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<blockquote data-quote="NuttyGuts" data-source="post: 1014065" data-attributes="member: 442377">Hi 360Wellness,I am in the same boat as you, it seems. I think I have had Crohn&#039;s since I was young, although it was not diagnosed until 2014. I have a stricture in the ileum, also diagnosed as severe. I was hoping to control the disease with diet alone, but after terrible pains,&nbsp; a round of prednisone, am now on Remicade and azathioprine. I feel well enough but both the GI doc and colo-rectal surgeon feel that because of the stricture, I should consider surgery now, while it would be a choice. In other words, don&#039;t wait until it&#039;s a total bowel blockage and an emergency surgery. I am still trying to wrap my mind around this, as I have always been a healthy person that didn&#039;t even take aspirin. I am worried about Crohn&#039;s reoccurring, about health problems later, and the loss of the ileocecal valve. Hope some post-surgery folks share their experience here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NuttyGuts, post: 1014065, member: 442377"] Hi 360Wellness, I am in the same boat as you, it seems. I think I have had Crohn's since I was young, although it was not diagnosed until 2014. I have a stricture in the ileum, also diagnosed as severe. I was hoping to control the disease with diet alone, but after terrible pains, a round of prednisone, am now on Remicade and azathioprine. I feel well enough but both the GI doc and colo-rectal surgeon feel that because of the stricture, I should consider surgery now, while it would be a choice. In other words, don't wait until it's a total bowel blockage and an emergency surgery. I am still trying to wrap my mind around this, as I have always been a healthy person that didn't even take aspirin. I am worried about Crohn's reoccurring, about health problems later, and the loss of the ileocecal valve. Hope some post-surgery folks share their experience here. [/QUOTE]

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