6MP Issues

Hi all,


I am having MAJOR loss of appetite issues which in turn is making me lose way too much weight and making me feel sick to my stomach and lightheaded. I believe the culprit is the 6MP I have been taking since May. I had a flex sig done while I was in the hospital in May and the doctor just did another one last week and nothing has changed at all. It is still severe. So now I am back on prednisone 25 days before my wedding and I am miserable, but I think I am mostly miserable because of the 6MP. I think I want to get off of it completely. Did anyone have any issues with 6MP?

I've already been on remicade (developed an allergy to it), am on simponi right now, been on it for about three months. So far is not working.

Thanks for your thoughts....my doctor has mentioned surgery but said that if I did that I would not be able to have children :( I'd like to have some one day and I know my fiancé would be really upset if we couldn't have kids. A lot of things to think about....

Your doctor is incorrect. While surgery may make it more difficult to conceive (especially if it is open vs laparoscopic), many women have had successful pregnancies after j-pouch surgery.

Surgey doesn't cause you to be infertile, it does however make the chances of conceiving lower. They do take precautions during surgery to try to keep things working properly but from what i've heard it's definitely harder to get pregnant. I've also heard of men having impotence after surgery, that is also a low chance but it's possible. Neither sex is safe from potential problems conceiving. I never wanted children so I didn't care about that element. You could store eggs/sperm for future use, just in case you had trouble getting pregnant. There are so many options for having children these days, i find it difficult to believe that there wouldn't be options for you. If the surgeon told you that, you should see someone else, that's flat out incorrect.