crohn's disease, maintenance
"I am a 29 year old male and have had Crohn's disease for 8 years.  When I was going through college I became very ill and over a two year period of ups and downs lost 100 lbs.  Only due to the grace of God I made it through college with a civil engineering degree.  I was first put on all the typical drugs: Imuran, Pentasa, Asacol, Prednisone, B-12 injections.  I received the Remicade initially only when I had flare ups.  I watched my diet to a T (specific carbohydrate diet), but would still end up flaring up.  For the past 6 years I have been on a maintenance dose of Remicade every 10 weeks and have done very well.  I do have a goal to eventually get off the Remicade."