Hi all, I was diagnosed with Crohns in 1985 when I was 17, my symptoms were diarrhea constantly and severe weight loss, bleeding from the bowel and ulcers in my mouth. It took 4 different doctors before I was diagnosed. I have undergone heaps of operations and at this point I have an ileostomy which I have had for 20 years and I have 1.5 meters of small bowel left, everything else has been removed. I have had another flare up lately and my doctor has started me on imuran which I seem to be getting some side effects but I was wondering if anyone else has had side effects from this drug. Before this flare up I had been on 6MP mercaptipurine (spelt it incorrectly) for 10 years with not much problem at all. I am thinking of going back to the 6MP as I never had any problems with it. I feel at the moment on imuran I am blown up like a balloon with fluid and having some other effects such as flu symptoms, headaches, light headed and a few other minor things.