Can you CC or BCC? LOL J/K Hello, I am new here.

Hello,
I wanted to introduce myself, and I couldn't pick which group to post in. I have 7 chronic illnesses so I can fit into a good few. That is what had me laughing and thinking that it is too bad when you post there isn't a cc: option! LOL. I have to have humor. It is what gets me through. i picked the chronic pain forum because it does all come down to that at the end of the day. I hurt so badly I have been in pain management for a few years already, and my legs are still at a level 10 almost all day. I also suffer from chronic pain in my stomach which has "mystified" the medical community. I am one of those.
I am glad to find this forum because I am alone with myself almost all the time. I am currently disabled and I don't have many family or friends living anywhere near me so it can get lonely. I do have a good prayer life,and that connection is what helps me get back to a positive outlook when everything tells me it is all crap.
Anyway, I live in Oregon but I was raised in NY. I am a single mom to a teen daughter. I am hoping to connect with some people and make some friends. I don't want to go on forever so I will wrap it up. Thank you for being here.
Mercy

Hi Mercy!

I was wondering about your stomach pain? I have something that just about kills me at times. I have had Upper gi and endoscopy. Really never got answer to what causes it.

Hi Mercy and welcome to the forum. Without humor I would be lost and surely could not survive. I have crohns disease and do understand stomach issues all too well. That and living with CP is more than enough. I am glad that you found us and please know you are not alone. By the way many of us visit more than one forum too.

Welcome aboard. Take care...Susie

Mercy, if the antibiotics are bothering your stomach, which many can because not only do they kill the bad flora in the gut, they kill the good flora off too, causing bad things. Get yourself on a probiotic, its available OTC. I am currently on one called Florastor, its working & doing its job because I am currently on 1200mg of Clindamycin which is stout. I was in the hospital last week for two days getting IV antibiotics for a severe skin infection on my left leg. This is enough to send me either in a flare with UC or crohns and so far knock on wood this is keeping the gut in line.

Hope you get better soon.....Take care....Susie

Hi Mercy,

Just saying hi and welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear about your pain. Know that we are here for you. I really like your humour

UA

Mercy, even if this particular probiotic did not work for you there are others to try. Eat as much yogurt as you can too.

Susie

Hi mercy, so sorry for what brings you here, seems like pain really is the ultimate equalizer for anyone. My family has a nice long history of GI problems, mostly related to intolerances of different kinds of food, rather than start with the regular scopes and stuff with my mom when she went in to her doc last year for her first problems, they just started the long process of elimination, and came out the other side just last month, finding that she is wheat intolerant; just a few bites and she'll be in knots and in bed for a couple days. She also has the added fun of getting bad migraines from different types of food.

My grandmother is fructose intolerant, plus gout, and my grandfather and myself are both lactose intolerant. Anything dairy puts my stomach in bad pain, bloating, and noises that can be heard over the tv, as well as the fun talent of being able to clear out a large building in one shot from certain... things. I'm not sure if you might have similar issues, but there is a type of blood test that they can run that can tell if you're intolerant of certain things, that's how they found out my grandmother was fructose intolerant, which also causes her gout to flair badly.

I'm not sure if your doctors have checked you for any of those things, but if they haven't, it might be worth a shot. I hope your able to find out what's going on with all this, and that they're able to treat it. Take care, and keep us posted on how you're doing.