my large intestine. My Stomach itself is acting cranked up. It just feels as if the Pentasa are taking so much time to adapt itself and i wonder how long it'll kick back and work. I know that pentasa is suppose to work well within the small intestine and mostly with the large intestine up to the colon... but, sometimes i get scared and I don't know what to do.
I thought about laxatives, or some fiber that could help me pass stool easily and relax my large intestine for a while but I guess i'll have to call my doc to ask.
anyone has suggestions ? Regards?
Thank you!
I am a 18 year old guy (almost 19) who goes to school and is doing pretty fine in life. I have been found with Crohn's about 2-3 years ago, getting it from my dad who has much more severe case. My mom has Gluten intolerance, which i also have a little bit.
My crohn's is a bit mixed but i am happy to know that some people here have some of the symptoms i have to the way I feel is not specific.
My Diet corresponds with semi-vegetarianism, where i only eat chicken and some sea food, never having much taste for the red meat. I love cheese but hate yogourt, and I tend to drink 1% milk rather than 2% like a lot of people. My favourite foods are pastas, casseroles and bakery sweets. I don't drink alcohol much, as in maybe once a month or less. I know which food will make me feel bloated or full and what i can digest easily and what i can't ( fast foods, fried food, red meat, a lot of pasta or a lot of bread takes time).
What I find funny here is that sometimes I feel so hungry, so empty, that there is a slight pain right in the stomach where the duodenum starts. This Part of my stomach is where the pain generally occurs and this can happen with any type of food.
I am currently taking Pentasa 4 pills a day with Folic Acid and Prevacid because I'M really bad with acidity. This helps a lot, when I have tested a lot of other medicines and none have proven to work. I have never been keen on taking meds much, until recently i had an appointment with my doc who put me back on pentasa (jan 11, 2010)... The thing I don't understand is that My crohn's is Not with Diarrhea or regular flair ups.
I am mostly constipated when I have flair ups, these happening about once every third month or when i have neglected my diet for a day or two (this is rare). Another funny thing is that I have not taken meds except prevacid between end february 2009 to around christmas. I don't recall having a flair up with pain or anything that could have put me in the slow down mode.
I am in the 5% of people who can't tolerate Purinethol, giving me Pancreatitis when I have taken it. This pancreatitis has happened twice in a year, once on meds and the second time because i had stock up on way too much chinese food.
Right now I am concerned about whether my meds (pentasa) are doing anything at all, except thinning my hair, since I feel like i was better before taking them. In The last week until now, I have felt as if I was constipated most of the time and with this i felt some inflammation pain in my large intestine. My Stomach itself is acting cranked up. It just feels as if the Pentasa are taking so much time to adapt itself and i wonder how long it'll kick back and work. I know that pentasa is suppose to work well within the small intestine and mostly with the large intestine up to the colon... but, sometimes i get scared and I don't know what to do.
I thought about laxatives, or some fiber that could help me pass stool easily and relax my large intestine for a while but I guess i'll have to call my doc to ask.
anyone has suggestions ? Regards?
Thank you!
