Diagnosed with Crohns.

After and eight day stay in the hospital, I was diagnosed with Crohns. Ugh. I'm heartbroken.

Actually UC cannot develop "into crohns" or vise-versa, misDX is more likely what happened...TamTam see the reply I left on your post about "skin tags".


Kanditron :)

I'm sorry about the change in your DX, I have crohns, sounds like you have it pretty bad in the colon (aka: crohns-colitis) if they initially DX you with pan colitis (aka: UC inflamming the entire colon), because typically with CD there are skipped patterns of healthy tissue and with UC it's more common that one area will be completely inflammed, so I hope you're able to get the severity under control and hopefully it won't start to penetrate the many layers of the intestinal tissue, as it's also typical for CD to behave that way as well.

:)

Kitkat- thanks.
I never gave my self the time to deal with being told that I have UC.. I just shrugged it off and went about my life with medications and doctor appointments added. But I'm having a hard time picking my self up from this one. After watching my aunt deal with it all of my life I know what I can expect with time and I'm just really scared.

Kanditron, I've been here on HW for a while and I've seen a handful of people get their diagnoses changed. They were just as heart broken as you because they realize that the surgical cure is not an option anymore. I watched my mother suffer from CD so I know it's not an easy road. The best you can do now is dust yourself off, take your meds/supplements/etc as required and try to lead a normal life as you can. Don't dwell on the what ifs and try not to think about what your life with Cd holds. Think about the positive things in your life as of now. Hang in there and remember no matter which board you frequent now, Crohns or UC, that we are here for you.