Hey guys, I guess this is my introductory post, and let me begin by saying that I wish I were here under better circumstances. After nearly a month of continuously worsening symptoms starting around mid-December, I finally had a colonoscopy on Tuesday, and I don't need a medical degree to know something's wrong with the sheer number of granulomas in nearly all regions of my large intestine. Indeed, I've Crohn's disease, and the school (high school) I missed due to symptoms and the colonoscopy compounded a total of nearly a dozen tests, exams, and other assessments I've been painstakingly making up in the recent days.
But enough of the sob story. I joined the forum to get support for my wide variety of activities, from working as an independent contractor to instructing sailing racing teams over the summer. I've got seven college applications in the oven, and I've got my fingers crossed for St. Olaf and Denison in Minnesota and Ohio, respectively. I'm a bit of an academic, as well as a sailor and fencer, with a supportive family, though my parents are divorced and my father's remarried.
I just want to add a little more spring to my step; get a little more hopeful, and I hope to contribute what I can to this forum.
Thanks for the read, and it's good to be here.
But enough of the sob story. I joined the forum to get support for my wide variety of activities, from working as an independent contractor to instructing sailing racing teams over the summer. I've got seven college applications in the oven, and I've got my fingers crossed for St. Olaf and Denison in Minnesota and Ohio, respectively. I'm a bit of an academic, as well as a sailor and fencer, with a supportive family, though my parents are divorced and my father's remarried.
I just want to add a little more spring to my step; get a little more hopeful, and I hope to contribute what I can to this forum.
Thanks for the read, and it's good to be here.