I'm Ian, I live in the uk and was diagnosed with Crohn's in 2009 after a case of iritis and two perianal abscesses. Since my diagnosis I was put on azathioprine and mesalazine and had a great if fairly normal life, got a girl friend, a house and a beautiful two year old daughter.
The start of this year though Crohn's reared its ugly head again, I started getting bad bowel habits and reccurent uti's that had me on my back and off work for weeks at a time. For the best part of 8 months I was referred from doctor to doctor and had numerous scans which were all inconclusive.
Eventually a surgeon diagnosed me with a small bowel to bladder fistula and operated at the earliest possible opportunity.
I'm now 3 weeks pot op and trying to get my life back on track at home complete with a reversible ileostomy.
At the moment I feel great, I'm enjoying food and being back on my feet after weeks of physio in hospital.
I'm a nervy person though and keep worrying about ending up back in hospital with an obstruction.
My partner has had a hard time adjusting to me coming home and my daughters scared I'm going to disappear at any moment and is scared to leave my side for a second.
The start of this year though Crohn's reared its ugly head again, I started getting bad bowel habits and reccurent uti's that had me on my back and off work for weeks at a time. For the best part of 8 months I was referred from doctor to doctor and had numerous scans which were all inconclusive.
Eventually a surgeon diagnosed me with a small bowel to bladder fistula and operated at the earliest possible opportunity.
I'm now 3 weeks pot op and trying to get my life back on track at home complete with a reversible ileostomy.
At the moment I feel great, I'm enjoying food and being back on my feet after weeks of physio in hospital.
I'm a nervy person though and keep worrying about ending up back in hospital with an obstruction.
My partner has had a hard time adjusting to me coming home and my daughters scared I'm going to disappear at any moment and is scared to leave my side for a second.