When Crohns attacks

I'm in the middle of a bad flare up. Everytime I try to eat something I feel like I'm going to throw up. I have a constant stomach ache all the time, and am having a good amount of diarrhea. I've tried to put myself on a low residue diet, avoiding foods such as veggies and whole wheat hard to digest products. I've lost about 5 pounds in 5 days. Last night I was over at a friends house and ended up having such horrible stomach pains that my friend had to drive my car home for me, she wanted to take me to the hospital, but I wouldn't let her. For some reason I just feel bad going there.. my parents think I over react alot with the pain. They just don't realize how bad it can get. It was so bad I literally couldn't move. Usually when that happens I end up in the ER with some IV morphine, which seems to really help. I came home, took a vicodin for the pain and a levsin. It seemed to help a little bit. I'm just frustrated about the bland diet and lack of options in food right now. Not to mention the horrible pains. My doctor put me on flagyl until my appt. with him next thurs. I honestly don't know how long this misery can last. Are there any suggestions about diet or ways to deal with this pain? My GI doc has never given me pains meds before, and I'm afraid to ask because its just another pill I'll have to take.

I think having a bottle of pain medication on hand for emergencies is necessary. As for your pain, I'm really sorry. I'm going through the same thing and no matter what we do nothing seems to work. If your pain persists then you shouldn't worry about going to the hospital. Worrying that other people think you are overreacting could lead to some serious problems if you allow their ignorant sentiments to dictate how you treat your illness.

I can remeber my worst flare. Up all night hitting the bathroom every 20minutes this would last from 10:00pm to 3:30 am. Finally it would stop and I would sleep until mid morning. The only that helped was t3 and oxycoton. Finally I took the Pred and it settled my flare. I know its hard but keep your head up. Drink lots of water and keep too simple foods. Good luck

Cheers

Jay

Pain is a very tiring thing last year before my resection i was in a ALOT of pain and i now relise i shld of been in the hospital just before my surgery...as for you i think if ur pain is bad and ur losing alot of weight and ur hafing trouble eating etc maybe a stint in hospital on drip and fluids myte help things,as for people nt understanding the pain,that can be frustrating esp when crohns pain is kinda hard to describe my parents are very supportive of me being able to recongnise the pain im in and my mum even sed my pain thresh hold was higher than my older bros lol also concerned that ur taking your pains meds.Pain is ur body saying something is wrong,dont you want to fix the problem not hide it? i mean us crohnies cld just keep taking anti D meds and be okish but that wont help the crohns will it?

I'm so sorry for what you're living through. Don't forget: Ensure isn't that bad and it's sorta hard for me to vomit up so I'd hope it'll help with you. You could manage some plain ole white bread? I can usually get that down. After I left the hospital last time, the only food I could stand to eat was Spaghettios. I'd eat half a can for each meal and it helped since it was just a teeny tiny bit flavorful and mostly just plain ole pasta that's super soft. And when it comes to vomiting up; it really isn't the worst to puke. Rice is (IMO). Good luck and I hope its just a bad flare and nothing worse.