Hello all,
Just joined today. I'll try to be brief. My Daughter, (now 20yrs. old), was diagnosed with Crohn's 6yrs. ago.
Was put on Pentasa after Prednisone, but after 2yrs. developed severe inflammation, along with an almost deadly abscess.
Got that resolved, onto Imuran, for the last 4 yrs. Her last scope and MRE have shown advancing disease, along with 15cm's of scarring in the small intestine, (TI).
Now it's onto Remicade and Imuran together. She starts in a about a month.
Of course we're very worried and concerned. We keep hearing about how Remicade is a miracle drug, but then there's the side effects.
I joined here since there's a Remicade page.
Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself, and keep it somewhat brief.
Just joined today. I'll try to be brief. My Daughter, (now 20yrs. old), was diagnosed with Crohn's 6yrs. ago.
Was put on Pentasa after Prednisone, but after 2yrs. developed severe inflammation, along with an almost deadly abscess.
Got that resolved, onto Imuran, for the last 4 yrs. Her last scope and MRE have shown advancing disease, along with 15cm's of scarring in the small intestine, (TI).
Now it's onto Remicade and Imuran together. She starts in a about a month.
Of course we're very worried and concerned. We keep hearing about how Remicade is a miracle drug, but then there's the side effects.
I joined here since there's a Remicade page.
Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself, and keep it somewhat brief.