I've been diagnosed for two years,spying on this page for the same two years, but was suffering with symptoms for a couple of years before that and became a member today.
The disease seems to like my ileocecal valve. Previous to my diagnosis I would get sever cramping in my stomach. I would make my self throw up everything in my stomach. My vegus nerve would stop trying to continue with digestion and forcing stuff through my inflamed ileocecal valve, the cramps would go away, I'd take the day off of eating and by morning I'd be great. This started to happen more frequently. Luckily my diagnosis was quick. I started with some Prednisone which knocked down the disease and have been maintaining with Pentasa ever since. I've tried to cut out as much processed food as I can and still live in America. In two years I've had symptoms exactly twice.
Today, I got the results of my annual colonoscopy. There is scaring in my ileocecal valve, where last year there was no sign of disease. The doctor wants to move me to Imuran even though I feel great. What can I expect with this drug? It is a more toxic drug and adds the possibility of new side effects. That's my story and where I'm at.
The disease seems to like my ileocecal valve. Previous to my diagnosis I would get sever cramping in my stomach. I would make my self throw up everything in my stomach. My vegus nerve would stop trying to continue with digestion and forcing stuff through my inflamed ileocecal valve, the cramps would go away, I'd take the day off of eating and by morning I'd be great. This started to happen more frequently. Luckily my diagnosis was quick. I started with some Prednisone which knocked down the disease and have been maintaining with Pentasa ever since. I've tried to cut out as much processed food as I can and still live in America. In two years I've had symptoms exactly twice.
Today, I got the results of my annual colonoscopy. There is scaring in my ileocecal valve, where last year there was no sign of disease. The doctor wants to move me to Imuran even though I feel great. What can I expect with this drug? It is a more toxic drug and adds the possibility of new side effects. That's my story and where I'm at.