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Kate
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Hi Guys
Here is my Story, When i was 16 i had a reconstruction done to my knee and after the surgery i started to vomit alot and have good old D at the time i thought it was strange but just put it down to the meds i was on (how right was i) anyhow as time went on and these symtoms did lesson but infact increased i became concerend and went to my dr because we have high risk bowel cancer in my family. My Dr just gave me some anti neausa pills and said go away. When these didnt help i went back and he said that i have IBS and that there is nothing wrong cause IBS is all in your head and that i have a virus (something i was going to hear from him for some time). So i gave up and after awhile it went away. Well for a couple of years anyhow. When i was 19 it came back with avengence I had pain which started around my stomach and then moved around to my appenics area and my bowel would spasum badly. So the dr sent me to a speicalist to see if i had appenicitis he poked and proded and said i didnt have appendicitis and sent me home. Well my dr still wasnt interested. One day i had intense pain that woulnt leave so my husband and i decided i had to go to hospital so off i went. all through this time i had been in and out of A&E's and they keeped telling me i must be pregnant which was impossible cause i felt to sick to even use any opportunity to get pregnant. Once i got there again i was told i must be pregnant untill my blood work came back as negative then they looked at my uteris which was fine then again they concentrated on my appendicts. During all this the rest of my blood work came and guess what again i have a virus and a high temp. They poked and prodded and came to no concluseions but keeped me in overnight because of my temp. So i was up all night with sever D and by the morning the pain had lessoned so they sent me home and to go see my dr for futher tests. I went to my dr who said it was IBS again. So i decided that it was all in my head and i would stop seeing the dr about it. Well 2 years later 2004 and i never really came 100% right and started to loose major weight became really lathergic and my bladder woulnd empty. So very scared i went to another dr who after looking at me put me on iron tabs sent me for blood work and refered me to a speicalist before the results came back because she could feel a mass in my bowel that was pushing against my bladder stopping me from emptying it. In New Zealand they have 2 health systems 1 is public and is paid for by the govenment and 2 is private where you pay for it yourself. Well we were going to go public but the 3 month weight would have killed me so we have to go private. Before my colonoscopy i was told i had cd and bad so he arranged for me to have my oscopy within 2 dyas of seeing him. Well yes i did have crohns no surprises there and next on my list was a CAT scan and that showed a inflamatory mass. so i was called back to the drs within 2 hours of the scan and had to make an emergency appointment with the surgeon who decided to try the meds first before opperateing which was a good move because i am told it was a mirricle that i still havent had surgery. I was on the pred for over a year and gianed 20kg but i have now been off it since march this year and am getting down to size again which is good. Although crohns sucks its easier to deal with it once you know what it is. In nz i have started up my own little forum but i do encorrage them to try other websites because they can get help from others which is never a bad thing.
Sorry to bore you all Best of luck
Kate
Here is my Story, When i was 16 i had a reconstruction done to my knee and after the surgery i started to vomit alot and have good old D at the time i thought it was strange but just put it down to the meds i was on (how right was i) anyhow as time went on and these symtoms did lesson but infact increased i became concerend and went to my dr because we have high risk bowel cancer in my family. My Dr just gave me some anti neausa pills and said go away. When these didnt help i went back and he said that i have IBS and that there is nothing wrong cause IBS is all in your head and that i have a virus (something i was going to hear from him for some time). So i gave up and after awhile it went away. Well for a couple of years anyhow. When i was 19 it came back with avengence I had pain which started around my stomach and then moved around to my appenics area and my bowel would spasum badly. So the dr sent me to a speicalist to see if i had appenicitis he poked and proded and said i didnt have appendicitis and sent me home. Well my dr still wasnt interested. One day i had intense pain that woulnt leave so my husband and i decided i had to go to hospital so off i went. all through this time i had been in and out of A&E's and they keeped telling me i must be pregnant which was impossible cause i felt to sick to even use any opportunity to get pregnant. Once i got there again i was told i must be pregnant untill my blood work came back as negative then they looked at my uteris which was fine then again they concentrated on my appendicts. During all this the rest of my blood work came and guess what again i have a virus and a high temp. They poked and prodded and came to no concluseions but keeped me in overnight because of my temp. So i was up all night with sever D and by the morning the pain had lessoned so they sent me home and to go see my dr for futher tests. I went to my dr who said it was IBS again. So i decided that it was all in my head and i would stop seeing the dr about it. Well 2 years later 2004 and i never really came 100% right and started to loose major weight became really lathergic and my bladder woulnd empty. So very scared i went to another dr who after looking at me put me on iron tabs sent me for blood work and refered me to a speicalist before the results came back because she could feel a mass in my bowel that was pushing against my bladder stopping me from emptying it. In New Zealand they have 2 health systems 1 is public and is paid for by the govenment and 2 is private where you pay for it yourself. Well we were going to go public but the 3 month weight would have killed me so we have to go private. Before my colonoscopy i was told i had cd and bad so he arranged for me to have my oscopy within 2 dyas of seeing him. Well yes i did have crohns no surprises there and next on my list was a CAT scan and that showed a inflamatory mass. so i was called back to the drs within 2 hours of the scan and had to make an emergency appointment with the surgeon who decided to try the meds first before opperateing which was a good move because i am told it was a mirricle that i still havent had surgery. I was on the pred for over a year and gianed 20kg but i have now been off it since march this year and am getting down to size again which is good. Although crohns sucks its easier to deal with it once you know what it is. In nz i have started up my own little forum but i do encorrage them to try other websites because they can get help from others which is never a bad thing.
Sorry to bore you all Best of luck
Kate
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