Hi all!
It's been awhile!
Just wondering if it is possible for prednisone and other steroid to just "not work" for somebody with relatively mild disease.
Long story short, I am flaring again. D, mucus, pain... the whole shebang. Symptoms are definitely the worst they have been since diagnosis, but still not horribly severe. GI did an MRE in August and prescribed 40mg prednisone. MRE showed inflammation in terminal ileum, confirming that the disease is active again. I was on prednisone for 6 weeks, but only noticed minuscule improvement in symptoms. My GI felt that this indicated that there was severe inflammation that would not be resolved by medication alone and we decided to explore surgery as an option. Anyway, on Friday I had my pre-surgery colonoscopy and to both of our surprise, the inflammation seemed relatively mild. Now, of course, we have decided not to go through with the surgery. Instead my GI wants to but me on Entyvio because I "failed" prednisone.
Has anybody else had this experience?
It's been awhile!
Just wondering if it is possible for prednisone and other steroid to just "not work" for somebody with relatively mild disease.
Long story short, I am flaring again. D, mucus, pain... the whole shebang. Symptoms are definitely the worst they have been since diagnosis, but still not horribly severe. GI did an MRE in August and prescribed 40mg prednisone. MRE showed inflammation in terminal ileum, confirming that the disease is active again. I was on prednisone for 6 weeks, but only noticed minuscule improvement in symptoms. My GI felt that this indicated that there was severe inflammation that would not be resolved by medication alone and we decided to explore surgery as an option. Anyway, on Friday I had my pre-surgery colonoscopy and to both of our surprise, the inflammation seemed relatively mild. Now, of course, we have decided not to go through with the surgery. Instead my GI wants to but me on Entyvio because I "failed" prednisone.
Has anybody else had this experience?