Tummy Pain

Hi! I have Crohn's (the "norm" for me is diarrhea & some light nausea almost everyday). This morning, however, I started having some major "cramp" like pain on my right side (just below my belly button area). It comes and goes, but it is so painful that it hurts to stand when it comes over me.
It's Friday and my Dr won't be back in until Monday, so I'm wondering if this is normal for some people? What do you take for the pain? I've never had a "blockage" before or anything crazy like that, but I'm seriously scared b/c this hurts pretty bad. I remember having pain when I first got diagnosed, but haven't had any in a while.

I am off all medications. I used to take 6mp.

Thanks!

Thank you! I went through last night and tried to go to work this morning, but came home early. Still having sporadic major pain, so I decided to call the on call GI Dr. at my gi's office. I hope they can offer me some sort of relief! It's too beautiful outside to be stuck inside feeling yuck! I'll keep y'all posted!

Hello,

I noticed you are taking calcium. I have found in the past that calcium supplements really bother the Crohn's, but maybe that is just me. I try to get tons of calcium from my diet, like Biobest lactose free yogourt, cottage cheese, and treated milk.

I have had Crohn's for 24 years. Last resection was in 2001.....since then I have been almost symptom free. I take my meds daily, exercise, and stick to a strick diet - avoiding all foods that I know bother me.

Whenever I have the start of pain in the terminal ileum, I do the following: There is a picture on my GI's wall of the inside of a healthy small bowel. I have that image burned in my memory. Whenever I start to feel pain, I close my eyes, breath deeply, relax, and imagine that healthy bowel is my bowel. I do this for 2 -3 minutes, take a break and repeat for another 2-3 minutes. The pain goes away....completely.....for weeks or months.

Sometimes I do this even if I am symptom free, when I think of it, as a preventative.

Give it a try.....it might help.

Hope it works for you....this technique is actually a variant of autogenics....with a basis in science...