hi all, i have had crohns for a very long time and still have no idea on how to control the situation, i have had a operation back in the 90's called a right hemicolectomy and that is removal of a section of the large bowl,i went alright after that for about ten years on and off salfazaline,creeping into my thirtys it started to play up quite a bit so i wld be on and of prednislone,what a wondefull drug that is!!fell pregnant with my son and had no problems with crohns during the pregnancy,4 months after he was born i was taken into hospital with cronic pain,stayed in for 5 days was put back on prednislone and started imuran (immune suppresent) stayed on that for a year, but unfortuanatly i seam to always get bloated every few weeks, so i gave the drug up...a couple of years later i was pregnant again and had a wonderful pregnancy with no problems i then breastfeed for 18 months and still no crohns problems,6 months after finishing breast feeding i was taken into hospital with the most pain i had ever experianced (worse than birth)i suffered for a month prior to being admitted,my last few days were spent on the floor with so much pain and vomiting, morfine injections, it was like a knife every 2 minutes ripping through ur body,so spent another 5 days in hospital back on predislone and imuran...that was 4 months ago and i have decided to stop the imuran again as all i feel is boated all the timeand very week and tired, just today i went to an acupurturist to seek their help, so hopefully they can help in some way..i get b12 injections every 2 months, i dont eat red meat,corn,spicy foods, cabbage,coliflower,dairy,pasta,minimize coffee,drink lots of water,peppermint tea,rice and salads...anyhow thats my story i hope maybee i can help some people with some things i learnt over the years..
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