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Posted 6/13/2010 7:14 AM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone. Not to say I didn't miss you guys, but my time away from this site while I was feeling better was oh so nice. But over the past few months the symptoms have slowly but surely been returning. And I've even got a few new ones to boot. Of course the problem with me is that they believe I have IBS on top of having Crohn's (and Endometriosis...). It also just happens to be right when I'm studying for the Bar Exam, so that does nothing great for my stress level. It also makes it so my family thinks it's just the stress causing this flare and not the Crohn's. So to figure out what's going on I get to have my sixth colonoscopy at the ripe age of 26 in a week. And I timed it so that I only have to miss one day of bar prep.

So that's my update. Hope you are all well. And I hope I can get this figured out soon. I am more annoyed than anything by my not feeling well and being exhausted again. I have enough going on with the bar study and I don't like things that interfere with my yoga time either... :)
Posted 6/13/2010 1:17 PM (GMT 0)
I'm sorry you have to be back, but I hope that you can get things figured out soon so that you can get back to living your life without CD throwing a monkey wrench into the mix.
Posted 6/13/2010 2:03 PM (GMT 0)
sorry you're not geeling well. i think stree is definitely a trigger...i worked for a wall st. firm and when that whole deal blew up 2 years ago my current flare began...it's been a rough 2 years...hope you get past it soon and good luck with the Bar!
Posted 6/13/2010 2:05 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Brit sorry to hear you are having symptoms again. I find when I have alot of stress for a long period of time, that it can sometimes trigger a flare. Hopefully they can get things quieted down quickly and you are feeling better soon. Hugs!
Posted 6/13/2010 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Brit, Sorry you're back but welcome.

I was also dx in 2007 and was away for awhile (I have a post from last week "flaring after 2 years..." with my story).

Flaring now and stress may be part of it -- but also my own stupidity for going off meds and getting careless on diet

Live and learn!

Hope your procedure goes well and you're feeling better soon
Posted 6/13/2010 10:32 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone! I know I've heard about stress being a trigger, but my family tends to think it's stress only causing this and as soon as I get a handle on the stress the flare will mysteriously disappear. What have you guys done when stress triggers a flare up? Do your docs just increase the meds or what ends up happening? Before this last remission or whatever you want to call it, I had never gone any period of time not being in a flare.. so this is all a first for me. I don't know what happens now. Hopefully the procedure gives my doctor a clearer picture and I can start getting this figured out. But I will definitely be starting up those B-12 shots again.
Posted 6/13/2010 10:39 PM (GMT 0)
Good Luck with everything your health and your bar exam!
Posted 6/14/2010 12:15 AM (GMT 0)
Whether or not stress is the sole cause of the flare, for me it seems to have been somewhat of a factor. But, once I'm in the flare, I need the meds to get out of it. "Relaxing" "yoga" "taking time off" "mellowing out" -- aren't enough.

(BTW, My GI thinks stress is over-rated in CD - tends to downplay it. "Everybody has stress in their lives, but you're sick so let's deal with that..."

I get a little frustrated with family members say "you're just stressed" when I'm flaring. First of all, what's "just" about it? And second of all, it's one part of the situation since Crohn's is a DISEASE -- and if I didn't have it I could become stressed like everyone else and not end up hospitalized and on steroids.

Sorry for the venting, but the point is that whether or not stress is a big factor, it will probably take meds, diet, rest to get it back together.
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