Hi
I am on Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid and Prednisone. I have a cluster of small abscess that have to be cleared up, and a very large one that was drained a couple of weeks ago...so i can't go on any immune suppressents until that clears up. My GI doctor want to put me on Humira. I am waiting to see the surgeon, as I was offered surgery, which I will probably accept. In the past I was on Methotrexate and Immurane. This week I have been having horrible pain in my legs, due to the prednisone? I'm not sure why. I am on prednisone for another few weeks, starting to taper now, down to 20 from 30.
The cramping is in the lower part of my legs...from my ankle to my knee, I don't see any swelling or redness, just intense pain, mostly when I wake up, and it seems to subside during the day. I never had that happen when I was on Prednisone in the past. I was diagnoised with Crohn's in 2006 when I was 37, and it's been a rocky ride ever since. Lost a job because of it...was hospitalized many times...and now am getting ready for surgery. My cronh's has progressed, I was told mine is very "aggresive" so it's doing a lot of damage to my colon..probably lots of scarring and strictures, I have a lot of pain and have had lots of blood in my stool over the past few monthes. Hopefully I will be able to get better and get back to my life.
Thanks for this site, I will keep posting..this will be very helpful to me, as I have very little support, I feel alone in this most of the time...thanks again.