This is my first posting on any website with regard to my medical conditions so I'll try not to ramble.
25 years ago I suddenly got ill with severe sickness/diarrhoea. Initially I thought I had a bug and just stayed at home but rather than get better I got worse to the extent of losing 3 stone in weight, getting hypothermia and being unable to eat or drink. I was admitted to hospital and put on fluids and steroids and after 2 weeks when I first got out of bed my legs wouldn't move. After more tests & scans it was found that I had polyarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. These were a direct result of the Crohn's disease. After being perfectly healthy 4 weeks earlier this came as a shock to the system.
On the day I left hospital I had a seizure and ended up back in hospital to find that I now had epilepsy due to a clash of medications.
Over the years I've often said that if I were a horse they would shoot me which I'm sure I'm not the only one who has thought or said something similar.
I think the problems I contracted due to Crohn's are not the norm for most as I've never come across anybody with similar conditions.
Sorry I think I did ramble a bit!
25 years ago I suddenly got ill with severe sickness/diarrhoea. Initially I thought I had a bug and just stayed at home but rather than get better I got worse to the extent of losing 3 stone in weight, getting hypothermia and being unable to eat or drink. I was admitted to hospital and put on fluids and steroids and after 2 weeks when I first got out of bed my legs wouldn't move. After more tests & scans it was found that I had polyarthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. These were a direct result of the Crohn's disease. After being perfectly healthy 4 weeks earlier this came as a shock to the system.
On the day I left hospital I had a seizure and ended up back in hospital to find that I now had epilepsy due to a clash of medications.
Over the years I've often said that if I were a horse they would shoot me which I'm sure I'm not the only one who has thought or said something similar.
I think the problems I contracted due to Crohn's are not the norm for most as I've never come across anybody with similar conditions.
Sorry I think I did ramble a bit!