Hello everyone,
It's been a while since I last posted on the forums. I had my last surgery with Dr. Fazio in 2008 at the Cleveland Clinic and I believe he's no longer performing surgeries? am I correct?
I was diagnosed with Crohn's back in 2002 and had 7 surgeries ranging from removing the colon in 2 steps, pouch revision, adhesions, fistulas, and finally in 2008 a permanent Ileostomy.
2 days ago, I started having severe pain that felt like something in my abdomen is about to pop. I saw the local gastroenterologist and she found out that I have an edema in parts of the intestines and a twist/kink in another part of the small intestines that prevents food and gas from moving through. I was put on prednisone for the edema and Ensure and told to stop eating solid food.
I was told that I had to have laproscopic surgery to remove the kink. My first thought was the Cleveland Clinic. I emailed my GI there Dr. Bo Shen but don't know any surgeons in there other than Dr. Fazio. I read in here about Dr. Remzi which a lot of people like.
Please let me know. I hope they can schedule a surgery for me soon. I don't like the pain and hate being on Ensure for meals.
Boston170
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