Newly diagnosed
Hello everyone! Earlier this week my gi dr's offices phoned me to let me know that I have crohns and to set up my appt. I am not sure I agree with this diagnoses. He is basing this on a stool test that has occult blood and white blood cells and a blood test of c-reactive protein that came back high. I don't know much about crohns though. About 10 yrs ago I started my gastro issues. A month after I had my first child I had my first bout of d in many many years. It was as painful as labor and I was in and out of the bathroom for a few hours. This happened here and there for a few years .
After I had my second child I would go a week without a BMW an then on the 7th day I would be in the bathroom in pain with d for hours. After 4weeks of this cycle I went to my first gi dr who did a colonoscopy to be safe. They found a precancerous polyp and told me I will need a colonoscopy every 5 yrs but otherwise everything looks good. He did give me antispasm pills and zelnorm. After a few yrs I started getting better. The pain decreased and I started having mild episodes only around my cycle. After I had my third child I was still doing good except now I was having indigestion, burning and nausea. So they did endoscope and said all was good that it was just my ibs.
So I started eating better. More home made got pregnant with my fourth child and after having 3 with food allergies at birth I went on a organic foods in hopes baby would not have any food allergies. Thankfully it did help. I was still doing good just very mild issues around my monthly cycle. Until may when my whole body was messed up. Cycle missed and started with d. Then I went 9 days without a bm. My daughter came back as having a wheat allergy in early aug so even though my celiac test was engine went on the diet with her. It has helped but once again I became c. Until the last 2wks. I am not in any pain and not having d but still in the bathroom a few times a day. I did just get bw for food allergies as well this week. So I should hear back from that soon. I also had my routine colonoscopy done end of July and colon looked fine no polyps as well. So I have at least a health large colon and I am more prone to c then d but do suffer from both. And the pain until recently was always in my upper left and. As many of you seem to have it in the lower right and. So I just don't think I seem to fit crohn as that is mostly d!? And I have good oscopies.
I also feel that even if I do have it, It is still just like ibs in that it is a symptom and I want to know more what is causing it rather then just treat my symptoms and that is it. I do not take meds so I am not really sure how I am going to handle that and my look into alternative med. my really biggest upset is if my children end up with it. When I saw my child with the food allergy have painful d I ached for her. Thankfully we found an allergy(my sister also has a wheat allergy). And she is finally starting to feel better. I guess I will find more out at my appt which is in 2 was.
Hello everyone! Earlier this week my gi dr's offices phoned me to let me know that I have crohns and to set up my appt. I am not sure I agree with this diagnoses. He is basing this on a stool test that has occult blood and white blood cells and a blood test of c-reactive protein that came back high. I don't know much about crohns though. About 10 yrs ago I started my gastro issues. A month after I had my first child I had my first bout of d in many many years. It was as painful as labor and I was in and out of the bathroom for a few hours. This happened here and there for a few years .
After I had my second child I would go a week without a BMW an then on the 7th day I would be in the bathroom in pain with d for hours. After 4weeks of this cycle I went to my first gi dr who did a colonoscopy to be safe. They found a precancerous polyp and told me I will need a colonoscopy every 5 yrs but otherwise everything looks good. He did give me antispasm pills and zelnorm. After a few yrs I started getting better. The pain decreased and I started having mild episodes only around my cycle. After I had my third child I was still doing good except now I was having indigestion, burning and nausea. So they did endoscope and said all was good that it was just my ibs.
So I started eating better. More home made got pregnant with my fourth child and after having 3 with food allergies at birth I went on a organic foods in hopes baby would not have any food allergies. Thankfully it did help. I was still doing good just very mild issues around my monthly cycle. Until may when my whole body was messed up. Cycle missed and started with d. Then I went 9 days without a bm. My daughter came back as having a wheat allergy in early aug so even though my celiac test was engine went on the diet with her. It has helped but once again I became c. Until the last 2wks. I am not in any pain and not having d but still in the bathroom a few times a day. I did just get bw for food allergies as well this week. So I should hear back from that soon. I also had my routine colonoscopy done end of July and colon looked fine no polyps as well. So I have at least a health large colon and I am more prone to c then d but do suffer from both. And the pain until recently was always in my upper left and. As many of you seem to have it in the lower right and. So I just don't think I seem to fit crohn as that is mostly d!? And I have good oscopies.
I also feel that even if I do have it, It is still just like ibs in that it is a symptom and I want to know more what is causing it rather then just treat my symptoms and that is it. I do not take meds so I am not really sure how I am going to handle that and my look into alternative med. my really biggest upset is if my children end up with it. When I saw my child with the food allergy have painful d I ached for her. Thankfully we found an allergy(my sister also has a wheat allergy). And she is finally starting to feel better. I guess I will find more out at my appt which is in 2 was.
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