When to tell your doctor about certain symptoms?

Hello everyone,

I'm posting on here because I've gotten good responses in the past, which I very much appreciate!

So I've been on Humira and Imuran for a little over six months now (I was on them both before but then I lost my insurance and was off them for a while..long story).

Anyways, I just had a colonoscopy done last week and fortunately my Crohn's hasn't spread, although it apparently is definitely still active. My doctor wants me to continue taking my medicine and I found out today my next appointment with him is at the end of September.

But I have been feeling awful lately. I've been in a lot of pain, I've felt very dehydrated (i.e. constantly thirsty no matter how much I drink, and a constant dry mouth/sour taste in my mouth) and for the past 3 days, I've been getting 101 degree fevers every night.

My question is..is this something of concern that I should call my doctor about? Obviously I'm not feeling the greatest because my disease is still active, but I'm not sure if there's any point in calling him about it since I'm already obviously on treatment. I guess I'm just not sure if these are concerning symptoms or par for the course that I should just deal with..at least until I go back to see him at the end of the month.

Opinions or advice? I would greatly appreciate it, and thank you to anyone for reading/responding!

Thanks for your response!

I was afraid of that being the answer lol. As you said, we get so used to feeling unwell that sometimes we just kind of accept it. I also feel like I'm "bothering" my doctor with something that may end up being nothing--which I know is ridiculous!

But yes, you're right--it's better to err on the side of caution. I'll definitely give him a call today.

Thank you again~!

Thank you so much for your response! Yes, it crossed my mind that it could be an infection as well. I did end up calling him but unfortunately he wasn't in today so I'll most likely have to wait until tomorrow : / But I can make it another day!

Thanks for your concern (=

Oh goodness! So so glad you found out what was going on! Where is the mass? Is it effected by the medications your on?
In response to earlier on when you said you were afraid of bothering your doctor some times, I do the same thing! I'm trying to break myself from that way of thinking because a lot of times it really is a problem. When I had a Pulmonary embolism it was almost brushed off as back pain from stress and I felt so bad calling my doctors about it until the cause was found and now it's pretty much understood between my doctors and me that you just can never be too careful! definitely keep us posted! I hope it clears up soon!