Hi everyone, I've been having constant pain around the belly button area for the past 2 weeks. I thought it was constipation pain but lingers after i have diarrhea. Sometimes its so bad i need pain...
For the past few weeks i have been having pain bloating and gas after eating on the left side. It lasts a few hours of course while working. Call the dr? Ibs on top of crohns? Thanks...
Thanks!! Its so annoying how you have to ride people ughh. I think i will email the GI this week and see what he thinks. Maybe they'll repeat the CT? I just don't get why my primary never told me?...
Thank you both. I guess I have to just stay on top of it. My fiance bought me a heating pad today :) so hopefully that will help. I may just email my GI and see what he says about the xrays. Do you...
I have been complaining of back pain on and off for almost the past year. Lower back pain and on my spine. Primary and GIs have had me do numerous urine cultures and no bacteria or blood. This past...
Omg, I have been dealing with the same thing. I got dx'ed in my teens and had terrible diarrhea. I'm nearing 25 and on and off for the past two years I have had terrible constipation episodes. I...
Thanks gumby. He wanted me to drink mag citrate or take an enema but i ended up taking ex lax and i finally went/ had diarrhea. I hope the tests aren't for nothing ha....
Hey everyone, for the past week or so I've been severely constipated, despite taking miralax, senna tea, colace etc. When I do go it is only a little amount and very soft, and I feel not totally...
bania-that's a good idea to ask HR. I hope you get approved soon and that it works wonders for you!...
Scum1-doctors wanted me to stay on Humira till this came thru. So i got the call i was approved right around the time i was due for humira so i took 2 shots ( i was doing 2 shots every two wks) and 2...
I had my first infusion last Friday. Went well from start to finish it took about an hour-about 30min for the infusion to run. Have to return in 2 weeks and 6 weeks for the loading dose. I too came...
Thank you!! I'm definitely going to try the soluble fibers. Ugh sometimes i wish i would go back to diarhera just to clean out and get rid of this bloat....
Another constipation related question: i was hospitalized a few weeks ago for a flare up and since I've been home battling constipation. Weird i did a 180. Right now my inflammation is in the lower...
Okay thanks! I will have to ask at the appt. they did mention Rowasa but i've had issues with it in the past....
I guess i'm not intolerant but i have trouble retaining liquid enemas. It gives me the urge to go and i can't hold it in. So i guess that is intolerance but i'm not allergic to it or anything. Do...
Hey everyone! Just wanted your opinion to see if I'm over medicated?? Sometimes I really feel like I am. I just got out of the hospital about a week ago to control a flare as an inpatient. I was...
Thanks! Since i've been home im trying to incorporate more fiber to help me along...
Thanks Stef! I didn't go today ugh. So im expecting an episode again. I think i'm going to reach out to the dr just to discuss because i feel like that's not normal either...
Thanks all. I ended up waking up at 530am sweating with a 2 hr bathroom trip ughh. My body is so out of whack...
I actually refused the pain meds because I was afraid of this. I was had sedation and pain meds for the procedure last Wed, skipped going on Thursday, then 10x Friday and that's been my last bm until...
I had been released from the hospital for a flare after 5 days. I had some procedures and was given IV steroids, fluids and a Humira booster. Prior to hospitalization I was going 10-15x per day. Now,...
I am having horrible intense pain that has gotten worse as the hours pass. Im at work right now. Pain is above below left and right of belly button. I cant stand up straight. Gas pain or crohns pain?...
Okay so this fall and winter I had had the erythema nodosum on my shins/legs but I'm now getting spots as big as nickels and quarters on my hands and back of thighs. Also two smaller spots on my...
sedation! i had one when I was awake when i was 15..OMG never again. I had one about a month ago sedated and I don't remember a thing! If you have a driver just get sedated, you will not regret it!!...
OMG I will never take amoxiciliian again in my life!! In 2004, I went to the doctor for a sinus infection and was given amoxiciilian. A few weeks later for my 15th bday I developed a bad C-diff...
