I was diagnosed with Crohns in 2004 but know I had it since I was in college many years ago. I thought it was irritable bowel because it seemed to act up when I was under stress. In 2011 I had small and large bowel resection because of blockages and I also had a fistula. I have been doing fairly well, with small flare-ups here and there, but in the last two months I have been suffering. I was in the hospital in June because of a blockage that had me in such incredible pain. I came home, things were going good and then in the past two weeks I've had two episodes. I thought I was going to die last Friday night with the horrendous cramps, vomiting, etc. I knew it was another blockage and decided to "suck it up" and keep myself hydrated until it passed. I am currently on Pentasa, vitamin D, Fish Oil, Probiotics, etc. and absolutely refuse to take Remicade or Humira because of increased cancer risk due to family history. I read research all the time and want to find some way to control this but I can't--its not controllable. So, I'm incredibly frustrated and angry and just tired of pain I guess. Remarkably, I just discovered a cousin who was diagnosed with Crohns in 2011, my mother has Crohns and several family members as well. Lucky gene pool!