The Recovery....

My recovery all began after the endoscopy and colonoscopy on April 12th. I was told what would happen once I got back up to the ward. However, I was to groggy with the sedation and I had fallen asleep when the consultant was speaking to me so I could not remember much. When I had came round fully on the ward, which I had no recollection of coming back to after the procedures, a nurse had told me what exactly was happening with my treatment. I was to be put on azathioprine tablets at 100mg a day as well as hydrocortisone injection and an antibiotic drip for five days and then change over onto prednisolone and antibiotic tablets. The azathioprine was the consultants choice of immunosuppressant to manage my Crohn's disease and hopefully lead me into remission. I then spent another two weeks waiting for a MRI scan to see how bad the Crohn's Disease was to see if I really needed to start using the Humira as well. When I eventually got the scan it came back saying that the Crohn's was severe in the large bowel but had not touched the small bowel which was good as I did not need to start using the Humira unless the azathioprine was not working on its own in the future after I came off the steriods.