Hey everyone. I am new to the group. I wish I could say the same about my crohn's(had for about 30years). I have been ''fortunate'' in that I have had some long stretches of remission without meds(3 years was my best). This past Sept it flared up. I went to tried and trusted pred.(starting at my usual 40m). Always in the past after about 4-5 days my flareup is gone and I do the usual taper. This time MUCH different. It only slowed it down and when I was down to 30m it started to get worse. I was rushed in for an endoscopy. Not a good scene.(believe it or not this was a ''blessing'' in disguise). I had looked into participating in the Qu Biologic study. Turns out the severity of my flare up allowed me to be accepted. I had to jump through allot more hoops(felt like a freakin lab rat),but I am now injecting myself with the treatment. I have given myself 8 injections so far(.10 ml of E.coli every two days in abdomin). I went from a high of 32 washroom ''visits'' down to just 8-10. I am hoping this treatment works. I am also hoping that I can give all of us here a light at the end of the tunnel. The study is for 55 weeks.I will keep everyone posted with my progress.
Tom
Tom