Hi im Paulo, im 22, from London.. Well, my stories not the most interesting but it all started very quickly! I was gaining weight doing gym was getting into great shape! I then had a very bad week that lead to 3 months of stomach pains, vomitting so much that even my biol was coming out, blood in my poo and the smell of my wind and poo was something not to be described and i lost 2.5 stone of weight! The worst thing of all was my local doctor continuously diagnosing me wrong every time i visited! Then came the hospital!
Here, i had lots of tests Abdo X-ray, CT Abdo x2 and a Colonoscopy. This is when they diagnosed me with Crohns Disease and a localised perforation in the Ileocaecal Valve (where my crohns is) i was then placed on iv hydrocortisone which was GREAT! Then converted to oral steroids and i felt a new improved person honestly! Because of my rapid recovery they decided not to operate on my valve and was discharged with a bag full of medicine! Was so scary! But i was so happy too!
Finally got home was so happy, i was at first on 30mg Prednisolone (6 tablets a day slowly decreasing), 50mg Azathioprine (1 tablet a day), Mesalazine (6 tablets a day) and 400mg Metronidazole 1 a day for 3 days (now finished). now I'm on just the Prednisolone, mesalazine & Azathioprine and each day im feeling stronger and stronger i get tiny niggles but my poo is normal i guess i feel energised (probably due to prednisolone) I'm eating properly infact I'm better now than even before my Crohns symptoms even started! But i've read stories on here and they really scared me! It seems even though i feel great now that no matter what its going to worsen? I accept there's no cure but surely i can live a healthy life under medication talks of fistulas and bags etc. scare the hell out of me!
Is there anyone who can advise me on this "only going to get worse" thing because i wanted to get back in the gym and use this to start my life fresh and be more of an adult! Saw it as a new beginning basically. Id be soooo grateful for any advice anything really!
Here, i had lots of tests Abdo X-ray, CT Abdo x2 and a Colonoscopy. This is when they diagnosed me with Crohns Disease and a localised perforation in the Ileocaecal Valve (where my crohns is) i was then placed on iv hydrocortisone which was GREAT! Then converted to oral steroids and i felt a new improved person honestly! Because of my rapid recovery they decided not to operate on my valve and was discharged with a bag full of medicine! Was so scary! But i was so happy too!
Finally got home was so happy, i was at first on 30mg Prednisolone (6 tablets a day slowly decreasing), 50mg Azathioprine (1 tablet a day), Mesalazine (6 tablets a day) and 400mg Metronidazole 1 a day for 3 days (now finished). now I'm on just the Prednisolone, mesalazine & Azathioprine and each day im feeling stronger and stronger i get tiny niggles but my poo is normal i guess i feel energised (probably due to prednisolone) I'm eating properly infact I'm better now than even before my Crohns symptoms even started! But i've read stories on here and they really scared me! It seems even though i feel great now that no matter what its going to worsen? I accept there's no cure but surely i can live a healthy life under medication talks of fistulas and bags etc. scare the hell out of me!
Is there anyone who can advise me on this "only going to get worse" thing because i wanted to get back in the gym and use this to start my life fresh and be more of an adult! Saw it as a new beginning basically. Id be soooo grateful for any advice anything really!