I have Crohn's disease. So where do I start?
Around christmas time i started getting pains in my lower abdomen kind of like when you get bad gas but it was tolerable. Into around mid January it started to get worse and unconfortable enough to just be struggling just to get through work. I went to my doctor and he just gave me some drugs that could help with minor IBS. I started those and they did absolutely nothing, the pain was still there and has gotten even worse. After that my doctor put me through to a gastroenterologist to see if she could help me.
She said getting a colonoscopy would be the best thing for me to get to see whats going on. I had it done Feb 4th and then followed up with her a few weeks later. In the meantime the pain got so bad that I went to my regular doctor and got perscribed percocets for it(the addiction to those wonderfull percocets is another story). When I followed up with the specialist she said it was most likely acute Crohn's which has formed at the end of my small intestine(the ileum) and perscribed antibiotics and a steroidal anti-inflamatory drug.(Budesonide). I started taking those and it seemed to be working good for a few weeks until Feb 28th right after Crosby scored the winning goal for Canada I dropped to the ground in extreme pain and was rushed to emergency.
I was immidiately hooked up to IV and painkillers and had many different scans and blood tests done. It turned out the inflammed area of my intestine fissured through my intestine wall and was absessing. I stayed in the hospital for 17 days recovering on many drugs including prednisone, and lots of antibiotics. I left the hospital fealing great and ready to get back to my regular life. At home I kept on prednisone(a savage steroid anti-inflamatory) and started another drug to try and keep me in remission(when the Crohn's isn't flaring).
Everything was going good until about mid April when I awoke at 2am in the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life. I could describe it as someone stabbing and scraping the inside of my intestine with a knife then putting salt and vinegar on it. I instantly knew I had to go to the hospital immediatley. It took me 5 minutes to get to the car from my house which is about 20 feet away. When I got there I was hooked up again to IV and a massive amount of painkillers to get out of the torture that I was in. I had a few scans and the emergency room doctor came to me and explained that my intestine fissured through again and was absessing liquid and air into my abdominal cavity and said it would be the best idea to have emergency surgury to fix the situation. I agree'd and was wheeled into the OR.
I awoke to my mom and sister next to me and then passed out cause of the painkillers I was on which was self distributable which was dope. The next few days was a blur but when I came to to a sober state i talked to my Surgeon and he explained to me he removed 28cm of intestine(around a foot for you imperial users). The intestine was extremely diseased with inflammation scarring and fissuring throughout. I got released a week later with pain killers and now its been just over a month since I got out and I'm fealign absolutely great. My appitite is back and I'm going out with friends again.
I am also starting imuran next week to keep me in remission.
PS. I wrote this for another forum thats why I added some explanations about prednisone ect.
Around christmas time i started getting pains in my lower abdomen kind of like when you get bad gas but it was tolerable. Into around mid January it started to get worse and unconfortable enough to just be struggling just to get through work. I went to my doctor and he just gave me some drugs that could help with minor IBS. I started those and they did absolutely nothing, the pain was still there and has gotten even worse. After that my doctor put me through to a gastroenterologist to see if she could help me.
She said getting a colonoscopy would be the best thing for me to get to see whats going on. I had it done Feb 4th and then followed up with her a few weeks later. In the meantime the pain got so bad that I went to my regular doctor and got perscribed percocets for it(the addiction to those wonderfull percocets is another story). When I followed up with the specialist she said it was most likely acute Crohn's which has formed at the end of my small intestine(the ileum) and perscribed antibiotics and a steroidal anti-inflamatory drug.(Budesonide). I started taking those and it seemed to be working good for a few weeks until Feb 28th right after Crosby scored the winning goal for Canada I dropped to the ground in extreme pain and was rushed to emergency.
I was immidiately hooked up to IV and painkillers and had many different scans and blood tests done. It turned out the inflammed area of my intestine fissured through my intestine wall and was absessing. I stayed in the hospital for 17 days recovering on many drugs including prednisone, and lots of antibiotics. I left the hospital fealing great and ready to get back to my regular life. At home I kept on prednisone(a savage steroid anti-inflamatory) and started another drug to try and keep me in remission(when the Crohn's isn't flaring).
Everything was going good until about mid April when I awoke at 2am in the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life. I could describe it as someone stabbing and scraping the inside of my intestine with a knife then putting salt and vinegar on it. I instantly knew I had to go to the hospital immediatley. It took me 5 minutes to get to the car from my house which is about 20 feet away. When I got there I was hooked up again to IV and a massive amount of painkillers to get out of the torture that I was in. I had a few scans and the emergency room doctor came to me and explained that my intestine fissured through again and was absessing liquid and air into my abdominal cavity and said it would be the best idea to have emergency surgury to fix the situation. I agree'd and was wheeled into the OR.
I awoke to my mom and sister next to me and then passed out cause of the painkillers I was on which was self distributable which was dope. The next few days was a blur but when I came to to a sober state i talked to my Surgeon and he explained to me he removed 28cm of intestine(around a foot for you imperial users). The intestine was extremely diseased with inflammation scarring and fissuring throughout. I got released a week later with pain killers and now its been just over a month since I got out and I'm fealign absolutely great. My appitite is back and I'm going out with friends again.
I am also starting imuran next week to keep me in remission.
PS. I wrote this for another forum thats why I added some explanations about prednisone ect.
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