Is surgery the next step?

[AmandaC]

Hi All,

Just wanted to give you an update on my progress.

Had been on 400mg of Flagyl and Humira injections. Was feeling absolutely fantastic. I wanted to come off the antibiotics so I could start a family and had no doubt that I was going to get better. How wrong I was!!!

Within 1 1/2 weeks I had all the symptoms back and feeling really ill. I was thinking to myself how can one little tablet make such a big difference! I was also thinking that Humira was really making very little difference to my symtpoms but my GI assured me that I would be alot worse if I wasn't on it.

So my question is ....... where to now?

I really want to get pregnant but can't on the antibiotics and without the antibiotics I get really sick. My GI says that I should consider an ilieostomy so I can be drug free and have some sort of chance at getting pregnant. I'm starting to think this is the only way. Going to get a second opinion but pretty much have resigned myself to the fact that more surgery is the way to go.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks for listening!