I'm a 26 year old female. I was just diagnosed with Crohns pretty suddenly. I was on vacation in Denver 2 weeks ago when I developed SEVERE abdominal pain. I toughed it out for a day thinking maybe I had a bug, but then it became unbearable and my boyfriend took me to the ER. A CT scan revealed I had lots of inflammation in the ileum area. Since I was a long way from home (St. Louis), they decided to keep me in the hospital for a few days. They started me on prednisone, and initially morphine for the pain. After a couple days I was able to travel back to STL for further treatment. I found an amazing doctor here that took me almost immediately for an appointment. I had a colonoscopy done today, which my new GI Dr. was able to confirm with about 90% certainty that I have Crohns. I've been on a mostly liquids low fiber diet for the last 2 weeks. I started at 180lbs a little over 2 weeks ago when this happened and I'm now down to 162lbs as of today. (which as a self conscious woman, I'm not entirely sad about losing all that extra weight!, but it's still a lot for such a small amount of time!). I got the okay to start adding some meats and well cooked veggies into my diet today, so I'm pretty excited about that! (still hoping to not gain back all the weight I lost though 
I think of it as the only positive of all this, haha). Anyways, I'm tapering off prednisone for a few more weeks and then my doctor is suggesting trying either Humira or Remicade after that is done. He told me to research those two meds a little and we would discuss the two options at my appointment next week. So if anyone has some insight on those two meds that would be awesome!
My concerns about the medications are that firstly, I saw that they can increase your risk for lymphoma. My dad died very quickly from squamous cell carcinoma when he was just 38, so I'm kind of leery of anything that give me a greater risk of cancer- given my family history!
Also, my other concern is that whatever medication I decide on- I am planning on trying to conceive within the next 3-4 years, so I want to pick something that doesn't have adverse side effects on fertility or pregnancy.
I know these are things I will/can discuss with my doctor next week, but I'd love to hear from you guys too! My doctor told me to look for forums to kind of learn more about the condition, since it's all new to me.
I think of it as the only positive of all this, haha). Anyways, I'm tapering off prednisone for a few more weeks and then my doctor is suggesting trying either Humira or Remicade after that is done. He told me to research those two meds a little and we would discuss the two options at my appointment next week. So if anyone has some insight on those two meds that would be awesome!My concerns about the medications are that firstly, I saw that they can increase your risk for lymphoma. My dad died very quickly from squamous cell carcinoma when he was just 38, so I'm kind of leery of anything that give me a greater risk of cancer- given my family history!
Also, my other concern is that whatever medication I decide on- I am planning on trying to conceive within the next 3-4 years, so I want to pick something that doesn't have adverse side effects on fertility or pregnancy.
I know these are things I will/can discuss with my doctor next week, but I'd love to hear from you guys too! My doctor told me to look for forums to kind of learn more about the condition, since it's all new to me.
