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I never knew what crohns was when I was misdiagnosed with IBS, no blood tests, just assumption from my old doctor, symptoms got worse, rushed to hospital then a section of my bowel removed, appendix taken out before the burst, septicaemia and a stoma, oops, silly doctor!

You know what, when I was first diagnosed I didn't listen to anyone telling me what I should eat, I think I was in denial that I had a disease and why shoul I have to change, but you learn these things as you go, hopefully she will too

My consultant kicked my ass about smoking and told me how much I wad hindering my crohns with it so I just stopped and have never touched one since, obviously it's not that easy for everyone but you'll be thankful you've given your body a fighting chance, plus you won't smell and you'll save...

I don't mean to sound like a dick but posting this on here about her is a little insensitive, I'm a guy with crohns and at times it's embarrassing enough having this illness, i can't even imagine how bad it is for women, I have body issues with this illness, think how hard it must be for a...

I was where you are now 6 years ago, I didn't know what a stoma was at that time having only been diagnosed with crohns 5 days previous but I ended up with one, I was told it was reversable but that didn't make the 9 months that followed any easier, I had to deal with it all very quickly, I got...

The only thing I can take for pain is paracetemol, anything stronger backs me up, I'm getting on quite well with humira, don't worry if it's not had any quick reaction, it usually takes a couple of days to kick in and takes a little while to build up in your system, at least for me anyway, hope...

I've been on humira for about a year and a half and have only jut recently got it working, I injected in the legs and it didn't work, I then got my girlfriend to inject me in the arms, a little improvement, and now I inject myself in the stomach which seems to be doing the job better than before

Hello everyone, my names robbie, I'm 27 years old, from Dundee (Scotland) but now live in Manchester, I was diagnosed 6 and a half years ago with crohns disease after a mis-diagnosis of IBS, I was taken into hospital and quickly had part of my bowel taken out, within a week I went septic and was...