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This all came on so strange for me. I was feeling really great, boxing five days a week, just feeling really well. Then one day I just all of the sudden got the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life with nausia and vomiting. I had my best friend come over and he sat with me for about eight hours until it passed. This seemed pretty strange but the next day I felt much better. My stomach stayed off for a couple weeks though, so I assumed I had a stomach bug. Later in the month the feeling came back worse. I got real tired and started to lose weight and have some mild pain. I got a colonoscopy and that's how I got diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Shortly after the colonoscopy my sympoms improved and I gained the weight back without being on any medications. I felt pretty much fine with the occasional bad day until February. Then it started getting a lot worse for me. I started on Pentasa and Entocort. Since february I have gotten worse and worse and I'm not feeling good at all now. I just started prednisone last week and am taking percocet and zofram. I'm really worried about the amount of pain and nausia I have. My doctor wants to start me on Remicade. This has really been an eye opening thing for, cause I know so many people have this so much worse than I do. I'm a college student and had to drop out of classes this semester. I'm usually such an active person, it's really hard having to just stay home a lot. Fortunately though, I have a wonderful family and girlfriend who are very supportive. Playing music has been a big help in keeping productive and keeping my spirits up too.
Aside from all that here's a bit about me: I'm a college student studying biology at Emory University. I play bass and love music. I have a wonderful girlfriend I've been living with for six years and I'm proposing to her next week. I'm big into the outdoors, I love hiking, camping, caving, hunting, fishing. I box. I love riding motorcycles. I love reading. And I love dogs. I have a siberian husky named Thor. Glad to meet you all!
Oh yes, and one more thing. My percocet and zofram seem to be constipating me a bit. Any suggestions on a gentle laxative for those drugs? I've tried milk of magnesia but it was a little intense.
This all came on so strange for me. I was feeling really great, boxing five days a week, just feeling really well. Then one day I just all of the sudden got the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life with nausia and vomiting. I had my best friend come over and he sat with me for about eight hours until it passed. This seemed pretty strange but the next day I felt much better. My stomach stayed off for a couple weeks though, so I assumed I had a stomach bug. Later in the month the feeling came back worse. I got real tired and started to lose weight and have some mild pain. I got a colonoscopy and that's how I got diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Shortly after the colonoscopy my sympoms improved and I gained the weight back without being on any medications. I felt pretty much fine with the occasional bad day until February. Then it started getting a lot worse for me. I started on Pentasa and Entocort. Since february I have gotten worse and worse and I'm not feeling good at all now. I just started prednisone last week and am taking percocet and zofram. I'm really worried about the amount of pain and nausia I have. My doctor wants to start me on Remicade. This has really been an eye opening thing for, cause I know so many people have this so much worse than I do. I'm a college student and had to drop out of classes this semester. I'm usually such an active person, it's really hard having to just stay home a lot. Fortunately though, I have a wonderful family and girlfriend who are very supportive. Playing music has been a big help in keeping productive and keeping my spirits up too.
Aside from all that here's a bit about me: I'm a college student studying biology at Emory University. I play bass and love music. I have a wonderful girlfriend I've been living with for six years and I'm proposing to her next week. I'm big into the outdoors, I love hiking, camping, caving, hunting, fishing. I box. I love riding motorcycles. I love reading. And I love dogs. I have a siberian husky named Thor. Glad to meet you all!
Oh yes, and one more thing. My percocet and zofram seem to be constipating me a bit. Any suggestions on a gentle laxative for those drugs? I've tried milk of magnesia but it was a little intense.