Hi everyone, new here. I am a little confused right now about what is going on with me. I have been having digestive problems for years, though I always chalked it up to IBS, because my problems were periodic. When I would get sick, it felt like I was having the worst food poisoning ever, with severe diarrea and sometimes vomiting at the same time. Well, in January, I got really sick, with severe abdominal pain (left side) under my rib cage, severe nausea, and the worst fatigue I have ever experienced. Eating made it worse. Had a cat scan done, which showed inflammation around my pancreas and enlarged lymph nodes. Labs were negative for pancreatitis, and negative mrcp. I then had an endoscopy and colonoscopy. Endoscopy reported mild chronic inflammation in stomach and esophagus. Labs reported high gASCA, mild elevated liver enzymes, and colonoscopy was negative for inflammation. As far as I know, there is nothing indicative of chrohn's disease other than the elevated IBD panel. I have been experiencing joint pain too. I am now scheduled to do a capsule endoscopy, but I am feeling better, and I am wondering if I need to do this test. My question is...is it possible to diagnose chrohn's disease at age 48? And should I take a watch and wait approach? I hate taking medications of any kind, and it sounds like treatment can have a lot of unwanted side effects