Hey everyone, I have been decreasing my dose as I had discussed with my GI, I am now at 17.5 mg, I'm still in relative flare though but the side effects we're just too much for me to handle at higher...
Thanks for the advice, appreciate it! I'll def discuss with my GI hopefully soon....
Everyone is different and there is no one diagnosis fits all. CD goes from mild to extreme. It can be diagnosed at early childhood or late 30's, 40's, etc. The key is finding the right treatment for...
No I wasnt, but I was followed VERY closely by my GI. When I did have a rare bout of inflammation we did blood work every week and followed symptoms very carefully. Really, its a case by case...
Oh as for the 6-MP it was given to me on my second flare which was milder but as a precaution my GI at the time decided it was best to start it... The flare went away completely within a week,...
Thanks everyone for your posts. Right now it seems like the inflammation is going down from what the GI told me, I had 2 CT scans 3 week apart and a colonoscopy in between. The main focus is to get...
Thanks for the welcome! I did have a colonoscopy and blood work done before going on the prednisone. The biopsies showed mild chrohns. The GI put me on Prednisone the day of the colonoscopy as he saw...
Its really hard to tell with this disease from my research and experience. I too was diagnosed with mild chrohn's 8 years ago (Im 42 now) and was on remission with barely any inflammation for the...
Hi, my name is Rick and I was diagnosed with Chrohn's 8 years ago. Im 42 now and just had a massive flare up due to extreme stress (I wont get into the details of that right now, but it was a major...