Hello All.
I am trying to convience myself that I have the stomach flu or food poisoning! For sometime I have felt like I have a rock in my stomach, I was taking some new meds and blamed it on those. Then last monday the pain in my stomach got really bad and then moved on to major cramping in my stomach and diarrhea. I figured I had food poisoning so I bared through the cramping and diarrhea all day Tues and when I woke up on Weds it just felt worse. I felt light headed, probably from being dehydrated, cramps continued and diarrhea. I felt so sick! My doctor sent me right over for a CT scan. Long story short, they told me I had liquid outside my intestines and sent me back to my doctor who told me I had free air outside my intestines and needed to get to the ER right away. I got to the hospital and they gave me a strong pain killer which stopped the cramps right away, lower right abdomen still very tender to push on. They have me do another CT scan but after drinking a bunch of fluid and IV dye. This CT scan indicated I had Crohns, thickening of the intestines. Then my GI doctor comes in and tells me I have Crohns disease or one of two things that if he told me I'd worry. I told him lets stick with Crohns and I didn't want to know what the other two things were. I was admitted into the hospital, hooked up to IV's and was give all kinds of meds and he started treating me for Crohns right away. Two days later I had a colonoscopy in the hospital and results look normal. Now he want's to do a capsule endoscopy.
It's been one week now from when the cramps started, I'm home and my stomach is still making all kinds of noise and I feel a bit light headed at times but I feel soooo much better!! Oh, I forgot, my WBC in my stool was moderate and my blood count WBC's were 8 at one time but then someone said another test read 4. I'm still betting on the flu/virus!
Those of you who have Crohns, what are you thoughts?? Does this sound like Crohns to you? Could it be the flu??? My symptoms are easing up after a week and it sounds like it takes at least 4 weeks normally.
I don't know anyone personallly with this disease and I have questions. I will be meeting with my GI doctor on Weds to discuss the capsule endoscopy.
I'm thankful you are here to share with us that are lost.
Sabrina
I am trying to convience myself that I have the stomach flu or food poisoning! For sometime I have felt like I have a rock in my stomach, I was taking some new meds and blamed it on those. Then last monday the pain in my stomach got really bad and then moved on to major cramping in my stomach and diarrhea. I figured I had food poisoning so I bared through the cramping and diarrhea all day Tues and when I woke up on Weds it just felt worse. I felt light headed, probably from being dehydrated, cramps continued and diarrhea. I felt so sick! My doctor sent me right over for a CT scan. Long story short, they told me I had liquid outside my intestines and sent me back to my doctor who told me I had free air outside my intestines and needed to get to the ER right away. I got to the hospital and they gave me a strong pain killer which stopped the cramps right away, lower right abdomen still very tender to push on. They have me do another CT scan but after drinking a bunch of fluid and IV dye. This CT scan indicated I had Crohns, thickening of the intestines. Then my GI doctor comes in and tells me I have Crohns disease or one of two things that if he told me I'd worry. I told him lets stick with Crohns and I didn't want to know what the other two things were. I was admitted into the hospital, hooked up to IV's and was give all kinds of meds and he started treating me for Crohns right away. Two days later I had a colonoscopy in the hospital and results look normal. Now he want's to do a capsule endoscopy.
It's been one week now from when the cramps started, I'm home and my stomach is still making all kinds of noise and I feel a bit light headed at times but I feel soooo much better!! Oh, I forgot, my WBC in my stool was moderate and my blood count WBC's were 8 at one time but then someone said another test read 4. I'm still betting on the flu/virus!
Those of you who have Crohns, what are you thoughts?? Does this sound like Crohns to you? Could it be the flu??? My symptoms are easing up after a week and it sounds like it takes at least 4 weeks normally.
I don't know anyone personallly with this disease and I have questions. I will be meeting with my GI doctor on Weds to discuss the capsule endoscopy.
I'm thankful you are here to share with us that are lost.
Sabrina