What pushes you into remission ?

[GI-Jane]

I just had a colonospy and it seems as though I'm not quite in the clear yet (colitis). I have felt fine for a while, I have not felt the best the last couple weeks and my canker sores have also come back. I started feeling symptoms march, diagnosed and started prednisone sept and only came off it a month ago. Prednisone obv didnt do the trick in the 4 months I was on it, I also can't take any 5asa's I react very strongly. I have heard many things online, juicing, certain supplements. What pushed you the extra mile into remission?

 

[superzeeman]

Hi there! All that pushed me into remission was surgery, lol. Wish it would have been juicing or something like that.

 

[dave13]

Same here,surgery.I had a resection in Novemeber and told I was in remission at my post-op visit.:smile:Good luck! I should clarify.I went in to emergency surgery for a close to completely blocked section of small intestine in my duodenum.I didn't choose to have surgery from options available.That was my first ever surgery and I'm 50

 

[Josephine]

Being since last march 2013 on steriods most of it no remission and on azathioprine with steriods still no remission. good luck x

 

[ronroush7]

It seems like I was in remission from 1997-2005. Not sure what brought it on.

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[highlandsrock]

It depends what you mean by remission! I wrote a post about just this subject the other day as I wanted to record how remission works for me -

http://www.crohnoid.com/2014/02/cure-vs-remission-thoughts-from-crohns.html

(I posted this link in another thread the other day so apologies if you've already seen it)

 

[SarahBear]

A massive reduction of my stress levels is what did the trick for me (along with methotrexate). I moved out of my mother's house four years ago and have been in remission ever since.

 

[cca2013]

I agree with @SarahBear. When I first graduated undergrad I was unemployed and uninsured for 3 years and was unable to get ANY meds.

I had NO issues AT ALL!


However when I started working for my former employer, I went through a lot to the point HR had to get involved (a group a psychotic girls were harassing and antagonizing me for MONTHS), I became very sick, VERY quickly with a stricture.

I'm still recovering from that flare.

This made me a believer that stress does indeed play a huge role with CD.

 

[dave13]

I may be in remission because of surgery,but my need for surgery was influenced by stress.The couple of months my health worsened coincided with a very stressful time at work.I had surgery not long after.I'm sure I would have needed surgery eventually anyway but the work stress hastened it,in my opinion.