How have you been going? How were the results of your tests?
Are you a student?

Hi Justice, I have a son that's 30. We found out about six months ago, he has Crohn's Disease. The Dr. said he's had it for about five years. We thought he was a healthy 30 year old. It is so bad he my need to have part of his large intestant removed. The Dr. said, he needs to quite smoking. He has smoked for twelve years. The Dr. gave him a proscription called, Chantix. He said instead of putting nicotine in his system it goes to the part of the brain where he has cravings and ,stops them. He said there has been a lot of success. My son took it for just over two weeks and said the craving had been stopped for several days. Maybe you could give it a try. Good luck

Just read this whole thread and wondering myself how it is going.

I had my gallbladder removed a couple of years ago and it was 100% packed with stones. My symptoms were varied, but sure didn't include spitting up blood so that obviously still needs to be addressed.

The symptoms can vary with gallstones, but mine felt like I was having heart attacks. When it got to the point that my chest hurt pretty much every day for about 5 days, I went to the hospital and they admitted me. Thankfully, my GP told them to include an ultrasound of my guts in addition to all of the heart tests.

The ultrasound turned up the packed gallbladder. The doc said that women often present with chest pain like a heart attack which is not the most common side effect. I did have other symptoms like diarrhea, upset stomach and who knows what else in the years preceding that! Gallstones don't form overnight.

So Justice, did you have the ultrasound? Are you getting someone to address your fevers and coughing up of blood?

I'm not a student,I'm a hostage! lol.........Just to answer the first question.
The HIDA scan came back normal,so it's not my gallbladder.I saw the Dr. yesterday,and my temperature was 101.9,he asked when the last time I passed out was,and I told him it was a day or 2 after he told me the HIDA scan was normal,but this time I felt it coming on,and explained the syptoms I felt right before I passed out,he figured it out.He said that I'm having severe Anxiety attacks that are causing me to pass out,that my mind can't handle the excess stress,other then what I'm having already at home,so when I get stress from some where else,my brain just shuts down,and I pass out.He said the symptoms I described were exactly the symptoms that are a severe type of attack,and that I need to have my valium dose increased,or they could get worse.But the fever is still a mystery,so he prescribed me anti-biotics,and he thinks I have IBS.I asked about Chrohns,he said no,there would be more blood,than I've been spitting up and having in my runs.And I mentioned ulcerative colitis,and he said the same thing,more blood would be coming out,not the smaller amount that I've had.The spitting up blood he thinks is just my esophagus being irritated from the vomiting.I had half of it removed in 1993,and the rest is stretched together and stapled together ,so whenever I vomit it gets irritated where the staples are,and can cause some bleeding.If I vomit too much,it could rip a staple,but I would hemmorage and die within minutes if that happened,so that's not it! Or I would'nt be here to type this!lol... But it was my fever that got him to actually sit and listen to me,and realize that he needs to figure this out! because he looked at my chart and realized that for the past 5 months about,everytime I've come in,I've had a fever,so he can't keep coming up with excuses,he really needed to hear me out this time!
So,he thinks it's IBS,with the COPD,causing the respiratory infections,and the passing out due to severe anxiety! Fevers still unsolved!
What do you guys think,do you think he may be getting somewhere finally?

I could have easily passed out. It finally abated on it's own, but anxiety can be instinctual. You are unwell, you know you are unwell, you have not received relief or treatment, you worry...you pass out.

The esophagal bleeding can very well be the old problems you had with esophagas. I don't know your medical history, but I know bulemia can cause blood in vomit, due to constant irritation from vomiting.

Your fever can be a number of things,and antibiotics is a reasonable step. You may feel alot better soon with the antibiotics. You may have an infection, unresolved bacteria. Just keep an eye on it.

Relax as much as you can. there is definately something acute going on that needs to be resolved first. Then the COPD can be adressed, if that is even correct. From reading thread, there does not appear to be enough medical testing done to confirm diagnosis. What testing was done? Who diagnosed you?

With the COPD diagnosis on January 11th,2007,I went to my Dr.,and asked him to test me for it,and without any tests at all,he just said to me that I do have it,and that I have for many years,ever since he diagnosed me with Chronic Bronchitis when I was about 23-24 yrs.old,now I'm 1 month away from being 34 yrs.old.So he basically told me I've had it for about 10 years but he's never treated me for it,he just gave me the inhalers I needed for my Asthma,he said that Asthma,and Chronic bronchitis is the same thing as COPD,that chronic bronchitis is a stage of COPD,and that the next stage is Emphesema,and that if I don't quit smoking I might just get it,and it will kill me! But he said he thought I already knew I had it! I asked him why he never told me over all these years,he just said he never really thought about it,he just assumed I knew.
So he never ran any tests,even when I was diagnosed with chronic bronchitis,it was a chest x-ray that was done to diagnose that,and the fact that it would'nt go away,even with anti-biotics,I only get pneumonia,never just bronchitis.I get pneumonia about 3-4 times a year!

Many people have chronic bronchitis. It's probably not even as chronic as you think. My kid has chronic coughing,bronchitis,asthma, and I assure you there is no COPD.

Those symptoms are more common than you think,especially in people with asthma. I think you need to get yourself properly evaluated by a pulmonologist in relation to all this. I also think you should not smoke anymore, and stay away from 2nd hand smoke too.

I don't beleive this doctor has evaluated you nor tested you in order to hand down this diagnosis. And worst off he was irresponsible because he is not treating you or managing your care. Why would he assume you have this illness and not speak to you about it? Very responsible of him!!

Please go see a specialist.

That's what my best friend told me,before she moved to Colorado. She was a Doctor in the same clinic as mine,but since we were friends they wouldn't let her be my Doctor. But while my Dr. was out of town for a month, they did assign her to me,so she got to look over my chart,and medical history. She told me to question the COPD, but in so many words that couldn't get her in trouble,that's when I asked him to test me for it,and he just said he already knew I had it! So,before she quit and moved just recently, she told me to get to a pulmonologist also! At my appt with my Dr. in May I noticed he changed some things in my chart,and now it say's I have a diagnoses of COPD,when it didn't say that before,it just said chronic bronchitis. He dummied up the chart.After that appt when I questioned him.
2 days ago, my Psychiatrist questioned me about my MedDoc diagnosing me with my fevers being unexplained,he asked if he tested me for any of the auto immune disorders,or lupus,or ran any tests other than just blood tests,and he didn't! He just did bloodwork! When my PsychDoc knows the fevers have been going on for about 5 months! Now he's suspicous of him now to!
My MedDoc used to be the best Dr. I'd ever had,and he was so attentive.He ran tests all the time to make sure he had the right diagnoses,and got me the right medicine to take care of it. He was such a caring and great Doc,he even spent time asking how things were in life other than just my body,he was a friend to! I found out his marriage failed and it affected his work,and he just got burnt out,and now he just doesn't pay much attention to anything,he's not the same. It's hurts to see him like that,when I know there is a good man inside of him,and a good Dr.,it's just going to waste.
But I will get him to refer me to a pulmonologist, if he has nothing to hide,he won't have a problem with it. If he won't refer me, my PsychDoc might be able to! I'll have to check. With my insurance, all specialists need referrals from my primary care Dr.in order for my insurance to cover the visit!

I'm going to be pretty ****** off if he lied to me, just to save time,and keep him from having to order extra tests, and do extra paperwork. Just to find out he was just trying to give me an excuse for why I'm so sick, because he didn't want to spend the time finding out the real reason! His Malpractice insurance will go up so high, he'll be forced to quit!

He already lost (they died) a few patients in the last few months, that were right around my age 33-35 yrs.old because of his not paying attention, so he's already in constant battles with his boss over ****! And his attorneys!