..........Reading from the "archives" in this site under both, CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's and IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs, Doctors "have great difficulty" in creating a precise diagnosis. They claim the following:



1- That weightDifferent types of weight gain
Exercise and weight loss
Height and weight chart
Height/weight chart
Losing weight
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Weight gain - unintentional
Weight loss
Weight loss - unintentional
Weight loss and age loss is not consistent with IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs



2- That bloodAmylase - blood
Bleeding
Blood cells
Blood clot formation
Blood clots
Blood culture
Blood differential
Blood gases
Blood gases test
Blood glucose monitoring
Blood in semen in the stoolsBloody or tarry stools
Diarrhea
Fecal culture
Fecal occult blood test (fobt)
Fecal smear
Flushable reagent stool blood test
Lice, body with stool (pediculus humanus)
Scabies mite, eggs, and stool photomicrograph
Scabies mite, photomicrograph of the stool
Stool gram stain
Stool guaiac test is consistent with CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's



3- That it is possible to have either or but not both



4- That the inflamation of your small intestines is the cause

   of your painAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Alternative medicine - pain relief
Ankle pain
Anterior knee pain
Back pain - low
Bone pain or tenderness
Breast pain
Causes of painful intercourse
Chest pain
Chronic pain - resources, diarrheaBacterial gastroenteritis
Campylobacter enteritis
Diapers and diarrhea
Diarrhea
Diarrhea in children - diet
E. coli enteritis
Giardiasis
Traveler’s diarrhea, and weightDifferent types of weight gain
Exercise and weight loss
Height and weight chart
Height/weight chart
Losing weight
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Weight gain - unintentional
Weight loss
Weight loss - unintentional
Weight loss and age loss



5- That through a Small BowelBowel incontinence
Bowel transit time
Constipation
Crohn's disease
Diarrhea
Enteroscopy
Ileus - x-ray of bowel distension
Ileus - x-ray of distended bowel and stomach
Inflammatory bowel disease
Intestinal obstruction
Irritable bowel syndrome EnemaBarium enema (Enteroclysis) such in-

   flamation can be excluded therefore ruling out the possi-

   bility of IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs.



6- That a great majority of people with lactoseGalactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase
Lactose intolerance
Lactose tolerance tests intoleranceCeliac disease - sprue
Gestational diabetes
Lactose intolerance

   are more likely to suffer from IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs



7- That you have got to hang in there, we are not crazy it is

   the desperation of this god damn disease that drives you nuts.



Hope that helps a bit......

I have also been told that I either have IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs or CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's but I have only specifically been diagnosed w/ IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs.  Usually what happens is that I eat something and within 30 min. I have terrible stomachAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Esophagus and stomach anatomy
Feeding tube insertion - gastrostomy
Gastric cancer
Gastric suction
Gastric ulcer
Ileus - x-ray of distended bowel and stomach
Nausea and vomiting
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Stomach crampsAbdominal pain
Leg pain
Muscle cramps
Painful menstrual periods
Relief of menstrual cramps and horrible diareah.  I posted on another site earlier today about the drugChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension colestidColestid
Colestid flavored.  I started taking it 1 1/2 years ago and it has changed my life.  I take 1 gramGram stain of skin lesion
Gram stain of tissue biopsy per night before I go to bed.  If anyone suffers from terrible cramping, horrible diareah, backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment painAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Alternative medicine - pain relief
Ankle pain
Anterior knee pain
Back pain - low
Bone pain or tenderness
Breast pain
Causes of painful intercourse
Chest pain
Chronic pain - resources or adominal painAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Alternative medicine - pain relief
Ankle pain
Anterior knee pain
Back pain - low
Bone pain or tenderness
Breast pain
Causes of painful intercourse
Chest pain
Chronic pain - resources, then this will save your life.  If you have any questions, you can e-mail me at ***@****.



dmarch

Thank you to both of you for your helpful letters.  I have been through so much, like all of us it seems, and I am so grateful for your input :)



To INALOTOFPAIN: That was a fantastic list that truly helped me.  It's interesting to note that all this time, I've been through hell and backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment, yet only a colonoscopy has been done.  No inspection of my small intestine, yet the dx of CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's.  I guess if it was in my small intestine as well, it would explain why they can't find it anymore in my lower intestine.



