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Hi all. I joined about 2 years ago, but didn't really have much time to read and post, and still don't have much, but I got some news today that I'm having trouble with and figured I might need some help.
I got diagnosed with Crohn's in January 2009. I was put on Pentasa and thought that everything was peachy. My symptoms subsided somewhat and I felt better. But they still crept in about once a month or so, but being naive, I just thought that the cramps, diarrhea, blood once in a while was just something that I would deal with for the rest of my life and it really didn't happen that often or for that long, and certainly hasn't really affect my quality of life or anything.
Then I move to a new area and meet a new GI doctor and he's not pleased that I'm having any symptoms at all, so he wants to redo all my tests. My blood work shows inflamation, the MRI shows active disease in my small intestine, and my colonoscopy was just today, but my ileum was so inflamed and bloody that he couldn't go farther than that with the scope. He said that too much longer and surgery would have been needed, and still may, who knows.
Needless to say, I'm in shock, cause I thought everything was pretty ok. Now I'm going to start on Humira next week after the results come back, and am scared to death of having to give myself a shot. Any advice on how to deal with it?
I got diagnosed with Crohn's in January 2009. I was put on Pentasa and thought that everything was peachy. My symptoms subsided somewhat and I felt better. But they still crept in about once a month or so, but being naive, I just thought that the cramps, diarrhea, blood once in a while was just something that I would deal with for the rest of my life and it really didn't happen that often or for that long, and certainly hasn't really affect my quality of life or anything.
Then I move to a new area and meet a new GI doctor and he's not pleased that I'm having any symptoms at all, so he wants to redo all my tests. My blood work shows inflamation, the MRI shows active disease in my small intestine, and my colonoscopy was just today, but my ileum was so inflamed and bloody that he couldn't go farther than that with the scope. He said that too much longer and surgery would have been needed, and still may, who knows.
Needless to say, I'm in shock, cause I thought everything was pretty ok. Now I'm going to start on Humira next week after the results come back, and am scared to death of having to give myself a shot. Any advice on how to deal with it?