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Hi all! I am new here (obviously, right?) and I thought I would share a little bit of my story.
I wasn't diagnosed with Crohns until August of 2006, but I have had symptoms of this disease for many many many years. It started at work one day. I developed a pain in my right lower quadrant that would not go away. I tried to ignore it and that didn't work. I tried to relieve it by taking anti-gas pills and that didn't work. So I finally went to see a doctor. The first thing that was done was a CT Scan that showed inflammation in my ileo-cecal area (like I knew what that was all about) and we needed to do more tests. I was transported to a local are ER where they did more tests and gave no answers. It was truly inspirational I tell you :lol: !
Fast forward to a couple of months later after seeing both a surgeon and my gastro doc, it was decided that my thickening of the colon wall was too far progressed and it would have to be removed. So, I had a right hemi-cholectomy on 19 Sep 2006 ! I don't want to sound like too much of a baby, but what a HORRIBLY AWFUL surgery this was. I didn't want to wake up. I was in so much more pain than when I went in originally. I did get over it though. I have young ones at home and an awesome husband that I couldn't give up on!
I had hoped that the surgery would have put me into remission, but I still have symptoms every day and I have taken more than a few meds to combat this already. The next step is IMURAN! I am trying to sound excited.
I guess I just wanted to reach out to those of you who have experienced the same, or more likely, worse. I have it pretty mild I am told. I am dealing with it ok right now. I am pretty open about it which helps. I even have a bumper magnet on my SUV that reads "I am only speeding because I really have to POOP" isn't that the truth? Well, I look forward to reading all about others who have gone through this disease as well and hope to gain insight and wisdom from how you handled your struggles and how you all learned to cope. Take care!!
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Hi all! I am new here (obviously, right?) and I thought I would share a little bit of my story.
I wasn't diagnosed with Crohns until August of 2006, but I have had symptoms of this disease for many many many years. It started at work one day. I developed a pain in my right lower quadrant that would not go away. I tried to ignore it and that didn't work. I tried to relieve it by taking anti-gas pills and that didn't work. So I finally went to see a doctor. The first thing that was done was a CT Scan that showed inflammation in my ileo-cecal area (like I knew what that was all about) and we needed to do more tests. I was transported to a local are ER where they did more tests and gave no answers. It was truly inspirational I tell you :lol: !
Fast forward to a couple of months later after seeing both a surgeon and my gastro doc, it was decided that my thickening of the colon wall was too far progressed and it would have to be removed. So, I had a right hemi-cholectomy on 19 Sep 2006 ! I don't want to sound like too much of a baby, but what a HORRIBLY AWFUL surgery this was. I didn't want to wake up. I was in so much more pain than when I went in originally. I did get over it though. I have young ones at home and an awesome husband that I couldn't give up on!
I had hoped that the surgery would have put me into remission, but I still have symptoms every day and I have taken more than a few meds to combat this already. The next step is IMURAN! I am trying to sound excited.
I guess I just wanted to reach out to those of you who have experienced the same, or more likely, worse. I have it pretty mild I am told. I am dealing with it ok right now. I am pretty open about it which helps. I even have a bumper magnet on my SUV that reads "I am only speeding because I really have to POOP" isn't that the truth? Well, I look forward to reading all about others who have gone through this disease as well and hope to gain insight and wisdom from how you handled your struggles and how you all learned to cope. Take care!!
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