My Crohnstipated Life

First and most important is that you be completely honest with your medical doctor. Don’t be embarrassed, shy or intimidated at all. Unlike a broken arm, sliced open legs or boils on your face, your gastrointestinal doctor can not physically see what is going on inside of you, so you need to be clear and concise in order to diagnose or give you the correct medicine that corresponds to your symptoms.  The only way for them to see exactly what is going on with you is to do a colonoscopy, but you won’t have them every month or every time you have flare-ups. So, being on the same page and honest with your doctor is imperative.

Because our disease works much in the same way technically, when you describe your symptoms your doctors will most likely know what to prescribe to you. If your poop looks like worms or if your poopies are bloody, black or pea sized, pain location, rashes or hives +
these are the things they need to know. What you may think is non-important just may make or break your ability to manage your disease. So, be honest.

They have to have the facts and nothing but the facts. If you are a junk food eater, not watching your diet or not managing your Crohns tell them.