Guest guest Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 At 04:26 PM 3/16/2010, you wrote: I got home from my iron infusion about 2 hours ago. <hugs> Lady.... I hope you feel better soon. I was talking to my sister when your note came in and said, " Hmm.... " because passing out over needles is what SHE does, too! Take care of yourself. — Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Whenever I get my first infusion, I have a bad reaction. I don't get abdominal pain, but I do get really cold and achy, and ultimately vomit. The weird thing is that I have no problem with the 3 infusions that follow. This has happened on (I think) 3 different occasions. So if you're anything like me, you'll be fine on your next infusion. Did they give you benadryl and anti-nauseas meds? They don't help me on the first infusion, but they do help some people. Feel better! Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > > Hey guys, > > I got home from my iron infusion about 2 hours ago. We decided to go > with the sucrose, just to be safe. When they first put in the IV, I > almost passed out, because that's just what I do, so it took much > longer to actually get me in the chair with the iron hooked up to me. > After that I was okay though, and I was able to get on my computer, do > my homework, and be pretty comfortable doing it. I was going to email > you guys during it, but I couldn't send emails from there, even though > I could receive them. > > So everything went well up until about the last half hour, when I > stated getting some soreness in fort of a band around my abdomen, in > my solar plexus/stomach/bottom of rib cage area. At first I thought it > was just from sitting for so long, but it got worse, so they called my > GI doctor to come check me out. She said everything seemed fine, and > that I could take some tylenol for the pain if necessary. > > On the way home, things got much worse. I could definitely tell by now > that the pain was in my stomach, and it wasn't nausea, just really bad > pain/soreness that radiated through to my back. It stayed like that > from after the iron infusion, which was about 2:15, until about half > an hour ago, at 5:45. So, pretty miserable. > > At this point we were wondering if it was maybe a new food I had > introduced, since I had some raw apple for the first time yesterday, > then more today. But then at about 5:45 when the pain stopped, I got > really nauseous, and I just came back from a lovely bout of violent > vomiting. So now I'm guessing it's not the raw apples, since I > introduced four new foods in one day a couple weeks ago without this > bad of a reaction. > > We looked online to see possible side affects of the iron infusion, > and nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and D (which I also just had) > were listed, so I'm now thinking it was the iron that gave me this > reaction. > > I'm wondering if any of you have had similar side effects such as these? > > Peace =) > Alyssa 16 yo > UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008 > SCD June 2009 (restarted) > Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per day > Prednisone 35 mg 1x per day > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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