You're definitely worse than me miss. I can't believe you were undiagnosed so long!
Mine all started in the summer of 2010 when I lost a tremendous amount of weight with little effort over the season. Didn't think much of it, I mean hey, lost a bunch of weight, sweet! In September I experienced a really nasty and stressful time, which I think was the trigger point for the rest of the illness to kick in.
Ended up in the local hospital with severe stomach and back pains. I couldn't eat, sleep or even sit properly. Stayed there for about 2-3 days, on limited painkiller shots no less, before the GI surgeon dismissed it as a virus.
Naturally he was wrong. At home I started developing a rash on the top of my feet. Ended up in the ER at a much better hospital about 40 minutes away. ER doc immediately knew what the rash was (vasculitis) and I was admitted that night with pretty much unlimited quantities of the same excellent painkiller you had, and a few days later I had been diagnosed, put on steroids and Flagyl (sp?) and released, this time feeling much better.
Now I'm taking 50mg of 6MP daily and that's it. Sometimes I do get nauseous, some stomach pain, and the occasional day or two of keeping the toilet held down to the floor really well no matter what I eat, but that's really it.
So there's my story anyway. Sometimes l doubt I even have Crohns, rather just straight up IBS. I suppose time will tell. GI problems are easily the worst to diagnose since colitis, IBS and Crohns all share symptoms.
Mine all started in the summer of 2010 when I lost a tremendous amount of weight with little effort over the season. Didn't think much of it, I mean hey, lost a bunch of weight, sweet! In September I experienced a really nasty and stressful time, which I think was the trigger point for the rest of the illness to kick in.
Ended up in the local hospital with severe stomach and back pains. I couldn't eat, sleep or even sit properly. Stayed there for about 2-3 days, on limited painkiller shots no less, before the GI surgeon dismissed it as a virus.
Naturally he was wrong. At home I started developing a rash on the top of my feet. Ended up in the ER at a much better hospital about 40 minutes away. ER doc immediately knew what the rash was (vasculitis) and I was admitted that night with pretty much unlimited quantities of the same excellent painkiller you had, and a few days later I had been diagnosed, put on steroids and Flagyl (sp?) and released, this time feeling much better.
Now I'm taking 50mg of 6MP daily and that's it. Sometimes I do get nauseous, some stomach pain, and the occasional day or two of keeping the toilet held down to the floor really well no matter what I eat, but that's really it.
So there's my story anyway. Sometimes l doubt I even have Crohns, rather just straight up IBS. I suppose time will tell. GI problems are easily the worst to diagnose since colitis, IBS and Crohns all share symptoms.
