I was diagnosed with Crohn's 20 years ago. The first few years required many hospitalizations and many courses of Prednisone. When the symptoms went away for several years, I thought I was cured from this horrible disease. For the past year, I have been having severe symptoms that I did not think had anything to do with Crohn's. I have this terrible pain in my left shoulder, my left side, between my rib cage and occasionally on the right side. Yesterday, I went for a colonoscopy and was told that my Crohn's was severely active in my terminal ileum and colon. I was started on two new meds but worry that surgery will be the outcome. Unfortunately, I have to wait another month before I speak to my doctor to get the results of this test but I am truly worried. Although they say you don't remember what happens during a scope, I remember being in terrible pain and still am.