Posted 4/22/2015 8:51 PM (GMT 0)
Hello!
I just found this website and wish I did before!!!
So I’ve been told I had Crohn’s disease in 2010. My first flare was so severe –my weigh dropped to 65 lbs, doctors put me on Remicade first. It was perfect for a few months until it stopped working. Then, I’ve been on Humira for a little more than 2 years and it was the miracle drug for me!
Sadly, last fall I’ve been travelling the world and a new flare began/Humira stopped working. Here we are, 7 months later, and I still lose lots of blood every day. And now, we’re talking about UC, maybe...
My new GI put me on Cimzia (+ Prednisone 50gm/day while we’re waiting for Cimzia to kick in). I started Cimzia on March 20th.
Since that moment, I was doing better so my Pred has been drop as low as 10 mg until the blood and urges came back almost worst!
In the last 5 days, back to 50 mg/day, all the starter doses of Cimzia are given and I’m getting better. Mostly losing blood and having urges in the morning and some nights but I can finally sleep at night and don’t have horrible time when I go to the restroom.
Am I finally getting better according to you? Also it is hard to tell if Cimzia has/will kick in while taking the pred, tough I do not want to drop the Pred so fast and be sick again!!
Thank you and have a nice day!!