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@bowersmorgan164
My Crohn’s is in the jejunum, the mid portion and the terminal portion. I started on Entyvio in 2017 and it worked great for 5 years. For some reason it quit working and I was in the hospital twice for obstructions. I had not developed antibodies to it either. Instead of surgery I went with steroid treatment for 3 months and then I started on Stelara. Stelara worked well for the Crohn’s but knocks my immunity for a loop. I had the flu and 2 episodes of pneumonia in 16 months. One of the pneumonias caused me to have sepsis. I’m on nothing now, but the constipation is awful and makes it hard to have a normal life. I’m not happy my GI either, but if I leave him I will still see him whenever my husband has his colonoscopy. If you can find another GI, I would at least go to him for a second opinion. See how you like him, then change if you have confidence in him. BTW. Linzess didn’t help me. It caused more pain than the constipation. Trulance is working better, but when it works it can be explosive, if you catch my drift.

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@skypledger
Oh wow I’m so sorry to hear what all you’ve been through. Chronic Constipation is really a difficult thing, I know it makes me miserable.
Thank you for all of that helpful information, and yeah the Linzess was pretty bad, I don’t think my constipation comes from my colon so I really don’t think ibs meds are gonna help much sadly, I asked to try trulance and my current Gi shot me down so I’m really hoping on getting this second option. I believe I’m inflamed mostly in my small intestines, I just don’t know what they can do for that, I’ll be praying that you find some relief on your healing journey