Hi. I have been sick for well over a year now with chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain. I have been through so many tests. I have a WBC scan and another CT scan coming up and was just wondering if...
HI. I was just wondering if Lupus can give Chronic Diarrhea and abdominal Pain? And what tests are more commonly used to diagnose Lupus? Thank you....
Another update. I just arrived home from work, and got called from the nuclear medicine at the hospita best not to let this bother l. I am being sent for a nuclear test to see if I have an endocrine...
Hi. I just heard some news this morning and wanted to share. My Gi doctor's secretary called to inform me that I am being sent for a CT-Scan, nuclear test and a referral to another doctor for a...
Sooper There was no need to edit your post, I completely understand that those are the possibilities I face. I have always been a realist, but unfortunately dealing with this I now tend to lean...
Nanners. I so hope you are right. I try to think positive. I really do . But its been so long since I've felt good and wanted to do anything other than stay at home and cry. I'm actually getting to...
Hi. Just a quick question in concerns to the extent of the disease and the symptoms. Does the symptoms usually corespond to the amount of diseased or damaged areas. The reason I am asking is my two...
Thank you all for your posts. I do apologize for the title I never noticed the double "gg". I think what I am so scared of is what Sooper wrote that I will be one of those who will not beable to be...
Thanks all. I so want things to look better. So far I only eat one meal a day and that is at night after work and I go to the bathroom like 15 to 20 times the next morning, can you imagine how many...
Hi everyone I had my first phycology appt today. It went well. The phycologist said if she was in my position she would feel the same way and that my feelings of depression are actually normal right...
Hi I've already spoke to my gi about this were trying to figure out why I have so much green d and weight loss. He said my crohns is by far not that bad and doesn't understand it. I never asked about...
Thx I need all the luck I can get. My biopsy actually came back negative for celiac but someone told me that could be because of where they took the sample. But the pill camera came back with no...
Hi. Been tested for celiac as well came back negative on the biopsy. Blood tests showed pissible so he did an endoscopy to be sure. It's funny you mention that I'm going to try to have a gluten free...
I have been having green D since this all began over a year ago only time it is normal coloring is when I am on prednisone. Could this be bile salts. I was reading online and found that people with...
Thx Already gone through the dreaded colonoscopy and he found small ulcers of the TI and said that it was either mild crohns or non at all my biopsy came back inconclusive for crohns and my large...
Oh I forgot to mention something funny. The doctor started asking me questions about if I have ever drank alcohol excessively or any history of liver diseases in my family. I started thinking of what...
Hi All. Yesterday I went for my pill cam results. It was not exacty what I expected!! /community/emoticons/confused.gif First the doctor said to me I got good news, but you probably already know from...
Well tomorrow is the day for the results. We leave here at noon and drive 2.5 hrs to go see the doctor. I do admit I am petrified. Things have been bad this week. Please wish me luck. I know I will...
Thanks It has been such a rollercoaster for me this past year. I felt as if everything I have worked so hard for is slipping away from me. I know I probably will never get back to feeling 100% better...
Thx Zanne I will try liquids today. Is ensure safe?? I guess that is something else that scares me I don't know how to take care of myself anymore. I dont know what I can and cannot eat or when to to...
Another day home sick for me. Really not feeling well. I didn't sleep all last night gurglings kept me up all night with the pains. I am going to try to eat something today. Let's hope I can keep it...
Sorry again for all the Venting I think as I mentioned before today was my worse day that I can remember so far. I actually saw blood in my last BM and I'm sorta freaked out. This is definitely...
I will be starting to see a councillor really soon on May 24. She is a phycologist at our local hospital. I'm sorry for the venting all the time. But this is taking a big toll on my mental and...
I wish it was that easy. It has now been day 2 without the prednisone and i feel really awful. There is pain and burning sensations across the top of my belly button. I have been running to the...
