Crohn's surgery

morethanpretty · 05-31-2011, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Mrs. Z is even worse about these things than I am. Fortunately, it's only once a month now that I'm through the initial set. We've got a family friend that'll handle those.

On a new note, I'm going in to the office tomorrow for the first time since the surgery. Wish me luck.

What about your kids? Honestly, I can't tell you how much I loved helping my mom during her health issues. It might make them feel better. It sounds like a strange concept giving them that responsibility, but they love you and I'm sure they'll love to help. I do wish you luck! My first 2 days back at work culminating in me hiding in the bathroom and calling in sick the 3rd day. I'm a wimp though.

Pete Zicato · 05-31-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by morethanpretty

What about your kids? Honestly, I can't tell you how much I loved helping my mom during her health issues. It might make them feel better. It sounds like a strange concept giving them that responsibility, but they love you and I'm sure they'll love to help. I do wish you luck! My first 2 days back at work culminating in me hiding in the bathroom and calling in sick the 3rd day. I'm a wimp though.

Actually, I think one or both of the girls might do it after they've seen it done once.

But they're both leaving for college in August, so that'd be a short term thing.

Pete Zicato · 07-06-2011, 10:03 AM

I went to see the gastro yesterday 'cause I'm still feeling like crap - cramps, nausea, general abdominal pain. And he's finally willing to admit that I should be feeling better by now. He's been waiting to see if it was just post-surgery healing.

So now he figures it's one of two things:

A) The surgeon didn't get all the active Crohn's disease.

B) I have bile acid diarrhea.

There's a valve between the small intestine and the large intestine which got removed when they did the surgery. (I didn't realize I had one nor that they took it out) When they remove your ileocecal valve, some people start having the bile acid diarrhea.

So I had blood drawn yesterday to see if I've got active inflammation with further testing possible once that comes back.

I really don't know which to hope for. At least they're starting to work on the issue now.

07-06-2011, 10:03 AM	#3
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I went to see the gastro yesterday 'cause I'm still feeling like crap - cramps, nausea, general abdominal pain. And he's finally willing to admit that I should be feeling better by now. He's been waiting to see if it was just post-surgery healing. So now he figures it's one of two things: A) The surgeon didn't get all the active Crohn's disease. B) I have bile acid diarrhea. There's a valve between the small intestine and the large intestine which got removed when they did the surgery. (I didn't realize I had one nor that they took it out) When they remove your ileocecal valve, some people start having the bile acid diarrhea. So I had blood drawn yesterday to see if I've got active inflammation with further testing possible once that comes back. I really don't know which to hope for. At least they're starting to work on the issue now. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

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