I recently found out that I have crohn's disease. At the end of January I was woken up in the middle of the night with severe abdominal pain and it hasn't stopped since.
After about a week my mom took me to the Emergency room because i was feverish and pale and apparently a little green around the gills. They did the typical work up, blood work ultra-sounds etc. They thought my appendix ruptured. No such Luck.. I was sent home and told to come back if it got worse.. It did..
A few days later i was at work and from about lunch time on (2:30am - i work nights) i was super nauseated and feeling totally unwell.. I got home a little earlier than normal and was bawling my eyes out from pain. My mom took me back to the hospital and they repeated pretty much everything they did the time before.. Only this time i almost puked all over the doctor. oops!
Still no answer but i was referred to an urgent medical clinic. After seeing that doctor a few times with no luck i was referred to a GI clinic.
My GI specialist is awesome! The first time i saw him, he suggested 3 potential diagnoses, and instead of doing one test and seeing if that worked, he did a whole bunch of blood work and also ordered a colonoscopy.
In may i got the results back from my scope, and unfortunately it is Crohn's. So.. We started a course of Entocort 9mg for 8 weeks, 6mg for 4 weeks and 3 mg for 4 weeks..
We're into week 9, and so far I'm not feeling really any better.. so after a follow-up with my GI he suggested a few more drugs to add, but as of yet i have to make a decision about it.. so I am looking forward to getting some input and reading other peoples experiences..
He suggested either Imuran or Methatrexate. If anyone wants to share their experience with either of these let me know, Im really torn.
Thanks so much!!
Juie
After about a week my mom took me to the Emergency room because i was feverish and pale and apparently a little green around the gills. They did the typical work up, blood work ultra-sounds etc. They thought my appendix ruptured. No such Luck.. I was sent home and told to come back if it got worse.. It did..
A few days later i was at work and from about lunch time on (2:30am - i work nights) i was super nauseated and feeling totally unwell.. I got home a little earlier than normal and was bawling my eyes out from pain. My mom took me back to the hospital and they repeated pretty much everything they did the time before.. Only this time i almost puked all over the doctor. oops!
Still no answer but i was referred to an urgent medical clinic. After seeing that doctor a few times with no luck i was referred to a GI clinic.
My GI specialist is awesome! The first time i saw him, he suggested 3 potential diagnoses, and instead of doing one test and seeing if that worked, he did a whole bunch of blood work and also ordered a colonoscopy.
In may i got the results back from my scope, and unfortunately it is Crohn's. So.. We started a course of Entocort 9mg for 8 weeks, 6mg for 4 weeks and 3 mg for 4 weeks..
We're into week 9, and so far I'm not feeling really any better.. so after a follow-up with my GI he suggested a few more drugs to add, but as of yet i have to make a decision about it.. so I am looking forward to getting some input and reading other peoples experiences..
He suggested either Imuran or Methatrexate. If anyone wants to share their experience with either of these let me know, Im really torn.
Thanks so much!!
Juie