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forgetfulagain

Joined: 04/07/2010

My Story:

I was diagnosed with UC in 2004 but by 2006 they figured out it was probably Crohn's. I've had symptoms since I was 10 or 11.
I also have a good number of other illnesses, the physical ones being trigeminal neuralgia, mixed vaso-depressor cardio-inhibitory response (some problem with heart rate/blood pressure regulation), and polycystic ovarian syndrome; and post-traumatic stress syndrome and depression in the not-purely-physical problems. (war survivor)
On account of all of that I take 16 prescriptions in addition to B12 shots and other vitamins. That's the part I really hate.
I sometimes disappear from the boards here mostly because I get very busy with work, but I'll check in occasionally and answer posts frequently as well as post my own questions when I'm around. My first and favorite board is the Colitis/Crohn's.

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Ditto!!! Gin, thanks for replying to all my desperate messages over the last...

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Hi Julie, Sorry to hear you're struggling with this too. This is new pain for me...

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Hi all, I'm still struggling with what I believe is a Crohn's flare while my GI is...

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Hi guys, Thank you for thinking of me. As you guessed my doctor sent me to the ER....

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Hi guys,

Thank you for thinking of me. As you guessed my doctor sent me to the ER. I spent the whole day there so I couldn't check in.

At first they were pretty sure it was a blockage of some sort and were going to admit me. However, once they gave me Gastroview to drink, something in that finally made my bowels wake up and I went to the bathroom while still in the ER.

I thought they would let me go home right away, but it took 4 hours until I found out that the resident forgot to put in the order for the CT even though he kept "checking in" if the results were in. (?!?) (At one point the attending told me: "Great news, the CT looks normal." but went sheepish after I told him I hadn't even gotten one done yet. God knows whose CT he was looking at...)

Once the CT was done and the results again came back normal, they let me go home. I've had watery diarrhea ever since and I'm still in a lot of pain and still bloated, but I can at least drink water and I even had a little bread this morning.

As for the tales from the ER - this one's for the record books: In the room divided with curtains in the ER there were 3 patients: me and another lady with Crohns and a dude who had some "travelers diarrhea." The two of us were not visited by the GI fellows or attending GIs, but the dude got a visit from not only the GI but general surgery as well, all in the time it took me just to get a freaking CT done. (They all were there to tell him he must have had some bad food somewhere) At the end we overheard that he was the executive officer of the medical center we were in! No wonder the two of us were forgotten! The other lady called the nurse a million times before she showed up, my IV started bleeding and I had to beg for another bag of fluids (I couldn't drink because I was so bloated), etc, etc. I finally said out loud that it must be very nice to be an executive of the medical center since it seems that's the only way one could get some decent health care around here...Needless to say, the doc was pissed I said that. It made me feel better, though.

My husband was mortified, but after I said that it took them 5 min to get me up to CT and send me packing. I know, I was bad, but it felt good for once.

The other Crohns patient was also sent home and she was doing ok it seems by the end.

So, I'm doing relatively better. Now I'm waiting for a colonoscopy next Friday to see what's up with this...I had to cancel my trip to see my sister and her two boys but at least I'm not in the hospital...

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I totally get you about yogurt. That's the reason why I don't eat blue cheese... I...

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Dear Tiffany, I am so sorry to hear about all your medical problems. As far as the...

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Lindsay, No, my stools were not necessarily hard. What the GI motility specialist...

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Hey Lindsay, I am also one of those few that get constipation. It happened for the...

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Thanks Gin! Seriously, I think my cat's vet would have done a better job! I'm...

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