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My daughter was diagnosed the summer before her senior year. She spent her senior year in incredible pain and so exhausted from the inflammation and side effects of her meds. The poor thing had a colonoscopy the day before her prom and a barium swallow test the day before graduation! We...

Thank you so much! This is so overwhelming but I am so glad to hear that this is "do-able" in college! We just have to have faith and pray that this works so that she can have some sort of a normal experience at school. We did register with the disability office at her school before starting...

My daughter has been fighting this disease for a year now. We have been through two doctors at our Children's Hospital (original left to start a new hospital in Texas). Nothing actually has worked - her body was not able to process the 75 mg of Imuran. She was dropped down to 25 mg and it has...

Okay - finally - she has cleared all blood tests and was put on Imuran 75 mg to start and he is tapering her off of the Entocort (6mg this month) and he added Folic Acid. She will have weekly blood tests for a month and guarding any problems we will see the Gastro again. So far she is feeling...

We just received a diagnosis of Crohn's for my daughter who is 17 and showed no prior systems. I am no expert but here is what the did for her to diagnose the Crohns: bloodwork, fecal sample (tested for white blood cells and blood present), Premethius genetic test (sample sent to labe in...

Thank all of you all so much. It certainly is a lot to take in at one time! But all of the information given has really helped! I am starting a list for the doctor and will be armed with all of the helpful advice you all have given me for the next appointment!

Thoughts and prayers are with you! Just went through with my 17 yr old. Diagnosed with Crohn's.

My teenage daughter woke up two weeks ago with what I thought was the stomach virus going around. By 7 am her pain was so intense she was asking to go to the dr. The dr. immediately sent us to Children's Hospital. After an xray and ct scan we were told she had a stricture between her small...