Hi everyone,
So I was diagnosed with Crohn's in 2008. after taking steroids (prednisolone) the symptoms went away completely. For about 5 years I felt as if the hospital had got it wrong and I didn't have the disease because I was completely fine. But then in january during my exams (maybe because of the stress) I had extremely bad abdominal pain and cramps. After my last exam I couldn't stop vomitting and was kept in hospital.
The hospital kept me in and out for over a month until finally they carried out an MRI scan showing a had some kind of nodule in my intestine due to Crohn's, but they didn't know what sort of nodule it was and why it was there. Since then I have been put on various liquid diets which really didn't help. Until now, whilst I am awaiting surgery, I have been given a NG tube by which I am fed Elemental, in order to put on weight.
However, whilst I was in hospital, me and my mum were shocked and scared to death by a surgeon who said that surgery was a bad option because it could mean I could "have half my gut taken out" as well as "if they start operating now in your life they may have to carry out procedures all of your life." But i have no other option then to have surgery, so really scared! :/ And I have had to take the year out of college when I had all my offers for university and now can't go!
So I was diagnosed with Crohn's in 2008. after taking steroids (prednisolone) the symptoms went away completely. For about 5 years I felt as if the hospital had got it wrong and I didn't have the disease because I was completely fine. But then in january during my exams (maybe because of the stress) I had extremely bad abdominal pain and cramps. After my last exam I couldn't stop vomitting and was kept in hospital.
The hospital kept me in and out for over a month until finally they carried out an MRI scan showing a had some kind of nodule in my intestine due to Crohn's, but they didn't know what sort of nodule it was and why it was there. Since then I have been put on various liquid diets which really didn't help. Until now, whilst I am awaiting surgery, I have been given a NG tube by which I am fed Elemental, in order to put on weight.
However, whilst I was in hospital, me and my mum were shocked and scared to death by a surgeon who said that surgery was a bad option because it could mean I could "have half my gut taken out" as well as "if they start operating now in your life they may have to carry out procedures all of your life." But i have no other option then to have surgery, so really scared! :/ And I have had to take the year out of college when I had all my offers for university and now can't go!