my story
hi my names derek first started having problems diarhorrea and abdominal pains which my doctor thought was gastroentroitis had this for about6 weeks that went away but not totally still had lingering dull pain in abdominal which then got worse so went back to the doctors who sent me for some tests as he thought it could be ibd. after seeing specialist i wen for a colonscopy which was nice lol and the surgeon thought it was ulcerative colitis. just went back to the hospital after further blood tests and stool samples and they now think i have crohns, no i have been on pentasa for around 4 months now seen some improvement but then has got really bad agin. my bloods came fine apart from something showing high in my liver which they were concerned about now have to have a ultrasound on my liver and had more bloods done, really dont know whats going on now its so much to take in with specialists i know it can take some time to diagnose. just wondered if you guys could offer some advice as im getting worried about it now. something also showed up in the bloods which indicated to them it could be crihns but cant remmeber what it was as it was so much to take in. treid doing some research into crihns but find more stuff that puts the frightners on it! sorry for the long intro Thanks for Reading :yfaint:
hi my names derek first started having problems diarhorrea and abdominal pains which my doctor thought was gastroentroitis had this for about6 weeks that went away but not totally still had lingering dull pain in abdominal which then got worse so went back to the doctors who sent me for some tests as he thought it could be ibd. after seeing specialist i wen for a colonscopy which was nice lol and the surgeon thought it was ulcerative colitis. just went back to the hospital after further blood tests and stool samples and they now think i have crohns, no i have been on pentasa for around 4 months now seen some improvement but then has got really bad agin. my bloods came fine apart from something showing high in my liver which they were concerned about now have to have a ultrasound on my liver and had more bloods done, really dont know whats going on now its so much to take in with specialists i know it can take some time to diagnose. just wondered if you guys could offer some advice as im getting worried about it now. something also showed up in the bloods which indicated to them it could be crihns but cant remmeber what it was as it was so much to take in. treid doing some research into crihns but find more stuff that puts the frightners on it! sorry for the long intro Thanks for Reading :yfaint: