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efthatnoise

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Jan 26, 2006 09:46

has anyone ever had severe, intermittent, localized pain in the upper abdominal region? kind of like muscle spasms.

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ninthandfirst January 26 2006, 15:43:29 UTC

all the time, why

efthatnoise January 26 2006, 17:37:12 UTC

i'm worried it might be somthing fairly serious

corruptedproof January 26 2006, 17:43:31 UTC

kidney stones.

also, GO TO A FUCKING DOCTOR!

efthatnoise January 26 2006, 19:45:11 UTC

i did, it's a fucking ulcer. goddamnit.

greenkink January 27 2006, 00:41:17 UTC

Yes. It turned out to be ulcerative colitis.

efthatnoise January 27 2006, 02:33:17 UTC

exactly! minus the colitis. how long did it take to go away once you started the medicine?

greenkink January 27 2006, 03:05:03 UTC

Well, technically ulcerative colitis is a gastrointestinal, chronic disease, so it never actually "goes away". But I've been in remission for over five years now, and in many cases it vanishes for good while in others it can resurface sporadically with decades of remission in between. I think ulcerative illnesses in general are treated similarly, though; you're never actually cured, and you have to watch it (ie., certain foods, smoking, drinking, even stress, etc.). Then again, I don't really know what you have. For a while I had the exact kind of pain.

greenkink January 27 2006, 03:08:36 UTC

I just realized I didn't really answer your question. When I first got it, I was misdiagnosed several times, and it got to the point where I was so sick I had to take a form of a steroid. That shit was magical, I got better really fast. It was never that bad again. These days, I take a much milder substance as a safeguard against future episodes, but there are no guarantees.