Hello everybody...My name is Emily and I'm 21 years old. I'm currently dealing with a lot of stomach/bowel issues and currently awaiting further testing to diagnose whatever might be wrong with me! My doc thinks I have either Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis, personally in my pea brain I think it's Crohn's just due to the location of my pain (on my right side just under my belly button), but of course I'm no doctor so we will see I suppose.
This whole saga began in December of 2009 a couple of weeks before Christmas. I just had this pain in my stomach that would not go away for almost a week. I went to my doc who did some blood work and a x-ray of my abdomen and after that came back normal I was told it must be IBS and given some Bentyl to help with the pain. My pain eventually seemed to go away, but I was feeling very nauseated and just generally uncomfortable most of the time. The Bentyl did absolutely nothing, so I gave up on that after several weeks. I also tried making a food diary as suggested in an IBS book I read, but I couldn't seem to find any certain patterns as to what was causing my upset stomach.... So I gave up on that too, LOL...
So in the meantime my stomach is continuing to hurt, I feel like throwing up everyday of my life, etc... And then I start getting a lot of diarrhea.... At first it wasn't so bad, I was only going two or three times a day. But it started to get more and more frequent and I was getting a lot of this mucous like stuff in my stool and it was so painful to pass I would have all this gas and bloating. But still I just figured it was the IBS so I tried to just deal with it.
Then in January I got sick with a cold that wouldn't seem to go away so I went to see my doctor and he prescribed antibiotics and steroids to help me heal. So I took them and a few days later I notice, hmm, my stomach doesn't hurt! I don't have all the gas and frequent diarrhea like I did!!!! YAY!!! So being the hypochondriac I am I start google-ing and I'm thinking oh crap I have a serious bowel problem, why else would these medicines cure me! But I didn't want to be dramatic and still thinking its just IBS I tried to deal. Then in February I started getting more diarrhea where I would be going six or seven times a day and I couldn't take it anymore. So I went back to the doctor and he says he is pretty sure this is probably Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis....
So currently I'm taking more steriods to help in the time being and I'm also awaiting a referal to a specialist because he thinks I need a colonoscopy to diagnose this for sure. I wasn't really stressing or anything, but last night I had this horrible nightmare that it was so painful and I was screaming for the doctor to stop and he refused... I know in real life it won't be THAT terrible, but still it makes me nervous. I'm just very impatient and I want to know what is wrong with me so they can give me something to control this. I'm so sick of having all this pain in my stomach each and every day and feeling like throwing up all the time....
I have a wonderful supportive husband but its just so hard to deal with sometimes. I feel terrible all the time and never wanna get off the couch or out of my comfy pants, LOL. Going to work drains me, so by the time I come home I just want a nap
I look foward to this site and am glad to have somewhere to at least know I'm not the only person feeling like this! I realize I don't have a full diagnosis yet, so I hope nobody thinks I'm a fraud for being on here.... LOL
Sorry for such a long post-thanks for reading and God bless.
This whole saga began in December of 2009 a couple of weeks before Christmas. I just had this pain in my stomach that would not go away for almost a week. I went to my doc who did some blood work and a x-ray of my abdomen and after that came back normal I was told it must be IBS and given some Bentyl to help with the pain. My pain eventually seemed to go away, but I was feeling very nauseated and just generally uncomfortable most of the time. The Bentyl did absolutely nothing, so I gave up on that after several weeks. I also tried making a food diary as suggested in an IBS book I read, but I couldn't seem to find any certain patterns as to what was causing my upset stomach.... So I gave up on that too, LOL...
So in the meantime my stomach is continuing to hurt, I feel like throwing up everyday of my life, etc... And then I start getting a lot of diarrhea.... At first it wasn't so bad, I was only going two or three times a day. But it started to get more and more frequent and I was getting a lot of this mucous like stuff in my stool and it was so painful to pass I would have all this gas and bloating. But still I just figured it was the IBS so I tried to just deal with it.
Then in January I got sick with a cold that wouldn't seem to go away so I went to see my doctor and he prescribed antibiotics and steroids to help me heal. So I took them and a few days later I notice, hmm, my stomach doesn't hurt! I don't have all the gas and frequent diarrhea like I did!!!! YAY!!! So being the hypochondriac I am I start google-ing and I'm thinking oh crap I have a serious bowel problem, why else would these medicines cure me! But I didn't want to be dramatic and still thinking its just IBS I tried to deal. Then in February I started getting more diarrhea where I would be going six or seven times a day and I couldn't take it anymore. So I went back to the doctor and he says he is pretty sure this is probably Crohn's or Ulcerative Colitis....
So currently I'm taking more steriods to help in the time being and I'm also awaiting a referal to a specialist because he thinks I need a colonoscopy to diagnose this for sure. I wasn't really stressing or anything, but last night I had this horrible nightmare that it was so painful and I was screaming for the doctor to stop and he refused... I know in real life it won't be THAT terrible, but still it makes me nervous. I'm just very impatient and I want to know what is wrong with me so they can give me something to control this. I'm so sick of having all this pain in my stomach each and every day and feeling like throwing up all the time....
I have a wonderful supportive husband but its just so hard to deal with sometimes. I feel terrible all the time and never wanna get off the couch or out of my comfy pants, LOL. Going to work drains me, so by the time I come home I just want a nap
I look foward to this site and am glad to have somewhere to at least know I'm not the only person feeling like this! I realize I don't have a full diagnosis yet, so I hope nobody thinks I'm a fraud for being on here.... LOL
Sorry for such a long post-thanks for reading and God bless.