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    Options for Crohns Colitis surgery

    Hi Misty - I have heard of it but not tried it. Isn't it the last resort if you fail to respond to IV steroids, before they consider surgery? Problem I have with ciprofloxacin and metronidazole is that they both, quite possibly, contributed to my condition in the first instance. Whenever I...
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    Options for Crohns Colitis surgery

    Thanks Misty Can you give me an idea of what other treatment options are available or where to look? As everything I've read about, I've tried (other than the stem cell therapy - as per Ziggy's wonderful account)
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    Options for Crohns Colitis surgery

    Hi Guys and Gals So, i'm 8 weeks into a flare, which isn't settling on 50mgs of Pred. Had IBD almost 7 years. Have recently undergone a colonoscopy, biopsies, sigmoidoscopy and capsule enteroscopy (swallow a camera in a pill which videos small bowel). The outcome is.......unclear, but points...
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    Looking for answers.....

    Having just joined the site and read so many interesting individuial accounts, I thought I'd share my experiences with you, at a time when I am in the midst of a nasty flare. Short History: I was prescribed a medication for acne in 2004 called Roaccutane. Its a very powerful drug. A few...
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