15 years ago I begun suffering with constant diahorrea, resulting in the Dr constantly prescribing Immodium for IBS. It was approximately 5 years ago I was away with my family when I begun feeling worse and worse ending in me being admitted into hospital. For what seemed like weeks of going back and forth into hospital I was finally diagnosed during a scan to having Crohns disease. This almost came too late as by then I had developed toxic mega colon due to the increased amount of Immodium and was rushed in to hospital as an emergency and it had now become life threatening. After a couple of weeks being on hydrocortisone infusions and daily x rays to monitor my progress , they decided to remove part of my bowel . A 4 hour key hole operation turined into an 8 hour complete operation which when i came too, had staples from my chest down and 4 drains hanging out of me ,an ileostomoy bag was also attached. After a couple of weeks I was able to return home on Christmas Eve and became very ill. After months of recovery I was able to get back to work , no sooner had I gone back to work then it was time for me to have my reversal.
This did not go according to plan and I developed a serious infection and I stayed in for 2 months ! Again all went well for a few months until I gave myself a hernia from some heavy lifting. i contacted my surgeon and he kindly performed the operation himself as he felt he knew me quite well !
Since that time I have been on prednisolone at different occasions. I regularly have B12 injections as I cannot absorb it due to my ilieum being removed during surgery. I drink 2 sachets of cholorestamine powder a day, Methotrexate , mesalazine granules daily , omeprazole and am about to embark on trying Imixiflab infusions beginning in a couple of weeks.
This did not go according to plan and I developed a serious infection and I stayed in for 2 months ! Again all went well for a few months until I gave myself a hernia from some heavy lifting. i contacted my surgeon and he kindly performed the operation himself as he felt he knew me quite well !
Since that time I have been on prednisolone at different occasions. I regularly have B12 injections as I cannot absorb it due to my ilieum being removed during surgery. I drink 2 sachets of cholorestamine powder a day, Methotrexate , mesalazine granules daily , omeprazole and am about to embark on trying Imixiflab infusions beginning in a couple of weeks.