HI. My tests results for my pill cam are coming really close, its next Thursday! And I am starting to freak out. So many things are going through my mind right now. All the what if's. I'm terrified...
I understand that Entocort is used when the inflammation is in the TI. However what type of medications are used to control the inflammation if it is higher up in the digestive tract or is it only...
Out of curiousity. Is there one tha tis harder to control than another. I recently seen my family doctor who thinks I might have it in my upper small intestine and just curious to know the...
How long Does the infusion take??...
Thanks for all the posts. Can any of your still eat Junk food like the occasional regular chip, or fudge or something like that. I miss my icecream haven't had some for a while now and worried what...
Hi. Just been seeing alot of posts about foods and how they can be the cause of some of the problems. I know that each individual has a different threshold to the foods that they can eat or cannot...
I am so sorry to hear that things are not going well for you. I have experienced the same same fustration as you. It has been well over a year for me and I am hoping that my pill cam results will...
Fingers Crossed here too, keep us posted.. My results will be on May 19, and I'm just as worried....
Hi. I guess I will go second. I am 31 years old still waiting for a Dx. It all started last April 2010. With an attack of diveritculitis. After the colonosocopy the doctor said I had crohn's, No...
Hi. Its funny that you say that you say that. I've noticed more pain since I started taking prednisone last Friday, for me the pain seems to happen when my Bm's are more solid. I wonder if it is the...
I am sorry to here that you are suffering too. I understand your fears and I two are scared. One thing I learned the hard way is not to read too too much. I wish I would of knew that before. At the...
I also have a cousin who had Colitis and had a total colectomy, and so did my brother in law. They are both doing extremely well right now. Sometimes I wish I was as strong as they are. The problem...
The pill that I took does more 15 pictures per second for 12 hours, it is the new version. Don't get me wrong I am dreading any medications as well. I am so scared of all the potential side effects...
I'm sorry I forgot to mention something in my last post. The 3rd Doctor confirmed that I do have diverticulosis as well but very minor. He said I could of had an attack back then because the pain was...
Hi Your not the only one who is confused. In 2005 i was diagnosed with diverticulosis at the young age of 25. In April of 2010 I had what they called a diverticulosis attack and was sent for a...
Nanners I am trying to breathe I am just a discouraged alot. I don't think my gi is taking me serious and he is my third I am this close to returning back to the first only thing I can't talk to him....
Everyone wonders why I am so scared. Well I just came homeroom work and had an ensure about an hour after I'm he loo. This isn't a way too live. I dint know if I can handle this. Does the diarrhea...
HI everyone. I called the Gi yesterday and left a message. The secretary called me this after and booked me an appt on May 19 at 3.40 in the afternoon. A little ways away but at least its an...
It's funny how life can be completely altered with q blink of an eye. I had so many dreams and hopes and now all I see them fading away one by one. I know I will have to eventually change departments...
Thank you Heather Right now no matter what I eat I have the same exact pain and everything causes diarrhea.If I eat really gassy foods I have much more discomfort. My diarrhea so far is in the...
I just wish I could eat normally, I never ate bad. never had too too much greasy food. Macdonalds's wasnt my first place to eat out. I always like home cooked foods and fruits and vedgies. now i feel...
Thank you. I get night sweats from time to time. Really hate them my husband says he can feel me burning up. As for food diaries, I don't feel it helps because I have been eating bland food for a...
Thanks Everyone. I called My Gi this morning and spoke with the Secretary. He is at the hospital all day today and is only seeing patients tomorrow and is completely booked up. She said my results...
I am going to call the gi today although I know he won't want to see until the results are in and could still take a few days to weeks. I am so tempted to ask my family doctor to send me back to our...
Thank you everyone! Yes I am trying to prepare my self for the outcomes but also to try give myself sometype of hope something to bring my mental state out of this grim feeling. But non of it is...
Hi I know I shouldn't be thinking about this now as I am already stressed to the max. My question is for those who have had to get an ostomy because of the crohns how are your symptoms now is there...