Hello!
I have Crohns diesase. I have suffered all of my life, but was only finally diagnosed in 2005.
When i was a child my parents were told 'your daughter has a migraine stomach and suffers with her nerves!' 'The pains in her joints are simply growing pains - she is tall for her age' 'don't allow her to eat ice cream - that is what is causing the upset tummy'......and so on.
In 2005 i was in and out of hospital and finally got a diagnosis. I could have kissed the consultant!!We had a long talk about treatment and meds, quality of life and the way forward.
Three years of steroids, antibiotics and Asathioprine, life became good.
I'd been in remission over a year, medication free - until last October. I was diagnosed with a tumour attached to a pelvic floor ligament, the size of an orange! It was benign (phew!)
BUT the op triggered the Crohns, not in the usual way like i had had it before - i wish i had taken shares in a loo roll company then!!!
oo: oo:
Today i was informed by my Doc that the red painful area on my palm is my Crohns flaring, yes i've had tummy ache and a few mouth ulcers, i'm very tired with aching joints, but i thought that i was just a bit run down.
So now i'm waiting for an urgent appointment with a consultant at the hospital to get the treatment sorted out.
So that's my short story - not the worse case in the world, but in my world it's been pretty bad at times, and at the mo i'm feeling pretty yuk!
:sorry:
I have Crohns diesase. I have suffered all of my life, but was only finally diagnosed in 2005.
When i was a child my parents were told 'your daughter has a migraine stomach and suffers with her nerves!' 'The pains in her joints are simply growing pains - she is tall for her age' 'don't allow her to eat ice cream - that is what is causing the upset tummy'......and so on.
In 2005 i was in and out of hospital and finally got a diagnosis. I could have kissed the consultant!!We had a long talk about treatment and meds, quality of life and the way forward.
Three years of steroids, antibiotics and Asathioprine, life became good.
I'd been in remission over a year, medication free - until last October. I was diagnosed with a tumour attached to a pelvic floor ligament, the size of an orange! It was benign (phew!)
BUT the op triggered the Crohns, not in the usual way like i had had it before - i wish i had taken shares in a loo roll company then!!!
oo: oo: Today i was informed by my Doc that the red painful area on my palm is my Crohns flaring, yes i've had tummy ache and a few mouth ulcers, i'm very tired with aching joints, but i thought that i was just a bit run down.
So now i'm waiting for an urgent appointment with a consultant at the hospital to get the treatment sorted out.
So that's my short story - not the worse case in the world, but in my world it's been pretty bad at times, and at the mo i'm feeling pretty yuk!
:sorry:
