I am a 35 yr old female living with Crohn's disease. My disease has always been classified as mild to moderate. I was diagnosed in 2000. At first I didn't really pay too much mind to it. I just took the pills they gave me and once I got better I stopped taking them. I was only 24 at the time, I was more concerned with the partying. Until, I noticed I kept getting sick. Even worse, I was getting more and more stiff. Then I had a reality check. Came home one day. Laid down and 10 minutes later I could not move. Diagnosis: Ankylossing Spondilytis due to Crohn's Disease. As if one problem was not enough. Then I realized... Oh crap!:eek2:... This was for LIFE!
Fast forward 11 years later. I am currently on Cimzia, 6MP, Motrin 800 and Prednisone. I have tried all sorts of meds, but they all seem to have a negative effect on me. Remicade actually gave me pneumonia. I spent 10 days in the hospital in 2008 being pumped full of steroids. And guess what?! I never felt better:smile:. I had more mobility than I ever had in those 8 years. So doc decided to finds other meds. In the meantime prednisone it was. 20 mg had me feeling great but then the weight started piling on. Now in 2011, I have been on Cimzia and 6MP and yes unfortunately still on steroids. I am slowly trying to wean off of the steroids but once I hit 5 mg for more than a week, I start flaring up! So this is where my battle is. Working hard to finally rid myself of the only thing that has worked for me, those darn steroids! :thumbdown:
