Thanks for that article Beave, I have read it before. The odd thing is that my pancreas looks normal on MRI, and according to another stool test I had I absorb fats just fine. My GI suggested over...
I was diagnosed with small bowel Crohn’s Disease about a month and half ago. I am currently on 9mg of budesonide a day for the past month and have not seen much improvement. In fact, the past couple...
Hey all, once again thanks for all your thoughtful comments and questions. An update: I spoke with my GI yesterday, since we can’t biopsy the ulcers found, he cannot definitely say it is Chron’s...
Update: I ended up having the capsule endoscopy a couple weeks ago and got results back. The only information given was “few scattered very small erosions/ulcers in proximal small bowel” No other...
I finally got a capsule endoscopy, which showed “scattered few very small erosions/ulcers in the proximal small bowel” that was the only information given. Nothing seen in the terminal ileum....
I haven’t actually, I’m in California and I have Kaiser, where everything is done “in-house” so to speak. It likely wouldn’t get approved. I thankfully have great health insurance though, so the...
My symptoms are slowly improving. Day by day. I’m now having more solid normal bowel movements as time goes on, as opposed to loose stool or diarrhea. This also matched up with my Calprotectin...
I had my MRE a few days ago, and results came back normal. My Calprotectin is now at 81, down from 220, and GI symptoms are steadily improving. I was approved for a capsule endoscopy, but decided to...
Thank you that all makes sense. That is unusual that it “bounces” around for you. I guess in a way that’s a blessing that it is not doing permanent damage by hitting one area repeatedly. Just out of...
Hey thanks for sharing your experience. I guess I’m specifically interested in your experience with the MRE’s since that is what I have coming up. You said you had several MRE’s and sometimes they...
Yea I think they were only able to see the first few inches of the TI during the colonoscopy and the duodenum during the upper endoscopy. That is strange that even after finding ulcers in the TI...
@beave When I had my scopes, the colonoscopy was able to view the TI, and the upper endoscopy was able to look into the duodenum, neither went further than where they usually stop. I’m wondering,...
@Beave I have stool tests for many many other possible causes, such as C diff, giardia, vibrio, h pylori and many more. I have had most of them tested for 2-3 times and all have come back normal. I...
@73Monte Hey there! The pathology report mentioned NSAID’s as a possible reason for “focal active colitis” but I do not use NSAIDs. I have a follow up with my GI in a couple weeks, and the MRE in...
Hey Folks, I’m New to this forum, and glad to see people here helping each other out. I am struggling to receive a solid diagnosis so I thought I would post my symptoms timeline, plus a recent...