Oh me me!

How old are you?

I had Chron's disease right at the illeum. They tried medications for awhile, but I eventually had to have that part of my bowel removed. My medication therapy did not work because I went misdiagnosed for so long, it was really too late. Dr's want to avoid surgery.. an abdominal surgery is a big deal. Stick with your dr's medication recommendations and hopefully it will help but you must give it time. And learn to get enough sleep and take care of yourself. If you had to have surgery one day, its not the end of the world, but avoid it if you can. :)

How much of your small intedstine was affected? Im at about 7 inches right now. I am over it:)

I had 8 inches of my ileum removed about 2 years ago but that was not by choice. The only reason I found out about having Crohn's was when I went in for an emergency surgery one day when it hit me all at once. I had no idea how sick I was until I had the surgery and they told me I had Crohn's. I didn't even know what the disease was at the time. I agree with the other post that the abd. surgery is a big deal! It took me 8+ months to heal from it fully, and even now life has still changed a lot because of it. It's hard to live with an unpredictable disease but you have to face the reality that it's not something you can change so life is now about responding to it the best you can. I wish you the best with the Meds. but one thing I have also found is that my symptoms are often interdependent with my mental health. When I am in high spirits and surrounded by people I love and am doing the things I love I find that not only my mind is taken off the hard realities of living with Crohn's but i actually feel better physically too.

I have 4' of intestine removed (ileum) is gone and now I have a problem with malabsorption of fat. Normally, most people would love not absorbing fat. Nope! It is a nightmare. Food RUNS through you, it's like a faucet is turned on, I'm buckled over in pain and it runs out of me. People I can't warn you enough, FIND A DOCTOR WHO HAS TRAINING IN CROHN'S DISEASE.

I'm going in this Thursday and will finally find out how bad they botched my surgery. I went to a top notch hospital in San Diego and now look at me. Trust your insticts.

Your story here is very similar to where i'm at... i have 7 inches of my small intestine infected at the ileum and i have about 4.... they want to do surgery on me in both places. I'm on prednisone as well, coming down from 40mg down to 15mg even tho they say i should only take 10... well 10 isn't enough and i hurt... give it time to work.... but dont stay on it long... it'll make you crazy... i'm serious. dont' mean to scare you though... i too take cipro as well as flagyl for the pancreitis that CD has given me... that's painful indeed. I'll tell you what i tell eveyone new... limit your diet.... chicken soup/broth and hot tea w/honey works for me.... crackers.... and cream of wheat..... lots of honey there too.... honey requires no digestion almost as it's a monosacharide....(single sugar carbohydrate) gives your body a bit of energy and frankly it seems to help things i shouldn't eat slide through easier. anyways hang in there and things will get better for a while......