To all of you:  I guess this disease has just frustrated me so much, because I've been hospitalized 5 times this year already with dehydration, diarrheaBacterial gastroenteritis
Campylobacter enteritis
Diapers and diarrhea
Diarrhea
Diarrhea in children - diet
E. coli enteritis
Giardiasis
Traveler’s diarrhea, and blinding crampsAbdominal pain
Leg pain
Muscle cramps
Painful menstrual periods
Relief of menstrual cramps.  My doctor just looks at me and seems to imply that I must be imagining things or something, because someone with CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's doesn't get sickSick sinus syndrome this often.  Well, geez, then if it's not CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's, then find out what it is and why I can't stay healthy.  I use to run marathons, cycle fervently, and now I'm just trying to get through a week.  UGH!  It's hard enough to deal with the physicalPhysical activity
Physical exam frequency
Physical examination part, but then the physician part, that is so trying for me.  I don't feel like I should have to convince someone, you know?  Plus I wonder why after 2 years, still no definitive diagnosis.



Okay, I've vented.  Thanks for reading!  And a big thank you to both of you for your help and posting.  I really appreciate any info you come across that you might think I could use.



My e-mail address is ***@****



Take care, and best of health straight to ya!

My cousin and my best friend both have CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's and IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs, I have heard of many people who do, it is quite commonCommon cold because the system is under great stressAcute respiratory distress syndrome
Broken bone
Exercise stress test
Fetal heart monitoring
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Stress and anxiety
Stress echocardiography
Stress formula with iron
Stress gastritis
Stress incontinence because of the CrohnCrohn's disease
Crohn's disease - affected areas
Crohn's disease, x-ray's, and stressAcute respiratory distress syndrome
Broken bone
Exercise stress test
Fetal heart monitoring
Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Stress and anxiety
Stress echocardiography
Stress formula with iron
Stress gastritis
Stress incontinence is a majorMajor tears
Major-con trigger for IBSRibs and lung anatomy
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs.

Good Luck.

I think you can have both. I beleive I do. Has anybody also had

twitching and spasmsCoronary artery spasm
Croup
Eyelid twitch
Facial tics
Hand or foot spasms
Urge incontinence
Vascular spasm? I do and I wonder if it somehow related to

the crohnes. I am presently awaiting MRIAbdominal mri
Chest mri
Heart mri
Lumbosacral spine mri
Melanoma of the liver - mri scan
Mri
Mri of the brain
Mri of the head
Mri scans
Spine mri of headHead and face reconstruction
Head injury
Head lice
Indications of head injury
Radial head injury and C spineChanges in spine with age
Lumbosacral spine ct
Lumbosacral spine mri
Lumbosacral spine x-ray
Meninges of the spine
Myelomeningocele
Neck x-ray
Skeletal spine
Spine mri
Thoracic spine x-ray
Ultrasound, normal fetus - spine and ribs but I expect nomral results. I get so tired. I owe it to my familyBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
Ewing’s sarcoma
Family troubles - resources to atleast do some minimal research. Thanks

I am a 38 year old femaleCondoms
Female condoms
Female sexual dysfunction that has had ulcerativeUlcerative colitis colitus for 15 years.  I have been hospitalized 4 times with it.  I went in yesterday for a routineRoutine sputum culture colonoscopy to check and see how I was doing following a severe flare up.  I learned that I now have a strictureBiliary stricture
Urethral stricture in my sigmoid colonColon cancer
Colon cancer - resources
Colon cancer - series
Colon cancer screening
Colon culture
Colonoscopy
Culture - colonic tissue
Hirschsprung’s disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
Ischemic colitis
Large bowel resection that is so small it will no longer allow the scope to pass through.  I have a few options but the one I am leaning toward is removal of my colonColon cancer
Colon cancer - resources
Colon cancer - series
Colon cancer screening
Colon culture
Colonoscopy
Culture - colonic tissue
Hirschsprung’s disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
Ischemic colitis
Large bowel resection.  My advise to anyone suffering with this terrible disease (or any other )is to find a good gastrointeroligist.  I went to the same Dr. for the fist 14 years and loved him!!  I continued to travel 150 miles on way after we moved 3 years ago because he was so good.  He retired in October and I was forced to find another Doctor.  It took me two attempts but I found another doctor that is wonderful!!  Don't stop looking until you find the doctor for you, you deserve that at least that much.