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Hi Maria It's good to see someone else from Ireland on this forum. Hope you begin to feel better soon and the meds start to work. My crohns is sleeping at the moment, thank god and its great when the symptoms aren't taking over your life so hoping you will get to that stage soon. Take care...

Hi I am a new member here too since last week and find it great reading other peoples stories and asking questions. I also was allergic to Imuran and came off it after just over 2 weeks, but reading the stories here it seems to work for a lot of people, so it will be worth giving it a try if...

Hi Stephanie I was on the Entcort for around a year and a half and for me I didn't have any weight gain at all. The side effects really weren't that bad, (headaches mainly but I get them anyway) at the beginning I did feel I had extra energy (that felt great). When I began to come off them I...

This is so interesting... I believe stress and pain killers were the triggers for me, I am a real worrier and get so stressed (about almost everything) and looking back now on periods when I would have been worried / stressed about something I also remember the stomach cramps that came with it...

I'm 33, diagnosed about 2.5 years ago

Hope your feeling better soon, take care and I wish you look with the docs on Monday, but maybe they should be the ones needing the good luck from reading above. LOL!!! Sinead

Yeah, the stress defo triggers it I believe. Did you ever try tecniques to deal with stress? Humira is one of the options I have for treatment also but find it hard to agree to take it when I am well.

Really do feel for you stephanie and wishing you recovery soon. Yeah, I was beginning to think along the same lines until I went to see my GI this week who gave me a real reality check. I went off the meds also but he recommends that I recommence so that's what brought me here and find it so...

Hi Stephanie Wishing you gook luck. Hope you begin to feel better soon and your treatment is a success. It must be hard when you were well for so long to start having the symptoms again. I am symptom free at the moment so imagine it must have been hard when it all came back because you start...

1. Were you around a lot of second hand smoke as a child or do you smoke now? Yeah but not a lot, and do smoke now. 2. Did you ever drink unpasteurised milk? No, dont drink milk at all 3. Do you have any other autoimmune disorders? Ie. Eczema, asthma, allergies - Yeah psorisas 4. Did you grow...

Thanks to all for replying to me and welcoming me to the forum. Looking forward to logging in and getting and sharing info. Still trying to find my way around the site so forgive me if I am making mistakes or breaking any rules. I am sure I will learn as I go on but feel free to inform me if...

Hi Amy Thank you for replying. Yeah think it's just for maintenance. That's why I am finding it hard to agree to taking meds because I am relatively symptom free, for the first time in years I am putting on weight and wonder what would happen if i commence them and then get a relapse, what...

Thank you, Really appreciate your advice. Yeah, GI is understanding and knows that I am afraid of meds after the reaction that I took so he is being patient with me. So glad I found this forum and looking forward to hearing from people who have better experience and knowledge than me. Thanks...

Hi Nancy Thank you for getting back to me, really appreciate it. Yeah, I was on Entrocort (stopped by GI) and Pentasa stopped (own decision to stop as GI told me research shows it is ineffective in Chrons) as I was more or less symptom free. I started acupuncture and found it really helped to...

I'm a new member, would really like to get advice from someone who has Chrons. I'm 33 and was diagnosed with Chrons over two years ago. On no meds at present but GI told me today that I had to recommence. Was on Imuran during the summer, got very ill from it causing pancretitis. Really...

Hi I'm a new member, this is my first time to look for a support group. I am 33 and was diagnosed about 2 years ago. Really new to this, nervous and confused.