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Exactly one week ago I went in for a bowel resection, surgery was long but surgeon said everything went well. They did the resection and repaired a fistula. Day after surgery I'm feeling pretty well and nurses urged me to eat since on my chart it said I had no diet restrictions. At this point I...

Well I had the infusion today and everything was succesful! Didn't even have to slow down the drip rate any more than the last one. Now that that's over with I'm just waiting to see if it works again, keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best. If its anything like the last few infusions...

Were you on any other medication for crohn's during this time? My doctor also had me taking azathioprine, and he never told me that aziothioprine helps stop antibodies from forming. And I stupidly stopped taking it as regularly as I should have.

I've been on remicade for about nine months, doses every two months, and I just realized that it has been nearly four months since my last infusion. I called my doctor, and after a bit of a chewing out from the nurse have scheduled an appointment for wednesday. My crohn's symptoms returned about...

I don't normally post in the forums, but I've just been feeling really discouraged lately and need to vent. I'm 18 years old, halfway through my senior year of high school, and have been diagnosed with crohn's disease since the age of 12. I've flared off and on throughout the years, and because...

Thanks so much for all of the responses! I really appreciate all of the feedback and it made me feel a lot better about my weight and appointment. I went to my appointment today and things went just fine. I have lost a great deal of weight but my doctor decided to start me on remicade infusions...

So tomorrow I have an appointment with my GI doctor, and I'm extremely nervous to find out how much I actually weigh. My stomachs been bothering me a lot lately and I can tell I've lost tons of weight, probably more than ever before. I'm already extremely thin as it is so I really can't afford...

Thanks for the welcome (:. Finding this place has definitely made me feel a bit better.

It really is a small world! I actually go to Fletcher Allen hospital to see my gastroenterologist. Thanks for the welcome, and yeah, it really is great to have people to reach out and relate to. (:

Hello everyone! I'm Darby, 17 years old and diagnosed with Crohn's Disease at age 12. I've been feeling pretty down lately about my crohn's so I guess I'll just go ahead and share my story. I was always pretty underweight growing up, but doctors always chalked it up to simply having a naturally...