Thanks for the encouragement happyday. I guess sometimes i feel like when it rains it pours. I've always been a hard worker and it pains me at times that something out of my control sometimes holds...
The GI's im working with at University of Chicago said Jan/Feb...
Rango-totally struggling with the same thing now. Switched to Humira in June and double dose in Oct-recent scoping still showed severe inflammation in my lower colon. However, no antibodies as...
I am super frustrated. This is not how I pictured life at 24-even though I've been battling since i was 16. I put grad school on hold to take a year off to heal and I seem to be in a rut-both...
Yeah, I totally understand. I'm just so fed up with the med train. Part of me is like this is as good as its gonna get and I need to accept it and move on. Yes, I struggle getting to work and feel...
Thanks quincy! I am on all those meds..ugh. I was taking citrucel at one point because they believed I may have been backed up with all the rectal inflammation. However, on Monday, he suggested I...
so testing positive for JC virus-you would not risk taking this drug? Better for me to stick with humira?...
Its been suggested that I may need to transition to this med when it comes out in Jan/Feb, should i be cautious? I was on remicade but switched to Humira in June, then to double dosing in Oct. My...
Didnt eat a whole lot but my shins broke out with some erythema nodosum. Pred seemed to help. Just feeling nasty from all the food i dont normally eat lol...
Thank you for ur continued replies! Spoke with the doctor on monday. He said i should not be having constipation with the level of colitis he saw. That no doubt severe active inflammation is present....
I just feel like its so hard to function either way. Its been so draining on me. The active bleeding and mucous must be making me fatigued? I dont want to rely on laxatives either. Crazy constipation...
Thanks for ur reply. How long until you think i notice a difference?...
I truly dont get it. Had a flex sig and was told an 8 in section was bleeding with mucous. Why am i getting constipation episodes? Its worse than diarrhea. Will the rectals improve this? Just found...
Thanks nicecupoftea! My dose was upped to 80mg has been since Oct. I was on remicade for 6.5 yrs before that. Just really feeling helpless as i continue to muddle thru life so uncomfortable. Def...
Thanks! i don't have small bowel involvement. Humira been on for almost 6months-so they tested me for antibodies..still waiting to hear back..left 2 messages..this is agony....
Thanks embersglow! Rectal meds i guess have helped but they burn. Sometimes i think this constipation is worse than the diarrhea...
Thanks, I appreciate your reply. I'm leaving a message. Just thought maybe there were some suggestions or additional info I should be asking about. I have only passed minimal soft beige stool in 2...
Hi everyone, I normally post on the Crohn's forum-but lately have been symptomatic of UC. Right now indeterminate IBD you could say. I just saw some new doctors who did their own testing and I have...
So I did the procedures..hiatal hernia on the EGD which is causing my acid reflux/no appetite/ nausea. Flex sig-severe colitis in the lower colon, apparently a lot of active bleeding and mucous....
Gumby i live in Elmhurst! Small world. After i see how these procedures go i may make the switch...
My referring GI always said I had concurrent IBS with IBD. He was convinced I was always ill/flaring when a new semester started. But I finally finished college and when he gave me a colonoscopy in...
Yes, I was 15 and I had no sedation or pain meds for the first flex sig. The doctor was how do you say-not good with kids/teens. Totally scarred me. I'm just going to buck up and do it. Weird thing...
Thank you both. Ive had close to 10 colonoscopies and i dont remember a thing except that flex sig. I havent had the egd in 3 yrs so i guess its a good idea. I guess im just a high strung 24 yo lol....
I have both procedures this Friday. I am so anxiety ridden. I just had a colonoscopy in August revealing proctosigmoiditis and suspect distal colitis. Upped humira and was given cortifoam. During...
Thanks! Some days i feel ok somedays not. I'm just gonna have to suck it up and do it...