Hi everyone! I am new to the forum. Diagnosed Aug 2014 at the age of 31.
I started having some pain in the lower right quadrant followed by horrible intestinal discomfort late July 2014 - this led to one ER visit and a few doctor visits before I got my eventual colonoscopy Aug 6 2014 which led to a Crohn's diagnosis. Interestingly enough I suffer mostly from constipation rather than diarrhea - I live in constant fear of a sigmoid blockage.
So anyway I was immediately put on Prednisone which of course worked, after which I went on Pentasa which worked OK for about 2 months until last week - I got pretty bad symptoms again. I am back on another course of Prednisone so my GI can discuss more agressive treatment.
I am scared to death of 6MP or similar medications (Humira, Remicade) because they all come with the standard "you might get agressive lymphoma, especially if you're a guy." Since a few days ago I have gone to a liquid diet. I feel like I will do anything to avoid the symptoms - except risk this agressive form of lymphoma that can apparently kill in a short time.
Anyway, This is where I'm currently at. Trying to do my best in taking vitamins and drinking mostly smoothies and looking into juicing. Any comments or advice would be appreciated! Thanks all - looking forward to joining the community!
I started having some pain in the lower right quadrant followed by horrible intestinal discomfort late July 2014 - this led to one ER visit and a few doctor visits before I got my eventual colonoscopy Aug 6 2014 which led to a Crohn's diagnosis. Interestingly enough I suffer mostly from constipation rather than diarrhea - I live in constant fear of a sigmoid blockage.
So anyway I was immediately put on Prednisone which of course worked, after which I went on Pentasa which worked OK for about 2 months until last week - I got pretty bad symptoms again. I am back on another course of Prednisone so my GI can discuss more agressive treatment.
I am scared to death of 6MP or similar medications (Humira, Remicade) because they all come with the standard "you might get agressive lymphoma, especially if you're a guy." Since a few days ago I have gone to a liquid diet. I feel like I will do anything to avoid the symptoms - except risk this agressive form of lymphoma that can apparently kill in a short time.
Anyway, This is where I'm currently at. Trying to do my best in taking vitamins and drinking mostly smoothies and looking into juicing. Any comments or advice would be appreciated! Thanks all - looking forward to joining the community!