Just realized that I posted this in the wrong site, so here it is again!
Have been having some pains that feel like I have a partial obstruction every day, and are quiet uncomfortable. Plus I have been having a lot of gas and sometimes difficulty in passing stool and if that is the case, there's usually bright red blood on the toilet paper. I never seem as though I am completely empty. So, due to all of this, I decided it was time to contact my surgeon.
He felt that I should go in for an MRE, which I did on Wednesday. In any case, after reading the report, he said that the pouch looked fine, but it looked like I had a narrowing in the intestine, and would like me to see a GI doctor, which he will get for me, as soon as possible.
He felt that it was Crohn's and of course, I'm quite uptight about it.
He did not mention a stricture, but wondered if strictures do happen above the pouch? I guess I'm trying to look on the positive side and hoping that this is the case.
The thought of the meds that go along with Crohn's and going back on Prednisone, which did a number on me when I had UC, is nothing that I look forward to, nor is the Remicade that I have been reading about, and then of course, there's always the possibility that I will need surgery to remove the section of the colon that is affected.
Any thoughts? Questions to ask the doctor? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks as always.
Have been having some pains that feel like I have a partial obstruction every day, and are quiet uncomfortable. Plus I have been having a lot of gas and sometimes difficulty in passing stool and if that is the case, there's usually bright red blood on the toilet paper. I never seem as though I am completely empty. So, due to all of this, I decided it was time to contact my surgeon.
He felt that I should go in for an MRE, which I did on Wednesday. In any case, after reading the report, he said that the pouch looked fine, but it looked like I had a narrowing in the intestine, and would like me to see a GI doctor, which he will get for me, as soon as possible.
He felt that it was Crohn's and of course, I'm quite uptight about it.
He did not mention a stricture, but wondered if strictures do happen above the pouch? I guess I'm trying to look on the positive side and hoping that this is the case.
The thought of the meds that go along with Crohn's and going back on Prednisone, which did a number on me when I had UC, is nothing that I look forward to, nor is the Remicade that I have been reading about, and then of course, there's always the possibility that I will need surgery to remove the section of the colon that is affected.
Any thoughts? Questions to ask the doctor? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks as always.
