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[Heir Apparent]

You're definitely worse than me miss. I can't believe you were undiagnosed so long!

Mine all started in the summer of 2010 when I lost a tremendous amount of weight with little effort over the season. Didn't think much of it, I mean hey, lost a bunch of weight, sweet! In September I experienced a really nasty and stressful time, which I think was the trigger point for the rest of the illness to kick in.

Ended up in the local hospital with severe stomach and back pains. I couldn't eat, sleep or even sit properly. Stayed there for about 2-3 days, on limited painkiller shots no less, before the GI surgeon dismissed it as a virus.

Naturally he was wrong. At home I started developing a rash on the top of my feet. Ended up in the ER at a much better hospital about 40 minutes away. ER doc immediately knew what the rash was (vasculitis) and I was admitted that night with pretty much unlimited quantities of the same excellent painkiller you had, and a few days later I had been diagnosed, put on steroids and Flagyl (sp?) and released, this time feeling much better.

Now I'm taking 50mg of 6MP daily and that's it. Sometimes I do get nauseous, some stomach pain, and the occasional day or two of keeping the toilet held down to the floor really well no matter what I eat, but that's really it.

So there's my story anyway. Sometimes l doubt I even have Crohns, rather just straight up IBS. I suppose time will tell. GI problems are easily the worst to diagnose since colitis, IBS and Crohns all share symptoms.

[Mystical]

Remicaid is awesome. Flagyl is just not even a treatment for Chrones but for the symptoms. Sounds like you have symptoms of something and need a more aggressive treatment Just don't let them give you shit that's harmful. Remicaid is benign but it's expensive. I get it written off at the downtown hospital though..

[Heir Apparent]

I'm no longer taking the Flagyl, I only needed that when I initially had the swelling and majority blockage in my intestines, due to the bacteria buildup. My antibody count was super insane around that time, for obvious reasons.

The 6MP seems to be doing its job just fine, haven't had any major complaints in 3 years next month. Too bad my GI basically just dropped me today because my insurance is PA only and he's in NY. [Hyper sarcasm engaged] Gotta all those insurance options through your employer.

I've run my course with him though, so I'm not worried about switching. I've already had both ends scoped and a fantastic time with Barium (not). Everything checked out okay for both of those tests, no lasting damage from the initial attack.