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It's ok :) I'll get by. Not really fishing for sympathy; just wanted to share my experience. Thanks for the kind words anyway.

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Be warned... the drinks are very sickly. They tried to make me drink them in hospital but I was sick after every one.

Thankyou :) I'm sure there must be more people out there though...

This might make you feel better, it might not, but I wrote a new blog on famous people I found with Crohn's. You can find it via the link in my signature. Comments left on the article will be appreciated. -Andy.

Do You really need to be on the Pred? Since I was discharged they're slowly working me off the drug because if I come off it straight away then I'll apparently get really ill. I hate that drug. From all the stories I've heard (mainly side effects) it causes more harm than good...

Drink Guinness! Seriously, I've been having a can or 2 a night, taking it slow, and its doing me a world of good.

I'm in a similar position with the walking thing... I walked to town other day- a simple 10 min walk- and my legs were shaking and I felt extremely light headed. I have only been out of hospital however, and was in there for 3 months and my legs were pretty much out of use. Do you walk much?

Yes, it is the meeting new people part that is the main issue. Having been out of hospital a couple of week, I still try and act like "me" and I still feel like me; i.e. I still have a certain confidence around my friends and the people I love. But when it comes to meeting new people, like you...

I took your advice and googled "ostomy sex" lol and found this image. That, however, looks ridiculous! I'll think I'll just keep my shirt on.

The stoma worries me more than the scars. I mean, it has a mind of its own. Plus, does it get in the way?

... do you still find it hurts when you pass food through your body? Although the infected part of my large intestine was removed to ease the Crohn's, and I now have a stoma to give that time to heal, I find it very painful when food passes through that opening.

Not meaning to sound overly egotistical, but I used to think my body was "alright", you know. However, I've recently been discharged from hospital and I look at myself in the mirror and I am disgusted at what I see. If the stoma wasn't enough, I have huge scars everywhere; plus, they stitched me...

Well I don't have a cold or anything. And I don't have active Crohn's that I know of. Hmmm, now I'm a little worried...

I've noticed the past couple of days when I've come to change my stoma that I'm also getting a leak of puss. Sounds disgusting, but is this normal?

Ah Huddersfield, awesome. Not too far from me then!

By the way, I've linked to you via my website. Hope that's ok. I'm really taken in by this place already.

To be honest, I'm still feeling pretty ******. I hate the look of my body. Physically, it's ruined. There are holes everywhere, and my stomach feels so tight still from where they opened me up twice, and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier, even after all this time. The thing that worries...

Thankyou both for your kind words. Dingbat, where in Yorkshire you from? Good to 'meet' a fellow northerner!

Hi people, I already posted a thread in the support forum, but I figured I'd drop a hello here and she what's crackin' with everyone. I'm Andy, 25, from Shipley, West Yorks, England, and got diagnosed with Crohn's around 4 months ago. I've been in and out of hospital throughout all that time...