I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease 20 years ago. My GI hit me with prednisone to put out the fire, then on to pentasa. After a while, I was flaring up, so we got me started on 6MP. The 6MP worked great for probably 17 years! Most days I felt pretty good! Two years ago I started having more and more pain and flair ups. After visits and phone calls to my GI, I jumped back on prednisone. We raised my 6MP dose 2 times until I was at my max. This worked for a few months. Then....here we go again. I started having flair ups. Early this year GI started me on Humira. Nothing really changed. Flair up-prednisone. I knew I can't keep up prednisone long term. My GI set me up with a CT scan. It confirmed 2 narrows near my ileum. We then decide on surgery. My GI picked out my surgeon and hospital. He hit a home run! All involved were great! I had surgery September 23. He had to cut me open, removed 18" if small intestine, smal amount of colon along with appendix, and repaired a third narrow upstream. The lower third of my small ingestine has crohns, but the portion he left appears to respond well to the drugs. I was able to come home on the 4th day.
I am home trying to bounce back now so I thought I would join this forum. I am married male, age 47, with 2 adopted children.
I'm a little concerned about the next few weeks. I will be going back to my GI, and we will be deciding what meds the keep me on. 6mp or humira. I hope not both.
I am home trying to bounce back now so I thought I would join this forum. I am married male, age 47, with 2 adopted children.
I'm a little concerned about the next few weeks. I will be going back to my GI, and we will be deciding what meds the keep me on. 6mp or humira. I hope not both.