the first three Entyvio infusions for me they called the induction phase at 0, 2, and 6 weeks, and were accompanied by a follow up bag of saline for 30 minutes. So even though technically it was a 30...
Best of luck to you!! Curtis...
I have seen a study that looked at comparing the results of different biologic meds for biologic naive patients to see if there was any data to support starting a biologic naive patient on one or...
The surgeon warned me that it will probably take some time for my colon to adapt to the new situation. It’s gone from being fed through a restricted blob of a distal ileum to now receiving from a...
Ok - 10 days post surgery and I am doing well, still have a ways to go to get back to full recovery but we’re getting there. It turns out that getting this done now was the right decision. The...
Another update - I met with the surgeon last week and based on our conversation I am going to have the surgery this Thursday. She had studied my latest CT scan, along with the ones from last year and...
Randy Glad to hear that you are back home and doing better. Hope you continue to heal and recover now that you’re at home....
That is the question. There’s definitely a possibility that starting infliximab at the beginning could have prevented the current situation. There are also numerous scenarios where I could have...
Well the appointment with my GI doc was this morning and I will switch to infliximab. That was the easy part. He also said that the amount and degree of inflammation revealed by the CT scan, along...
Thanks again for the info ! Advertising, ugghhh! The drug companies must be making a ton of money from biologics just based on the sheer volume of ads for them. I would think I am being targeted by...
Entyvio was the first biologic for me. I had been on azathioprine for seven years and then went directly to Entyvio after a couple of small bowel obstructions last year. Rinvoq was briefly mentioned...
Quick update - I saw the NP at my gastro’s office last Friday. She pretty much confirmed what you all have been telling me here. She ordered labs to get updated inflammatory markers and a CT...
To digress slightly from the main topic - I started a short term prednisone taper yesterday (60mg/2 days, 40mg/2 days, 20mg/2 days) for a flare up of sciatica. I am near the end of the budesonide...
When I was diagnosed in 2016, my doctor gave me a choice between azathioprine (bottom up) or Remicade (top down). I’ve generally been a bottom up kind of guy so I chose the Azathioprine. My...
beave Thanks for responding - that is helpful. I guess what I should have said was that for years the Crohn’s ‘seemed’ to be under control, at least symptomatically. One of the frustrating things...
Hello - I have followed this forum for years after being diagnosed with Crohn’s in 2016. I have not posted much because up until last year, my experience with the disease has been unremarkable and...
I was diagnosed seven years ago at the age of 56, but frankly it wouldn’t have surprised me if the diagnosis had come twenty years sooner. By the time it was diagnosed, I had pretty well learned to...