23 year old male had remission until now, please help

hi new to forum, gonna try and keep it short and sweet. i am 23 years old diagnosed with chrons at 4-6 years old. i was not doing well for a while, until about 14ish i got put on prednisone and 6mp, after starting 6-mp i stopped prednisone. i continued 6-mp and after a few years of feeling fantastic the doctor weened me off it. went from ages of about 17ish to 22 without a single problem. felt fantastic; ate what i want, drank what i wanted as well as worked out very hard (natural bodybuilder). now at the age of 23 i have been getting pains and went to the doctor and after a ct scan i have little narrowing/stricture (2.8cm) of the lower left abdomen. i am have started prednisone yesterday until i figure out if i should take, Humira or start 6-mp again. i am afraid of taking humira because of the sides as well as other reasons. 6mp has worked well with no sides for me but is it ok to go back to 6mp. i am very very afraid to have surgery and want to avoid it at all costs in the future, what are your thoughts; going to doctors tomorrow for second opinion; first opinion was to take humira cuz it works faster. any advice or questions to ask doctor tomorrow is greatly appreciated to.

Hi Sir Peaches,

Sorry that the illness is causing you problems again. Wow, 4-6 years old is so young to have to deal with this illness. May I ask if you are normal weight at the moment? Is your illness confined to the area of narrowing? Are they planning a colonoscopy to check what is really going on?

As you would know, the 6mp takes a few months to build up to a therapeutic level in your body. There's no reason you can't go back on the 6mp, especially if it worked for you before.
I would rather have Humira than pred, if I had to choose. However, a burst course of pred may settle things down for you, and it might be worth waiting to see how you are in a few weeks - and get some more detailed info' about your condition via testing.

Good luck.

Hey bud sorry to hear about what's going on. We got a little in common, I'm 26 years old and am big into weight lifting (wouldn't call myself a bodybuilder but spend a lot of time in the gym.) I was able to go off of meds for a little while too but just recently got put back on Remicade. I have been on Humira in the past and liked it. I had very few, minor side effects and the injections themselves were a breeze. The Humira did not affect me in the gym at all. I wouldn't stress about the Humira, in my opinion its a good drug. Out of curiosity, what supplements are you taking? I am wondering what supps work good for you and your crohns?