Intermittent Abdominal Pain

Before I got diagnosed with crohn's I would have abdominal pain that would get very very severe every 2 months or so, and it would get as close as 4-6 weeks between attacks. These spouts of pain would last about 8-12 hours and then go away by itself.

During these attacks I initially started to eat small portions of food to try and sooth my stomach, but it would end up with me vomiting, so after a couple attempts of that I stopped eating during the attacks. Even without eating I get very nauseated but maybe 25% of the time still vomit (or dry heave.)

Long story short I thought after getting dx with Crohn's that this was the cause and that it would go away, but I am still having these although not as consistent I think, since my cramping and other abdominal pains are there as well, but these major attacks are still happening every once in a while. The last one I had taken my max f Vicodin and had a heat pad and it was still overwhelming. I went to the ER in a chair and throwing up all over the place, and within the hour I had waited the pain had started to cease, so I just left.

Although I do plan on talking to my GI about this I have always wondered what this may be. I always thought it may be an obstruction or maybe even intestinal narrowing or something to that effect. The only real factor I have felt besides the extreme pain and nausea is when I did eat, the food never seemed digested fully, and maybe once when I had Vicodin previously, it felt as f it had no effect for a long time, like it was delayed for almost an hour.

Any thoughts?

Sounds like you really need some study to find out if there is stricture and/or blockage. Please see your GI ASAP. Hopefully you just have some narrowing that can be dealt with meds. But you need to find out if anything is closing down. Stay hydrated and keep us updated.