As usual I don't blog too often here since my overall health has been generally good and I have been in remission with Crohn's for almost a decade (thanks to Humira). This past week (starting probably Sunday night) I felt cramping in my stomach. To be more accurate it was more of a blunt pain in my lower abdomen and not any type of sharp pain. The pain was right below my belly button but above the groin area. The pain lingered on and I tried to do my usual routine of: eating lighter (okay and sometimes not so light)/hot baths/cold packs on my stomach which seemed to help some. Monday and Tuesday night I slept more than I have slept in a long time. Also what was strange was I was going to bed extremely early (around 8 or 9 P.M. which is a couple hours before I go to bed). For example on Sunday night I slept for 8 and half hours. My average sleep time has been a little under 8 hours. On Monday night I slept roughly 9.25 hours (I was in bed for almost 10 hours) and felt so exhausted but really didn't know why given I didn't have a stressful work schedule nor was there any other activity or anything else that was stressful.
The other somewhat bizarre thing is when I ate food my cramping actually tended to subside (maybe all along I just had hunger pains). Also I have noticed that my bowel movements have been a little harder to achieve since I seem to be a little more constipated but my movements are manageable and don't hurt. Also I haven't seen any blood or any usual looking stools exiting my body.
Today (Friday) I have very minor cramping and just about to 100% which is great. This week was somewhat of a bummer being tired, cramped, and wanting to go to bed early. The game plan is I am due to take my Humira this weekend and that usually helps (it takes a few days) but should do the trick.
