Hello fellow CD's and IBS fighters. My name is Cris and I am 24 yrs old. This is my first time posting in a forum about Crohn's disease. I chose to post here because this site looks like a wonderful and supportive community.
I was officially diagnosed with Crohn's disease in July of 2012. The first two months was the roughest for me because I was in and out the hospital multiple times. The first time I went to the hospital I was told my disease was mild and that I did not require any surgery and was prescribed pentasa and some steroid medications. One week later I ended up back in the hospital and my disease was upgraded from mild to serious. The surgeons didn't want to perform any surgery because they believed it would only cure my disease for a short period of time and that Crohn's usually comes back in another part of the intestines. So my doctors strongly suggested that I start getting infusions and placed me on remicade which I had strong reservations for because of the likely hood of getting leukemia or some sort of cancer. I decided to go through with it and received three infusions before my health providers refused to pay my bills and now I am stuck without any medication and a $24000 bill that I cant afford to pay. I've been off medication for 3 months now and haven't had any problems yet except some minor cramps. I am scared that I will end up back in the hospital again so I have decided to start taking one a day for men and drink slim fast shakes along with some liquid foods. I don't know if this plan will work for very long but I have hope and faith that my body will not let me down. Thanks for reading my article and look forward to reading your responses.
I was officially diagnosed with Crohn's disease in July of 2012. The first two months was the roughest for me because I was in and out the hospital multiple times. The first time I went to the hospital I was told my disease was mild and that I did not require any surgery and was prescribed pentasa and some steroid medications. One week later I ended up back in the hospital and my disease was upgraded from mild to serious. The surgeons didn't want to perform any surgery because they believed it would only cure my disease for a short period of time and that Crohn's usually comes back in another part of the intestines. So my doctors strongly suggested that I start getting infusions and placed me on remicade which I had strong reservations for because of the likely hood of getting leukemia or some sort of cancer. I decided to go through with it and received three infusions before my health providers refused to pay my bills and now I am stuck without any medication and a $24000 bill that I cant afford to pay. I've been off medication for 3 months now and haven't had any problems yet except some minor cramps. I am scared that I will end up back in the hospital again so I have decided to start taking one a day for men and drink slim fast shakes along with some liquid foods. I don't know if this plan will work for very long but I have hope and faith that my body will not let me down. Thanks for reading my article and look forward to reading your responses.