Thanks sooooooo much Gumby44 , keeping everything crossed I have the same success :) Wishing u a super long remission 👌...
And because my stricture is 15cm its considered too long for balloon dilation, and too close to my valve for strictroplasty !! To be fair ill be glad when im rid of it , its the recovery Im dreading...
Hey all Thanks sooo much for your replies !! My Gi is a highly respected man probably 1 of the best that we have in the country !! Hes pushed for me to try humira more times than i can remember but...
Hey all As I've mentioned before im 32 , dealing with crohns since the age of 16 :) Thankfully ive done relatively ok , doses of steroids on and off , fistula surgery and ive remained on pentasa...
Thank you Beave , its 14cm in length, how narrow im not sure but the camera wouldnt pass through on my last scope so its bad id imagine !! Its fiberous tissue my Gi doctor reckons , he's leaving the...
Thanks so much Betty Sue , your son sounds amazing , what a trooper to be back on his feet so quickly X x Ive had all the testing done so im prepared for the resection if needs be but was secretly...
Hey all Im relatively new on here :) Im 17 years diagnosed with Crohns this year and hospilised in march with my first blockage, a ct scan showed a stricture in my Ti !! My question is has anyone had...
Hey there :) Having a baby can mostly certainly put a strain on your body and cause many of the symptoms you describe , stress alone can play havoc with your digestive system X I know you mentioned...
Hi Rose Welcome to the forum , im not too long on this site myself but ive found it really good for advice X x My gp fobbed me off as anorexic first , thankfully I never want back near her after my...
Hi Betty Thats amazing news about your son :) At the moment the stomach cramps can be awful and Im having to avoid certain food that my trigger a blockage !! All the tests are obviously standard...
Thanks so much for the reply , Ill of course keep u updated :) Im hoping to be the same , this surgery will be my first and last for a long time !! Im secretly hoping the balloon dilation is still an...
Thank you so much Erica_Marie :) Ive crohns since im 16 , im nearly 33 so youd think id be used to it by now :( But id my first blockage in march and thats when it was decided that surgery is the...
Hey Erica-marie , Im heading for a balloon dilation or resection in the next 4 weeks :( Im beyond nervous but I hope its ok to ask , did u have many tests done before the op and did u find the...
Hey there Im a first time poster but not new to anxiety unfortunately, ive had crohns disease around 17 years and in march was hospitalised with complications and needed a Ct scan , my anxiety of...
@earthshine have u need many tests ? Im forever in and out at the mo X x...
Just got word ive to have an mre on tuesday and a bronchoscopy on Thursday!! Its never ending but we truck on X...
Hey there Im relatively new here but not new to crohns :) Im 17 years diagnosed this year and was just wondering has everyones diagnosis been similar , i feel like im all tested out at this stage :)...
Hey there :( Was that your first Ct scan ??? Sorry to hear you are still suffering, ive crohns in my terminal ileum too and entocort really works well there , but it can unfortunately take a little...
Just thought id update you all :) Had my scope yesterday , my colon looks relatively good but they couldnt get the scope through the ileum its sooooo narrow that hes not suprised i obstructed :( He...
Cbt went really well , itll take a while for me to try and change my way of catastrophically thinking of everything, i only see the worst case scenario and its awful :( I got over the Ct and began...
Hey there :) I had a partial blockage last month , was admitted for a ct scan , fasted , ive antibiotics & steroids ! I was started back just on a low residue diet :) Im eating normally now but...
Thanks again so much , im avoiding google and trying to erase the things i read from my mind , the 1/2000 cancer risk just sent my anxiety out of the water !! And i keep replaying it over in mind...
Thanks everyone :) I'm 33 this year , have crohns disease the last 17 years , I've had every test under the son but the Ct scan was a first !!!! And then of course I googled and seen nothing but the...
Thank you all so much , I've calmed down a lot thankfully , and realised I need to stay of Google, it only fuels my already high anxiety :) I should consider myself lucky that in 17 years this has...
Thanks so much for the reassurance all, I'm 17 years diagnosed with crohns and this was my first Ct scan :( The surgeon has actually asked for an Mri scan to see if the bowel is any better before the...
Hey there:) Hope you got on OK? X x And are on the road to recovery and hopefully heading home x x...
Hey all I'm a first time poster :) I'm 17 years diagnosed with crohns disease , confined to my terminal ileum!! A month ago I ended up in the emergency department with severe abdominal pain , I...