Hi ime not a dr or anything but my partner had cronic pancreatitis so i i know how painful that can be realy with that its all down to cutting out fats etc do you take creons with food they dont tell you this but cutting out fats is so important .back to me i have crohns disease i got all that stuff are your b12 levels ok  i think the minute a biopsie is mentioned it comes straight into our heads cancer we are so bombarded by it in the media .years ago we wouldnt wven think about it the thing is ive learned that our bowle and digestive systym is the thermometer of our emotions so if we get stressed or worried and bang diarea constipation you name it bloating everything  happens if i get stressed badly i had no end of trouble so for the time being try to relax as much as you can breathing excercises are a real help or just music like rain forest sound etc thats what i do and many othere and coming and chatting to us it can realy make a big diffrenc .paul

Hi ime not a dr or anything but my partner had cronic pancreatitis so i i know how painful that can be realy with that its all down to cutting out fats etc do you take creons with food they dont tell you this but cutting out fats is so important .back to me i have crohns disease i got all that stuff are your b12 levels ok  i think the minute a biopsie is mentioned it comes straight into our heads cancer we are so bombarded by it in the media .years ago we wouldnt wven think about it the thing is ive learned that our bowle and digestive systym is the thermometer of our emotions so if we get stressed or worried and bang diarea constipation you name it bloating everything  happens if i get stressed badly i had no end of trouble so for the time being try to relax as much as you can breathing excercises are a real help or just music like rain forest sound etc thats what i do and many othere and coming and chatting to us it can realy make a big diffrenc .paul

Hi Paulus, thank you so much for your reply, it really has helped. I am still scared out of my mind as the reason my GP referred me urgently was suspected stomach cancer and bile gastritis and also low iron levels can be  linked to stomach cancer. Also when I saw the sonographer for my ultrasound, he asked me what I was there for, I told him and he just said I see. I asked him if he could see anything on the ultrasound and he wouldn't tell me anything, no words of reassurance or anything, he was very serious. 

Anyway physically I was a bit better yesterday and even managed to go out for a few hours to a friend's engagement party which did take my mind off things for a bit. I also slept well last night which is a first so I am definitely trying to not think about tomorrow but live for the moment. Thank you for reminding me about music, I love music and I do think listening to something calming will help so I will try this. 

Finally I hope you are keeping well. My sister has Crohn's so  I   know a bit about it but I also know it is different  for everyone. She was very ill before diagnosis but is doing well now. 

Can I just ask, in my limited knowledge of Crohn's , I didn't think the stomach and bile gastritis played a part in it but I may well be wrong.

Thank you so much once again for responding to me , it is so comforting to know that I can literally put all my thoughts down and that there is someone kind enough to take the time to offer advice, comfort and to just chat without judging me at all. 

Take care and thankyou again

Hi i think crohns can effect any part of your digestive systym definatly aneimia i had b12 def def years in the end started to take b12 supplements wow did that make a difference it causes depression nerve probs you name it if you have aneimia just that will make you feel awfull tired etc ive iust had a eye infection they suspected thats caused by crohns .they dont know what causes crohns but stress and worry realy sets it off . I know crohns can run in familys if your anemic i would suspect doctors put you in for 2 week referal to see the cause as they cant realy treat you till the find something to treat but and stress is our tums worst enemy .so just try a bit of relaxavueing thats french for relax lol those relaxation dvds are good two plenty on u tube see how you go let us know how your doing . Paul .ps the sonografer will not tell you anything there not allowed to plus that test is just a rough one they may do a few mri  poo tests it dosnt mean cancer just they have find out guessings no good as ive said years ago something like this a cancer wouldnt woun come into our heads but with all the hype on tv now we are pretty much brainwashed to think anything is cancer 

Hi Paulus,

Thank you for your reply and I will definitely try relaxation techniques and DVDs. 

I am sorry for what you are going through. My sister's Crohn's when at it's worst, affected her whole body. She literally did not leave the house for 3 months as she had lots of fistulas and it was so painful for her. She also lost so much weight very quickly and had a mouth full of ulcers and she had bad eye infections which temporarily affected her vision and joint pain all caused by Crohn's. She is doing so much better now, she has to have regular blood tests and also regular injections of himura which has helped her so much. She is like a different person to before she had the treatment. I am aware this is a chronic condition though so it's something you have to live with. I hope you are receiving good treatment to help you through.

Thank you very much for chatting, we all have our own battles to face but it's good that we are not doing it alone. X