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Thanks for the replies. I do isolation workouts so each day is a different set of muscles. And as far as my intake of vitamins go, I get blood tests when I go in for Remicade and as far as I know, everything seems to be normal.

Does Crohn's disease prevent building muscle? I'm skinny but I have like the minimal amount of muscle for the weights I use. I've seen people at the gym who I can lift more than but they're a lot bigger than me. Same exercise, same form, but different weights. I eat healthy and try to get a lot...

I'm from the United States and I don't know if we have programs like that.

Thanks for the replies so far. I'm not worried that I won't make a difference in life or that I won't be able to help others because I have done plenty of community service and I help kids today and I do get some satisfaction from that but it's obviously not the same. In my eyes, nothing really...

I'm 99.99% sure I'm not eligible. I've looked it up and it says on the military academies' websites that there are no exceptions, and I'm on IV medication so there's no reason for them to accomodate me. Even if they did take me, I would probably be put in a desk job which is worse than not...

So I've had Crohn's disease for about 3 years and it ruined my life plans. My whole life I have wanted to be in the military but Crohn's prevents this so there is no hope in joining. Lately I've been very depressed about this and I haven't felt like myself at all. I feel unhappy a lot and feel...