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- Jan 4, 2010
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Hi Everyone, I have finally plucked up the courage to join. I was diagnosed with UC on the 26th September 2006 after my first colonoscopy and put onto entocort enema's for a while. Things got worse and I went to see a different GI in April 2008 where I had a second colonoscopy. This time I was diagnosed with crohns disease, apparently it was in the large as well as small intestine. I was put onto oral entocort 9mg a day and Azapress, to which I had the worst reaction. Within 2 weeks I could hardly function anymore and after trying unsuccessfully to get hold of the GI( he always seemed to be overseas) to discuss changing meds finally just stopped taking the Azapress and carried on with the entocort. I stopped the entocort in March last year, as I had to reapply for chronic medication from the medical aid and was too busy to bother! Yes I know that was stupid, but I sometimes like to pretend that I don't have a problem. Things obviously got much worse again and I saw a specialist surgeon, recommended by my GP on the 2nd of December last year and landed up having surgery on the 3rd December. Double haemorrhoidectomy and anal fissure repair and 3 biopsies. I was off work for 2 weeks afterwards to recover. I was back on entocort enemas for 3 weeks and 10 gays of antibiotics, but saw the surgeon again on 6th January and he has put me onto steroids 30mg lenisolone a day, another 10 days of antibiotics, multivitamins and probiotics. I see him again on the 2nd February to reasses. I think this years "new years resolution" is going to be to look after the crohn's and I finally seem to have found a doctor who is interested and prepared to walk the road with me.
