new to this fantastic forum
Hey all, I happened to find this forum after my level of frustration mounting dealing with Crohn's disease. I have read through various posts on here and feel that it is the right place to be - reading of those who are going through what I am going through because it is difficult to convey just what is going on with your body and how you are feeling to those who don't have the disease. I suppose I will give my background story so everyone can get to know me.
I was diagnosed in the summer of 2010 after having no symptoms before hand at all. Just intense pain in my lower right abdomen one day and that is what started it all. I was initially put on Entocort to control the symptoms but ended up back in the hospital with an abscess but thankfully that was taken care of with antibiotics and didn't require surgery. After that stay, my doctor switched me to Humuria which had been working great for a long time; however the past couple of months I see the symptoms returning. Have been feeling miserable the past couple of days and got a hold of my doctor who put me on a two week regiment of 40 mg prednisone per day to help reduce the inflammation....so fingers crossed it goes away and I don't need to take another trip to the ER.
So, if you have made it through my post to this point let me say thank you, and I am extremely grateful to be here. Cheers!
Hey all, I happened to find this forum after my level of frustration mounting dealing with Crohn's disease. I have read through various posts on here and feel that it is the right place to be - reading of those who are going through what I am going through because it is difficult to convey just what is going on with your body and how you are feeling to those who don't have the disease. I suppose I will give my background story so everyone can get to know me.
I was diagnosed in the summer of 2010 after having no symptoms before hand at all. Just intense pain in my lower right abdomen one day and that is what started it all. I was initially put on Entocort to control the symptoms but ended up back in the hospital with an abscess but thankfully that was taken care of with antibiotics and didn't require surgery. After that stay, my doctor switched me to Humuria which had been working great for a long time; however the past couple of months I see the symptoms returning. Have been feeling miserable the past couple of days and got a hold of my doctor who put me on a two week regiment of 40 mg prednisone per day to help reduce the inflammation....so fingers crossed it goes away and I don't need to take another trip to the ER.
So, if you have made it through my post to this point let me say thank you, and I am extremely grateful to be here. Cheers!
