Quick Question?

I found this forum on accident while googling why I am not digesting my food all the way. I started to read the threads and I feel like everyone here is describing what I have lived with for years. My wife and I thought I had developed an allergy to corn (so I don't eat it anymore).

I looked up some more symptoms of Crohn's that might match what I experience and I wanted to ask...

I have severe pain and cramps when I have an "episode". I normally have a good tolerance for pain, but this drops me to my knees and I can't breath or talk until it passes. Sometimes I worry that something is rupturing inside me and it could possibly be fatal "this time"...
Also, while having an episode, I have swelling on my right side by my hip (it's very noticeably swollen). Is this in line with Crohn's or does it sound like IBS/something else?

Thanks

Don't waste time going to a general doc, and just make an appointment with a GI.  My cousin had the same as you, and hers turned out to be crohns in the illium.  It could also be an appendix attach too.  Only a GI can tell you what it is for sure.  The more time you wait , the worst it will get, so don't hesitate going to a doctor.  If it is crohns, the sooner you get treated, the less damage it will do and the easier it is to keep it in remission.