Hello everyone and thank you for reading this!
I have been recently (this month) diagnosed with Crohn's disease. My doctor has not been straightforward regarding which area of the small bowel is affected, but from what I understand, the disease is affecting all three segments.
I'm 28 years old, and I have always noticed weird symptoms after eating (since I was a kid) but they were inconsistent, at best.
Within the last 2 years, or so, I have noticed several red-alert foods that upon ingestion would cause me to feel: (1) very irritable/impatient (2) very bloated and (3) very light-headed. The list kept of red-alert food kept growing and getting longer that this this past year, I would rather force myself to vomit if I ate them, than to have these symptoms. Needless to say, I have lost weight, and I have been quite anxious about it.
I decided to set up an appointment with my wife's GI (she has UC- this must be very rare to have a married couple with UC and CD). My GI did an upper endoscopy, a colonoscopy, and a capsule endoscopy and has diagnosed me with Crohn's. He has prescribed Pentasa and Xifaxan which I've been diligently taking for the last month.
I noticed that my bowel movements are much more formed, but I still swing between states of constipation and need to go the bathroom multiple times in the morning. In addition, I feel fatigued on some days, and I am not sure this regimen is working.
I think my condition is fairly mild (especially compared to what I have read in other posts) but I wanted to get some advice, especially pertaining to:
1. Diet - are my symptoms consistent with what you experience from trigger foods (i.e., fogginess, bloating, mild pain, and irritability)
2. I have been on my pills for about a month and the only difference I've noticed is that my bowels are more well-formed, but I still have pain and lethargy. From your experience, should I wait longer for the pills to work, or should I tell my doctor?
3. Do you have advice on how to discover trigger foods? I am very afraid to try foods and I stick to the same menu every day (excepting dinner).
*I noticed that when I feel the way I feel after eating trigger foods, if I load up on baking soda, the feeling sometimes passes. Do you have similar experiences?
Thank you so much for all of your help, I really appreciate it! I feel a bit lost and unsure whether these symptoms are severe enough to warrant such a reaction.
I have been recently (this month) diagnosed with Crohn's disease. My doctor has not been straightforward regarding which area of the small bowel is affected, but from what I understand, the disease is affecting all three segments.
I'm 28 years old, and I have always noticed weird symptoms after eating (since I was a kid) but they were inconsistent, at best.
Within the last 2 years, or so, I have noticed several red-alert foods that upon ingestion would cause me to feel: (1) very irritable/impatient (2) very bloated and (3) very light-headed. The list kept of red-alert food kept growing and getting longer that this this past year, I would rather force myself to vomit if I ate them, than to have these symptoms. Needless to say, I have lost weight, and I have been quite anxious about it.
I decided to set up an appointment with my wife's GI (she has UC- this must be very rare to have a married couple with UC and CD). My GI did an upper endoscopy, a colonoscopy, and a capsule endoscopy and has diagnosed me with Crohn's. He has prescribed Pentasa and Xifaxan which I've been diligently taking for the last month.
I noticed that my bowel movements are much more formed, but I still swing between states of constipation and need to go the bathroom multiple times in the morning. In addition, I feel fatigued on some days, and I am not sure this regimen is working.
I think my condition is fairly mild (especially compared to what I have read in other posts) but I wanted to get some advice, especially pertaining to:
1. Diet - are my symptoms consistent with what you experience from trigger foods (i.e., fogginess, bloating, mild pain, and irritability)
2. I have been on my pills for about a month and the only difference I've noticed is that my bowels are more well-formed, but I still have pain and lethargy. From your experience, should I wait longer for the pills to work, or should I tell my doctor?
3. Do you have advice on how to discover trigger foods? I am very afraid to try foods and I stick to the same menu every day (excepting dinner).
*I noticed that when I feel the way I feel after eating trigger foods, if I load up on baking soda, the feeling sometimes passes. Do you have similar experiences?
Thank you so much for all of your help, I really appreciate it! I feel a bit lost and unsure whether these symptoms are severe enough to warrant such a reaction.
