always seek a second opinion
Hi all, my name is Jennifer and I am 28 years old and I am in the process of receiving a crohns diagnosis. I say process because I live in Canada and our helthcare system is beyond slow, it took six months just to see a specialist (i saw him last month) and it will be another four months before I can get in for a scope. Based on my symptoms and the inflamation visible on my stomach xrays, the specialist is pretty sure it's crohns.
I have been suffering with severe pain in my stomach acompanied by frequent bathroom trips, fatigue, joint pain, eye pain and large mouth ulcers as well as a host of other "unrelated" symptoms on and off for about six years. I have been told by different doctors that my symptoms are anywhere from normal to psycosomatic.
I had a baby girl about 11 months ago, I was ill my entire pregnancy and my daughter was born three months early via emergancy c-section. I had extreme abdominal pain and was so weak I could hardly get out of bed, I repeatedly told my doctor that I was very ill and that there was something wrong, but she insisted that I was just having normal pregnancy pains. I went into emerg. with pain so bad I could hardly stand up. They put me on a fetal heart monitor and discovered that the baby was in distress. that morning my daughter was born at 2 pounds 6 oz at 27 weeks gestation, they never could figure out what was wrong with me. She almost died, I will never forgive myself for not listening to my body and getting a second opinion, if I had seen another doctor she may have made it full term.
A few months ago I began passing large ammounts of blood with my stools and became so weak I could hardly stand. I was having fainting spells and it was discovered that I also had a heart arrythmia. I saw a doctor who ignored me and tryed to put me on antidepressants, so I found another doctor who actually listened to me and i was able to get a refferal to a specialist. I'm hoping to finally get some treatment soon.
Hi all, my name is Jennifer and I am 28 years old and I am in the process of receiving a crohns diagnosis. I say process because I live in Canada and our helthcare system is beyond slow, it took six months just to see a specialist (i saw him last month) and it will be another four months before I can get in for a scope. Based on my symptoms and the inflamation visible on my stomach xrays, the specialist is pretty sure it's crohns.
I have been suffering with severe pain in my stomach acompanied by frequent bathroom trips, fatigue, joint pain, eye pain and large mouth ulcers as well as a host of other "unrelated" symptoms on and off for about six years. I have been told by different doctors that my symptoms are anywhere from normal to psycosomatic.
I had a baby girl about 11 months ago, I was ill my entire pregnancy and my daughter was born three months early via emergancy c-section. I had extreme abdominal pain and was so weak I could hardly get out of bed, I repeatedly told my doctor that I was very ill and that there was something wrong, but she insisted that I was just having normal pregnancy pains. I went into emerg. with pain so bad I could hardly stand up. They put me on a fetal heart monitor and discovered that the baby was in distress. that morning my daughter was born at 2 pounds 6 oz at 27 weeks gestation, they never could figure out what was wrong with me. She almost died, I will never forgive myself for not listening to my body and getting a second opinion, if I had seen another doctor she may have made it full term.
A few months ago I began passing large ammounts of blood with my stools and became so weak I could hardly stand. I was having fainting spells and it was discovered that I also had a heart arrythmia. I saw a doctor who ignored me and tryed to put me on antidepressants, so I found another doctor who actually listened to me and i was able to get a refferal to a specialist. I'm hoping to finally get some treatment soon.
