How does treatment make you feel ?

[steve-H]

Hi guys, ive been suffering undiagnosed for a while now and this monday will be the discussion with my GI doc about finally starting some treatment for my crohns. (Im wanting to stay away from steroids.)

I was just wondering if your treatment is working well how does this effect your symptoms, do you still have to go the toilet many times a day or does this then only happen after a flare? Do you start to feel "normal" and only when you have flare ups do things come back, or do you still have all the symptoms just less worse?

Thanks guys
Steve

 

[SarahBear]

Hi, Steve.

Ideally, you should experience no symptoms - but this isn't always the case. I'm currently in remission and I get mild stomach pains once or twice a week (these aren't bad enough to disrupt my life) and severe pains about once every three weeks. These severe pains are less severe than the pain I experienced when flaring and generally go away within a few minutes. I usually have normal bowel movements, but this might be increased slightly with the more severe pains. All in all, I still have symptoms but they're mild and they're not disruptive. However, this is different for everyone.