Another undiagnosed Crohnie here! I wasn’t diagnosed until after I almost went into sepsis from a perianal abscess and fistula. I was alone in London waiting to meet up with my sister for a planner London/Paris trip. I felt a lump and my dad told me to fly home, but I was stubborn. He gave my sister a bunch of antibiotics to give me (he’s a doctor). I was in pain which turned into excruciating pain and had fever the whole trip. Flew back home to New York and had emergency surgery 36 hours later.
It took 3 surgeries, a seton, and almost 2 years until everything was ok. I’m on remicade now.
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Another undiagnosed Crohnie here! I wasn’t diagnosed until after I almost went into sepsis from a perianal abscess and fistula. I was alone in London waiting to meet up with my sister for a planner London/Paris trip. I felt a lump and my dad told me to fly home, but I was stubborn. He gave my sister a bunch of antibiotics to give me (he’s a doctor). I was in pain which turned into excruciating pain and had fever the whole trip. Flew back home to New York and had emergency surgery 36 hours later.
It took 3 surgeries, a seton, and almost 2 years until everything was ok. I’m on remicade now.