Re: Christine:Re: obstruction of small intestine - Ginny
From: Ginny King (gking@myrick.com)
Thu Aug 26 18:03:27 1999
At Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote:
>
>At Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Ginny King wrote:
>>
>>Hi Christine.
>>
>>The only place that the Crohn's showed up was in the colon. I did have
>>biopsy's taken from the illeum (no inflammation shown hear, just
>>narrowing from previous scarring, which means at some point there was
>>inflammation) and duodenum. But as you know, it can act up in a
>>different place each time. I sometimes have problems within thirty
>>minutes after eating. I don't know if it is from what I actually had at
>>that meal or if is pushing on "stuff" from a prior meal. Here is a
>>strange one, I get excruciating pain from eating tomato soup. I have no
>>idea why!!! Grapes, apples and pineapple cause me the same kind of quick
>>reaction pain. Then I can have a steak and have no problems at all. It
>>just doesn't seem logical to me. When I am in one of those active
>>phases like the last three months, everything I eat seems to bother me.
>>My doctor wants me to go on a liquid diet (broths, jelloo, etc.) when
>>that happens to rest the bowel and come see her as soon as possible so
>>that they can adjust my medication and add one of the steroidal drugs at
>>that time. So I'm no help with your question, I just know there is not
>>much of a time delay. I wonder why? My doctor did say that sometimes
>>(but it is not all that common) that people with Crohn's (and other
>>problems of the bowel)can become allergic to certain foods with
>>complaints of vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, bloating and
>>constipation that will happen within one hour of eating a certain food.
>>This is hard to diagnose and would involve an elimination diet. To
>>complicate matters for me is I have developed severe hypoglycemia. No
>>doctor has made any connection, but I only have problems with my blood
>>sugar when I am in an active state (diarrhea, pain and bleeding) that
>>goes on for several days. I am not one of those with my bowel tied in
>>loops, just narrowing in places. I hope that is why I have not
>>experienced a full bowel obstruction, but as you say each person is
>>different and who knows why one gets an obstruction while others don't.
>>I hope I never get in that situation, it sounds horrible. Take care.
>>Ginny
>>
>>Hi Ginny:
>I found your post very interesting. The only thing I can think of with
>tomato soup is that it is acidic. I know when my mouth is inflammed I
>feel sore all the way down to my stomach so there is probably
>inflammation there. Anything acidic on an inflamed mucosal lining is
>going to be painful.
>If you read my post to Jennifer, bananas and spinach are very painful. I
>can understand spinach because that has oxalic acid, but bananas? I have
>a very small ulcer right now back on my tonsil area and I feel lousy.
>Even my sinus linings feel inflammed! The lysine usually keeps things
>under control so I don't get to this state but I have been lazy about
>taking it lately. I don't know about you but I hate taking all of these
>pills, so if I'm going to get lazy that's one I let go. And now I'm
>sorry.
>Another interesting thing I observed. Before my second lap I had to do
>a two day bowel prep with clear liquids only
>and I felt much better. Another reason why I don't think my problem is
>only SI joint inflammation.
>Another question-do you have problems with your eyes? I just noticed a
>kind of irritated feeling the past week or two. My first thought was
>the celebrex so checked the package insert. Eye pain, conjunctivitis is
>listed as one of the adverse reactions but this doesn't seem like that.
>It's definitely not conjunctivititis and I wouldn't exactly call it
>pain. Crohn's can also cause eye inflammation and I was wondering if
>you had anything like that.
>
>Chris S.
Hi Chris. Yes I have eye problems. I have had conjunctivitis on two
occasions. Other times I have had eye pain and most other times they
just feel irritated, amost a burning like I have in my mouth and they
are very blood shot when this happens. I always feel great after I have
had a bowel prep (except for the actual act of getting there) After both
colonoscopy's I was pain free for three to four days and have more
energy. I know what you mean about the medications. I have extra
trouble because I need nutritional supplements and it's hard to lay out
six or more pills and think about taking all of them, but I guess we
need to. I would like to think I could get this under control without
taking a heavy narcotic. I don't know about the bananas. Maybe they
are not ripe enough when she eats them. Bananas seem to be listed as ok
in most of the documentation I have read. I still agree with you that
something else is going on with you besides the SI pain and adhesions
otherwise I would not think you would get relief after a prep and you
would not have the other symtoms you are describing. Best wishes. Ginny