Hi Everyone,
Just taking a minute to introduce myself here. I'm new to the forum and pretty new to Crohn's too. I'm a 33 year old mother of two - a beautiful 3 year old boy and a 6 month old gorgeous baby girl :) I was diagnosed with Crohn's in 2006 after my second full flare and was put on Pentasa to maintain remission. This was successful until this past summer after the birth of my daughter, when I had a bad flare and was hospitalized for 10 days. I was so angry with the disease for taking me away from my family and forcing me to quit breastfeeding, and I hate accepting that this is a lifelong disease that can only get worse. Since that flare I have been on prednisone with 2 unsuccessful tapers and now I'm trying a third time. My symptoms have all subsided thank God, but I'm really struggling with the side-effects of the steroids (bloated face, weight gain, water retention....) and can't wait to be done with it!! I'm also on azathioprine but I'm not sure if it's working or not. So I'm here to read and get inspiration from other people who are also living with this! Thank you guys so much for being there for others as support and inspiration even though we are all strangers ;)
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