The following week, I went to see both my surgeon and gastrologist. Needless to say, they were both mind blown. Neither one of them could figure anything out. My surgeon stated that he would talk to my gastrologist but due to my medical history, he didn't want to perform surgery of any kind.
My gastrologist reviewed my test results and concluded it was in fact Crohn's Disease. Here I go again, crying a river. The entire weekend I spent praying that my problem was Meckel Diverticulum or Cancer. Both would cause me to go into surgery, come out, and recover. That's it! But Crohn's....? That's serious!
My doctor stated the number one priority was to get the inflammation down. He then put me on an antibiotic: Metronidazole six times a day. I was also put on a low residue diet; a very complicated diet and not at all convenient.
Four days after taking this new antibiotic, I started getting really sick. I started regurgitating eveything I ate, I was weak, pale skin tone, diarrhea, not holding liquids down, headahces, fever, and stomach pains that felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife and twisting it. Nothing hurt more than those stomach pains.
Each morning I woke up, my symptoms became worse, my fever would get higher, and the excruciating stomach pains stopped me from moving. This continued for four days before I was able to contact my doctor. Once I did, I found out I am highly allergic to the antibiotic. I was then put on a different medication.
I am currently on Pentasa, Florastor, and Prednisone. Let me tell you, they are working great! Now time to start recovering. :)
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