Hello everybody. I have had Crohn's for 3 years now. Symptoms started showing up when I was in my first semester of college away from friends and family. It was hell living in the dorms with this...
Doctor put me on pentasa, prednisone, and pain meds. This was in Dec 08. By March 09 I was in the worst pain I've ever been in. I ended up in the hospital for a week. The doc put me on Remicade and the pain went away in a day.
In August 09 I decided to give vegetarianism a try, as my GF at the time was a veggie as well. I slowly began to feel better. I got off my prednisone and changed the pentasa to apriso. The Apriso worked a lot better.
About 9 months ago I decided to do away with the Apriso leaving me with only one med; Remicade. To my surprise there was no difference. I felt great and didn't have to spend $50+ per month on drugs.
This summer I started becoming more aware of medications (and since changed my major to nursing) and learned of the cancer risks of such drugs like Remicade and Humira. I knew I had to get off of Remicade, but how would I feel?
I had my last Remicade treatment 3 months ago. I still feel great, but have the occasional stomach ache. I'm still vegetarian. I eat better. I exercise as much as possible.
The one good thing to come from Crohn's is realizing how unhealthy my life was. I'm now able to see what I'm doing wrong as well as help others do the same. I love learning about health issues and trying to help.
Doctor put me on pentasa, prednisone, and pain meds. This was in Dec 08. By March 09 I was in the worst pain I've ever been in. I ended up in the hospital for a week. The doc put me on Remicade and the pain went away in a day.
In August 09 I decided to give vegetarianism a try, as my GF at the time was a veggie as well. I slowly began to feel better. I got off my prednisone and changed the pentasa to apriso. The Apriso worked a lot better.
About 9 months ago I decided to do away with the Apriso leaving me with only one med; Remicade. To my surprise there was no difference. I felt great and didn't have to spend $50+ per month on drugs.
This summer I started becoming more aware of medications (and since changed my major to nursing) and learned of the cancer risks of such drugs like Remicade and Humira. I knew I had to get off of Remicade, but how would I feel?
I had my last Remicade treatment 3 months ago. I still feel great, but have the occasional stomach ache. I'm still vegetarian. I eat better. I exercise as much as possible.
The one good thing to come from Crohn's is realizing how unhealthy my life was. I'm now able to see what I'm doing wrong as well as help others do the same. I love learning about health issues and trying to help.
I so agree that having stomach issues makes you put diet and lifestyle into a whole new perspective! Out of curiosity, are you now completely off maintenance meds? This causes me some worry 
