Hi. My name is Katie. Ive had Crohns since I was 15. I am 23 now.
When I was 16 I had a blockage and had to have surgery to remove 18 inches of my intestines and half my colon.
After the surgery, the Crohns was still pretty bad so I was put on Remicade. After about a year on that, I had an allergic reaction and was taken off remicade. I was put on many other medications that never really worked for me because along with the crohns, I also have Sacroilitis - severe joint pain. Medications usually only helped one or the other but not both.
A few years ago I was put on Humira. I love the humira because it helps the crohns and the joint pain and I dont have to take a million different pills. Just one shot every 2 weeks. I am having some horrible hair loss, which I think is connected to the humira, but Ill get to that another day!
My mom also has Crohns too and my Grandma has UC. Im afraid when I have kids, they will have Crohns too, and Im not looking forward to that!
Since Im new here, Im not sure what else to say. Im sure Im missing a lot to my story but I dont feel like typing anymore LOL.
Have a good day! :heart:
When I was 16 I had a blockage and had to have surgery to remove 18 inches of my intestines and half my colon.
After the surgery, the Crohns was still pretty bad so I was put on Remicade. After about a year on that, I had an allergic reaction and was taken off remicade. I was put on many other medications that never really worked for me because along with the crohns, I also have Sacroilitis - severe joint pain. Medications usually only helped one or the other but not both.
A few years ago I was put on Humira. I love the humira because it helps the crohns and the joint pain and I dont have to take a million different pills. Just one shot every 2 weeks. I am having some horrible hair loss, which I think is connected to the humira, but Ill get to that another day!
My mom also has Crohns too and my Grandma has UC. Im afraid when I have kids, they will have Crohns too, and Im not looking forward to that!
Since Im new here, Im not sure what else to say. Im sure Im missing a lot to my story but I dont feel like typing anymore LOL.
Have a good day! :heart: