abnormal CD symptoms!!!

It's the 'either/or' kind of thing. Some of us have problems with diarrhea and some with constipation, but both are normal for Crohn's patients.

Pain killers can cause constipation as can steroids. There is a great book called Eating Right for a Bad Gut by James Scala. There's also a book you can called 100 Questions and Answers about Crohn's Disease by Amy Barto. I think it would be really helpful to you. I can't remember where but I know there was a website where I got it for free. Maybe Abbott.com? It was suggested to me by someone on this board.

There's a new book about the First Year With Crohn's Disease but I haven't read it. Might be worth a look.

I found Scala's book really helpful.

The first year is written by Jill Sklar. She was/is the moderator on another forum I used to participate in. It is quite a helpful book. It takes you through all the different things that you will go through during your first year of having this lovely disease. I read it much further along in my path, but still found it held some useful knowledge. In the beginning it goes day by day then week by week and so on. It is part of a series of books written by people who have the various ailments about which the books are about. But there are lots of resources that you can find at your local library. The main thing is to do what you are doing, which is to educate yourself. Just don't scare yourself. Most of what you read won't happen to you. The majority of CD patients fall in the middle of the spectrum and go about their life having the occasional flare and then go on about their life for extended periods of time. In the beginning you need to find the right combination of medications and then things should calm down for you.