I was diagnosed with crohn's 10 years ago and have not had any surgery. It is my goal to avoid any surgery because I'd rather eat a bullet than shit in a bag.


After being diagnosed, for the first 2-3 years I was on prednisone, mesalazine, and budesonide. In addition to this, I was a daily smoker. At the time, I wasn't using pot as medicine, I was just a fella who liked to get high everyday. The combination of the 3 drugs eventually got my crohn's into remission. Then about 4 years ago, it started to flare up again. I noticed that the cramps/pains would be much worse during the day, then once I would get home from work and smoke a joint, all pains would virtually disappear. If I were suddenly feeling a cramp, and I took a hit from the bong, the pain would go away. I asked my doctor if he knew anything about marijuana being beneficial for Crohn's and he laughed at me. He sent me home with prescriptions for the same 3 drugs as before.
The problem was, I didn't have the money to afford the prescriptions, and so I was forced to go without. (Wonderful Canadian medicare system, the doctor will see you for free, but the pills cost a fortune) At this time, I decided I was finished with my doctor. I knew that pot was helping with the pain, and he thought I was joking or something.
I started doing some reading online about crohn's and I've managed to keep it under control on my own since then. At the moment I'm using a combination of Pot, Colostrum, and occasional breaks from solid foods.
I should note that I'm not recommending self treatment for everyone, if my pain gets bad enough, I'm sure I'll eventually go back crying to the doctor.