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Oh no, that doesn’t sound good Opieshuffle13! ☹️ It’s the self loading pens. I chose to go for the thighs today - just because I reckoned it would be more comfortable than into my stomach. But happy to try my stomach the next time.

Thank you Trishke 🙂 Started Adalimumab this morning. I was quite nervous about it, but the injections were absolutely fine. The Nurse specialist did 1 and I did the remaining 3. I chose to inject into my thigh rather than my stomach. Slight stinging sensation but over in no time. 3 hours later...

Been a while since I last posted. Thought I would update. So the Prednisolone worked reasonably well, although never fully. I stopped taking Prednisolone at the end of November, and by Christmas things were going down hill again. I’m due to start Adalimumab in 2 weeks, and in the meantime I’m...

Thank you for your advice Scipio. I’ll see how well things improve by the end of the 2 week 40mg dose and then chase it up with my gastroentorologist. Thank you my little penguin. I’m just starting to get my head around the drug pyramid. I’m finding the treatment section and individual people’s...

Thanks for your reply Scipio. The nurse specialist did say that Pentassa doesn’t tend to be that effective for crohns. How much longer would you recommend I give the steroids to work before contacting my nurse specialist / gastroenterologist? I’m on day 5 of 40mg of Prednisolone (2 weeks at...

Hi everyone. I’m 43 years old, and I have been diagnosed with Crohns for 2 years officially, although my symptoms build up gradually from around 35. Things kicked off a few weeks before my 40th birthday. I attribute it to a bad kidney infection which took 2 antibiotics to clear, along with a...