RE: Strictures may also be treated with a small bowel resection. In this procedure, a segment of the small intestine is removed- all the disease parts, about a foot in my case - and the two ends of healthy intestine are joined together (anastomosis).
A bowel resection may offer patients many years of symptom relief. If they cut out all the bad and now it is all good Do I still have Crohn's and WHY would I continue to take Imuran?? I don't understand- in my mind the Disease is gone and I no longer need an immunosuppressant.
A bowel resection may offer patients many years of symptom relief. If they cut out all the bad and now it is all good Do I still have Crohn's and WHY would I continue to take Imuran?? I don't understand- in my mind the Disease is gone and I no longer need an immunosuppressant.