Diagnosed yesterday and scared

Probably, but it's understandable.
I wouldn't believe it if I was in your shoes either.
What you need to do is make an appointment with a gastroenterologist, aka a GI.
Do it first thing tomorrow. It usually takes forever to get an appointment with one, but it depends on where you live.
If he/she is worth a darn, they will run a battery of tests, like a colonoscopy and a small bowel follow through, as well as blood work.
If the results come back as Crohn's, consider yourself somewhat lucky. You achieved a diagnosis with very little suffering and wasted time, (unlike most people) and you caught it before it became severe.
If after all that, and you still don't believe it, then yup, you are in super duper denial.
Welcome to healing well!
:D

I was the same way as you. I had always been healthy, never missed a day of school in my life. Then literally overnight I was suddenly pooping blood over 20 times a day with awful stomach cramps. My family and friends were shocked, too - I had always been the healthy one!

So it may or may not be Crohn's. The fact that there's an abscess is a strong indication of Crohn's, but that's really not guaranteed. And some people don't ever have symptoms until there's suddenly something awful, like sepsis or a bowel obstruction.

But the good news is that if it is Crohn's, there are SO many ways to treat it. Sure, it will never go away, but you can get good medications that can get you into remission and help you lead a relatively normal life. I promise. I got diagnosed my first week of teaching middle school math after graduating from college. I taught for a few years, and now I'm married with two kids. All with severe Crohn's. And since you've had so few symptoms, it's like gypsy said - a blessing to find out sooner rather than later.

But definitely go find a GI doctor and get a colonoscopy done. That is the big way to diagnosis Crohn's, The scans can help, but they will just tell you if there's inflammation, abscess, etc. The biopsies from a colonoscopy will be useful in actually diagnosing. And you actually may be able to get into a GI quickly. It just depends on where you live, what your health insurance is like, and how many GI doctors are around.

I know. I'm so sorry for what you're going through. It's perfectly normal to be afraid of everything that's going on. If it helps, you won't really remember the colonoscopy! They knock you out first. Since it's something that's planned and you know needles give you a panic attack, ask your doctor if they can prescribe some oral Valium that you could take before you go (you'll need someone to drive you). I get that way about closed-in spaces, so each time I have to get an MRI, my GI prescribes a few pills of Valium.

Now, I will say that the most effective Crohn's medications are going to involve needles of some kind. There are a couple of meds that are pills (mesalamines and imuran), but those are for mild cases of Crohn's, and they're not going to be effective with an abscess.

The best medication for abscess/fistula Crohn's is Remicade. It's an IV medication that is given once every 8 weeks. I've been on it for about 5 1/2 years now. After a while, you *kind of* start getting used to IVs and blood tests. I still can't look when I get stuck though, lol. It helps if you have a movie or book that you can watch/read to distract when you're getting the IV in or the blood drawn.

Aside from Remicade, all of the other meds are also infusions. The only one that isn't is Humira, which is very similar to Remicade, only it is a shot that you give to yourself at home every two weeks. It's the one med that I would refuse, lol. I would much rather have someone else put an IV in once every two months than do a needle myself twice a month!

Good luck!!

Please be a bit cautious on this site. Many folks who post here are our have been very sick. They give advice from that perspective. The advise can be super valuable but it can add to the fear, worry.
My advice? As mentioned get to a good GI, asap. If the first person is not a good fit, find another. A good GI you trust is critical. If you have Crohn's you will be told to take drugs. If possible you will want to minimize the amount of time taking these as they can be pretty risky,. You will have to make some decisions re drugs that for me are pretty tough.
I took the path of a healing Diet, called SCD. It is not for all, but you should do some research to understand others experience with food, as most docs do not know much about that subject. Some folks decide to do a healing diet, others do not, but still adjust their diet to avoid foods that upset their guts.
Crohn's varies a lot for each person. Some folks think a certain drug is fantastic, for others it can be terrible. Some folks embrace and get value from lifestyle changes (food, stress levels, .) others think lifestyle changes are complete rubbish. If you ask for input you are unfortunately likely to get conflicting advice and that is why I suggest, if you have Crohn's you do your own research. I recently joined a Facebook group called My Crohn's friends. There is more activity there in a day than here in a month. Also folks are warm and caring. They will give you another perspective that you may find helpful.
I hope you do not have Crohn's but if you do, I hope you find a healing path, both physical and mental, quickly that works for you

@Dave has some good points about trying SCD as well as pharmaceutical treatments. However, just as he cautions you to take what we say with a grain of salt because some of us have been pretty sick, you also need to take what he says with a grain of salt. Honestly, a bit of fear with this disease is a good things. If it is Crohn's, then it MUST be taken seriously. And he added to that fear himself by saying that these drugs are pretty risky, which is actually not true at all. Are there risks? Of course. Any medication, even something as simple as aspirin, can land someone with IBD in the hospital.

Yes, biologics are a bit heavier of a medication than aspirin, but you really have to pay attention to how the data is being presented. People who want to do "natural" treatments will claim something like, "Well that medication triples your risk of bowel cancer." But if the average person only has a 5% chance to get bowel cancer, it means that your "tripled risk" is still only 15%.

And @Dave is very wrong - you do NOT want to get into remission and then stop your maintenance meds because you think you don't need them anymore. Almost every single person who does that (yes, there are some exceptions), will eventually flare. And when that flare comes it is almost guaranteed that it will be so much worse than any other symptoms you experience. You'll then be forced into Prednisone in order to try to calm the disease down. And it could take a long time for it to work. Long-term exposure to pred is so MUCH more risky than just staying on the maintenance meds in the first place.

I received my stool lab tests back. I have yersinia entercolitica? Another ct scan tomorrow