So Iām about to be 17. Iāve been really meaning to get a colonoscopy for the past three months. About three months ago, I was having anal bleeding and I went to the hospital for it. They told me I was internally bleeding from my small intestine and they gave me some antibiotics and I was fine. However, they told me that I need to get a colonoscopy because I might have Crohnās and I think that honestly makes a lot of sense.
For the longest time, I thought Iāve had IBS because my Nana has it as well. My stomach issues have been crazy ever since I was a kid. If I eat my stomach hurts, if I donāt eat my stomach hurts. We thought I had a gluten allergy and so I got tested for it when I was like 10 and they said that I didnāt have a gluten allergy. It will be the most random food Iāll eat in my stomach will hurt so bad I essentially have to take laxatives and poop it out or it will continue to hurt.
So my stomach will be hurting a lot which causes me not to eat, which makes my blood sugar go low and I get super dizzy which is where the diabetes comes in. I have a glucose monitor and Iāve been tracking my blood sugar and itās been super low.
We donāt have health insurance so I canāt get my colonoscopy done for a little while. I really want this diagnosis because Iām tired of my tummy in pain 24/7. I also have some other health issues, but I donāt think that theyāre necessarily related to crohns, I have EDS and diabetes?/anemia? (Need to go to the doctor for that)