After 9 consecutive months of diarrhea, I got a referral from my GP for a GI. After ultrasound, upper and lower GI X-rays I was told I have Crohn's in the terminal ileum. I was put on asacol, when I was flaring so badly, I could see pieces of my asacol tablets in the toilet. Fast forward to 10 years ago, I flared after having my first daughter, was put on pentasa (didn't work), Entocort (didn't work) so I was put on prednisone and imuran. This put me into remission for 3 years till after the birth of my second daughter. Again, prednisone and imuran, again remission until 3 months ago (7years) when I started experiencing excruciating pain on my left side, my Crohn's now is flaring in my duodenum as well. This resulted in an er visit where I was given cipro and flagel and morphine for the pain. So I'm back on prednisone and Imuran waiting for the imuran to get working. After reading so many stories on this forum, I realize that while I have Crohn's, I've been lucky that overall I've been well. Now I worry about the future of me and this disease. I am so thankful for the creators of this forum, and the Internet, my previous 2 GIs gave me medical journals to read for information on my illness. I have learned more on this forum in the past 2 weeks then I had in the 21 years I've been sick.
Thank-youoo:
Thank-youoo: