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Hello everyone,
I was diagnosed with crohn's disease in August of last year and have been struggling for a while with it. I keep getting infections and all the medications I'm on are driving me crazy (prednisone). I was considering looking into getting an illostomy but I feel my doctor isn't listening to me. He feels my crohns can be controlled with medication. I still feel pretty miserable at times and I don't like to show it. Especially those days where you feel like you have to go but you end up sitting on the toilet for a while and nothing happens. Anyways my questions were:
1. For those who have a stoma, are you off all medications?
2. Is life easier for you?
3. My doctor said stomas are for people who aren't responding to the medications only. Is that true?
4. Am I better off talking to a surgeon?
I was diagnosed with crohn's disease in August of last year and have been struggling for a while with it. I keep getting infections and all the medications I'm on are driving me crazy (prednisone). I was considering looking into getting an illostomy but I feel my doctor isn't listening to me. He feels my crohns can be controlled with medication. I still feel pretty miserable at times and I don't like to show it. Especially those days where you feel like you have to go but you end up sitting on the toilet for a while and nothing happens. Anyways my questions were:
1. For those who have a stoma, are you off all medications?
2. Is life easier for you?
3. My doctor said stomas are for people who aren't responding to the medications only. Is that true?
4. Am I better off talking to a surgeon?