How good is remission?

I have lived with this disease for over 30 years, before my resections I could tell you that life was pretty normal when I was in remission. But since the resections, I am reminded everyday that I have Crohns, even on the good days. I have to watch my diet pretty closely, I have joint pain all the time, and I still have those days when things just don't agree with me. I would even say when I was in my 20 year remission, I probably had more bad days than I remember, but they just weren't as bad, more like minor disturbances.

You probably will have more good days than bad when you reach remission, but I am sure you will still have a bad day here or there when your stress levels get too high, or you give in and eat something you shouldn't. But as I said, you will probably have more good days than bad.

Good luck!
Gail *Nanners*

Yup! What Nanners and lilcrohnieUK said. I just had my first resection 9 days ago. I've had Crohn's for 18 years--so they tell me. The first 15 years I spent in denial and lived what I considered to be a very normal life. I work full-time and am a single mom to two very active girls (9 and 7). I think my problems sort of snuck up on me. I didn't even realize how sick I had been until a few months ago. I'm definitely more active and have more energy than others my age with no active disease. You just have to keep up the optimism and keep chugging along. I think I feel great most days...

I was in remission for 8 years, I really didn't think about CD much at all. It was wonderful.

My Crohn's is in remission but I've been having a horrible flare with the arthritis.  It took 5 months to get it under control and even now that we are trying to wean me off of the prednisone, I'm hurting a lot worse.  I can eat a lot more than I used to, but I still have to watch it and still have times where I have bad stomach spasms, especially with all the new meds we'd been trying for the arthrits.  So, I don't forget that I have Crohn's.  I'm still tired and achy, but I've gone through periods where I felt almost normal. It will be different for everyone. 

I think remission might be different for everyone. I have actually been in remission before (hopefully going to be in full remission again soon) and for me yes it it "business as usual", I can eat whatever, whenever, I go to the bathroom like I used to which is about once every few days (I know that's not most people's normal but it is and always used to be mine before UC) and I pretty much feel as normal as I can...whatever "normal" feels like ;) I still get a twinge here or there of discomfort but nothing like it was while flaring. I also have a case of a grumbly tummy occasionally...don't know if you know what I mean but my stomach is loud. It's like air shifting back and forth, up and down from my stomach to my intestines and it's growly like if I were hungry but I'm not actually hungry. For my friend who has CD, she considers herself to be in remission now, although she may not technically be in remission she says she's feeling better than before so she'll take what she can get. I have met quite a few people with CD or UC which blew me away that there were so many people I knew struggling with an IBD...I had no clue it was so common, but none of the people I know or have met have been in actual remission as I have been so lucky to experience. But I guess if you feel any better than you normally do that is a victory! Good luck in your journey back to normality!

Whats remission? I think I had one day where I felt great and had a normal BM. It was actually scary as I was constipated and struggled through sweat and tears to have a BM.