Ustekinumab After my nightmare stay in hospital, I was finally feeling hopeful that Ustekinumab may be the drug I’d been looking for. Nothing is ever quick however, so I spent the first few weeks back at home just getting by, waiting for the day that I would wake up and feel something other than terrible.Continue reading “Ustekinumab, Anaemia and More Surgery.”
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Surgery, Anaphylaxis and Ustekinumab.
Being admitted I was admitted to hospital on March 15th, 2019 for my first ever surgery. Even the journey to the hospital was a nightmare. I felt like I’d reached an all-time low with my internal symptoms, and my extra-intestinal symptoms had also reached rock bottom. The erythema nodosum which I had suffered from soContinue reading “Surgery, Anaphylaxis and Ustekinumab.”
Clinical Trials, Abscesses and Fistulas.
Clinical trial enrolment In late December 2018, I began the process of entering a clinical trial for a new biologic called Risankizumab. The first thing anyone looking to enrol in a trial will likely have to do is a “washout period”, basically where you stop taking all other treatments for about 6-8 weeks to ensureContinue reading “Clinical Trials, Abscesses and Fistulas.”
Me and My Crohn's 