So I'm going to be seeing a new GI doctor on Oct. 4th. My last GI doc that I saw a couple of times was horrible and I never wanted to see him again so I'm still not on any meds.
Its been almost 3 years since I've taken meds for Crohns and last I was on anything I was taking 6MP and Asacol and those were prescribed before I even had my surgery (bowel resection of 8" small intestine removed along with ileum) 10 years ago. Surely there must be new meds nowadays for help managing my condition. Of course my GI might suggest certain meds but I'd like a little homework done on the current meds so a) I know what he's talking about and b) so I might suggest certain ones.
My last scope was clear but I'll bring the pictures anyway and show the doc but I have diarrhea daily and I don't even know when that started or if it never really went away after my surgery. It would be nice to reduce the amount of D. Sometimes I have pain but certainly not daily or even weekly and its minor usually. I've seen mucus as well a couple of times and that's a little more recent (past few years). And one time (a month ago maybe?) my stool was slightly ribbon shaped which isn't normal for me (nor is being that well formed to make a ribbon normal for me
).
So basically it seems that I'm very SLOWLY going out of remission and do need medication but I'd like to know what would work for my symptoms. They aren't major so no Prednisone for me but I'm sure I probably need something for inflammation or to suppress such things. Any med suggestions that I could look up to bring up with to the doc on my first visit?
Its been almost 3 years since I've taken meds for Crohns and last I was on anything I was taking 6MP and Asacol and those were prescribed before I even had my surgery (bowel resection of 8" small intestine removed along with ileum) 10 years ago. Surely there must be new meds nowadays for help managing my condition. Of course my GI might suggest certain meds but I'd like a little homework done on the current meds so a) I know what he's talking about and b) so I might suggest certain ones.
My last scope was clear but I'll bring the pictures anyway and show the doc but I have diarrhea daily and I don't even know when that started or if it never really went away after my surgery. It would be nice to reduce the amount of D. Sometimes I have pain but certainly not daily or even weekly and its minor usually. I've seen mucus as well a couple of times and that's a little more recent (past few years). And one time (a month ago maybe?) my stool was slightly ribbon shaped which isn't normal for me (nor is being that well formed to make a ribbon normal for me
). So basically it seems that I'm very SLOWLY going out of remission and do need medication but I'd like to know what would work for my symptoms. They aren't major so no Prednisone for me but I'm sure I probably need something for inflammation or to suppress such things. Any med suggestions that I could look up to bring up with to the doc on my first visit?
