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My name is Eric and I have suffered with Crohns for the last 10 years and I have been through so many drugs I have lost count. I live in Southwest Ohio in a small bedroom community where I have been a Paramedic for the last 21 years and took over as the Chief of the department 10 years ago, I have 3 wonderful children a half decent ex wife and a wonderful girl friend. I started having problems in the 2002 I started having pain and cramping as well as going to the bathroom 10 to 12 times a day (try doing that as a paramedic, I knew every gas station and hospital bathroom in my area) I finally got so sick I was admitted to the hospital and spent 15 days in there while they got me rehydrated and worked on testing to find the problem They diagnosed me with colognes colitis. I was put on Asecol prednisone, 6 mertapurine and they worked for years I had to have 3 rectal fistulas fixed I 2005. The GI I had was very proactive, but when I brought up that the diagnosis did not fit the symptoms he told me it effected people differently. I worked well with those drugs until 2010 then I went into a major flare and I haven’t stopped yet I had another colonoscopy with new biopsies showing heavy crohns and they believe I was misdiagnosed in 2002. I am on Humira 2 shots a month Pentasa Lomtil Imuran these drugs are not working and my current GI is not real helpful, I have asked about a surgical option and he said it’s out of the question he is very anti surgery. I have a great deal of pain and I go to the bath room 7 to 9 times a day and its all liquid. For the first time since getting this stupid problem is it affecting my job up till 2011 with the excepting of when I was hospitalized in 2002 have I missed work, but so far this year I have missed almost 20 day’s due to being hospitalized for the pain and day’s where I just can’t function. I can tell that my mental attitude has changed and I sometimes feel like the depression is taking over, my minister has been a great help in this and I use him a lot as a sounding board, plus I have an outstanding staff that goes above and beyond to help me. I joined this group so I could see what other treatments are out there and to have a place to ask questions of other who understand where I’m coming from as well as be a sounding board for other. I am getting a 2nd opinion at IU medical center in Indy this mouth if anyone has been to the IU GI department I would love to hear how it went for you and if you feel you had any success with their treatments. Ok that’s me
PS Big Bengals and OSU fan Go bucks!!!!!!!!
My name is Eric and I have suffered with Crohns for the last 10 years and I have been through so many drugs I have lost count. I live in Southwest Ohio in a small bedroom community where I have been a Paramedic for the last 21 years and took over as the Chief of the department 10 years ago, I have 3 wonderful children a half decent ex wife and a wonderful girl friend. I started having problems in the 2002 I started having pain and cramping as well as going to the bathroom 10 to 12 times a day (try doing that as a paramedic, I knew every gas station and hospital bathroom in my area) I finally got so sick I was admitted to the hospital and spent 15 days in there while they got me rehydrated and worked on testing to find the problem They diagnosed me with colognes colitis. I was put on Asecol prednisone, 6 mertapurine and they worked for years I had to have 3 rectal fistulas fixed I 2005. The GI I had was very proactive, but when I brought up that the diagnosis did not fit the symptoms he told me it effected people differently. I worked well with those drugs until 2010 then I went into a major flare and I haven’t stopped yet I had another colonoscopy with new biopsies showing heavy crohns and they believe I was misdiagnosed in 2002. I am on Humira 2 shots a month Pentasa Lomtil Imuran these drugs are not working and my current GI is not real helpful, I have asked about a surgical option and he said it’s out of the question he is very anti surgery. I have a great deal of pain and I go to the bath room 7 to 9 times a day and its all liquid. For the first time since getting this stupid problem is it affecting my job up till 2011 with the excepting of when I was hospitalized in 2002 have I missed work, but so far this year I have missed almost 20 day’s due to being hospitalized for the pain and day’s where I just can’t function. I can tell that my mental attitude has changed and I sometimes feel like the depression is taking over, my minister has been a great help in this and I use him a lot as a sounding board, plus I have an outstanding staff that goes above and beyond to help me. I joined this group so I could see what other treatments are out there and to have a place to ask questions of other who understand where I’m coming from as well as be a sounding board for other. I am getting a 2nd opinion at IU medical center in Indy this mouth if anyone has been to the IU GI department I would love to hear how it went for you and if you feel you had any success with their treatments. Ok that’s me
PS Big Bengals and OSU fan Go bucks!!!!!!!!
