Hi everyone. My name is Hinson i am 27 years old and i was diagnosed with crohn's i was 11. i have been on plenty of medications over the year (6MP, Prednisolone, Pentasa, and also on biological shots 2 a month). i had surgery in 2011 after being on just the biological shots removing my ileum due to a bad abscess ( i have that awesome scar now on my stomach). i choose to go back on 6mp because i felt it was the least harsh medication i had taken. i have been on that now for about 4years at 75mgs. i have been mostly symptom free now. i work out 4-5 times a week and eat healthy foods. i do not drink alcohol or cokes. i drink coffee daily and mostly water threw out the day. i find that quitting cokes and alcohol have been the most helpful thing for my crohns besides managing my stress better. i work on being very happy and having fun to keep my stress down. i stay very active for the most part. i would love to be 100% off all meds but idk if thats realistic. i have read about more "natural" methods of treating crohns like medical marijuana being one of the top uses for treating crohns. also i would like to hear about if yall think food effects crohns? anyways i hope to learn more about this disease here and i hope we all can help each other! thanks for reading