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This is great! I start Remicade on Friday, December 7. I am a long time Crohn's patient who has had my entire colon removed and replaced with a J-pouch. That was in 2002. I have had a couple of terrible years recently with infections, abscesses and fistulas. I tried Humira in 2011 with no...

I have been fighting Crohn's Disease for over 25 years. In 2002, I had my entire colon removed and replaced with a J-Pouch after a year with an ostemy. Although we removed my colon, I continue to have challenges with the spread of the disease, even into the J-pouch and beyond. I also have had...

I find it so interesting that you had so many docs tell you that it was stress, particularly when you were young. I had that same experience (although i was in high school 25 years ago) where docs said that my stomach pain was due to stress. I had a pretty great childhood and up- bringing. I...

I have had ulcertive colitis since 1986 with flare ups often and the removal of my colon in 2002 after the birth of my second child. I now have a J-pouch which has replaced the colon and has allowed me to NOT have an ostemy. However, in the last two years, I have had several abscesses and a...