Hi everyone,
I am a bit perplexed, and could use some advice / input...
How it started:
About 3 months ago I had a heavy feeling below my belly button & I got really fatigued for 3 days which isn't normal for me. I went to the doctor and she thought my appendix was about to explode, they did a CT scan and said that part of my small intestine was inflamed. They said it could be bacterial or a small infection and that as long as it felt better within a few days it was fine, and if not to let them know.
Then:
It got better, but I still felt a little more gassy & bloated than normal, but no other symptoms. About a month later it happened again for about 3 days where I got really tired and didn't feel great (I was traveling so couldn't look at it right away). And then I was good for about a month, and then it came back and hurt again, this time a bit worse than before. I went in for more tests. They did a load of blood work and another CT scan, and saw the same area was inflamed. The blood work all returned 100% normal for everything, and the blood work to check for IBD returned negative. I switched to an IBS diet for a few weeks and the bloated feeling went away, and after about 2 weeks I was back to eating normally.
Surgery & Biopsy:
The doctor recommended laparoscopic surgery to get a chunk of it so we could see what it was definitively and remove the inflamed part, as they were worried it might be cancer and generally seemed to have no clue. I did the surgery about a week ago and the surgeon removed about 11 inches of my small intestine that was inflamed he said. It was not near my ileum and the rest looked fine he said. The pathology report is waiting for me at his office to grab tomorrow, and they said it look's like crohn's.
I am 33, never had any issues before. I didn't have really any diarrhea during the lead up to all of this, and I only had it for about 10 days when I started taking probiotics just to increase gut health.
Has anyone started their Crohn's diagnoses like this?
Can anyone share a similar story?
I read through the stories and everyone's cases seemed very severe, is that going to happen eventually or do some people just have a very mild case? Anyone heard of anything like this that could also cause part of your small intestine to decide to be inflamed ?
Thanks for the help!
I am a bit perplexed, and could use some advice / input...
How it started:
About 3 months ago I had a heavy feeling below my belly button & I got really fatigued for 3 days which isn't normal for me. I went to the doctor and she thought my appendix was about to explode, they did a CT scan and said that part of my small intestine was inflamed. They said it could be bacterial or a small infection and that as long as it felt better within a few days it was fine, and if not to let them know.
Then:
It got better, but I still felt a little more gassy & bloated than normal, but no other symptoms. About a month later it happened again for about 3 days where I got really tired and didn't feel great (I was traveling so couldn't look at it right away). And then I was good for about a month, and then it came back and hurt again, this time a bit worse than before. I went in for more tests. They did a load of blood work and another CT scan, and saw the same area was inflamed. The blood work all returned 100% normal for everything, and the blood work to check for IBD returned negative. I switched to an IBS diet for a few weeks and the bloated feeling went away, and after about 2 weeks I was back to eating normally.
Surgery & Biopsy:
The doctor recommended laparoscopic surgery to get a chunk of it so we could see what it was definitively and remove the inflamed part, as they were worried it might be cancer and generally seemed to have no clue. I did the surgery about a week ago and the surgeon removed about 11 inches of my small intestine that was inflamed he said. It was not near my ileum and the rest looked fine he said. The pathology report is waiting for me at his office to grab tomorrow, and they said it look's like crohn's.
I am 33, never had any issues before. I didn't have really any diarrhea during the lead up to all of this, and I only had it for about 10 days when I started taking probiotics just to increase gut health.
Has anyone started their Crohn's diagnoses like this?
Can anyone share a similar story?
I read through the stories and everyone's cases seemed very severe, is that going to happen eventually or do some people just have a very mild case? Anyone heard of anything like this that could also cause part of your small intestine to decide to be inflamed ?
Thanks for the help!