I just turned 27 this month; I have a wife, 2 year old daughter, and another daughter on the way.
On Tuesday i was finally diagnosed with Crohn's. After a gazillion blood tests, over the past 2 years and then a CT scan, colonoscopy, endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, and double-balloon assisted colonoscopy this summer/fall...they finally have settled on it being Crohn's.
I feel like my Crohn's is pretty different than most...I don't have diarrhea, which I'm really grateful for; I just get acute stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting...that and the weight loss, fatigue, and severe anemia. From the medical side of things it's a small strip of inflammation in my terminal ileum and it is fistulating to itself.
I was going to start Imuran tomorrow and Humira in the next couple weeks, but am too anemic to start the Imuran, I think I'll be getting iron infusions soon. I don't really know how i feel about these drugs, but I'm not sure i have any options.
I'm doing my best to stay positive, but being a foodie who has just drastically altered their diet--removing gluten, dairy, and sugar--it's pretty tough.
On Tuesday i was finally diagnosed with Crohn's. After a gazillion blood tests, over the past 2 years and then a CT scan, colonoscopy, endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, and double-balloon assisted colonoscopy this summer/fall...they finally have settled on it being Crohn's.
I feel like my Crohn's is pretty different than most...I don't have diarrhea, which I'm really grateful for; I just get acute stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting...that and the weight loss, fatigue, and severe anemia. From the medical side of things it's a small strip of inflammation in my terminal ileum and it is fistulating to itself.
I was going to start Imuran tomorrow and Humira in the next couple weeks, but am too anemic to start the Imuran, I think I'll be getting iron infusions soon. I don't really know how i feel about these drugs, but I'm not sure i have any options.
I'm doing my best to stay positive, but being a foodie who has just drastically altered their diet--removing gluten, dairy, and sugar--it's pretty tough.