a few words for everyone!
hey guys
i just wanna take a sec and really say thank you. i dont even know if there are words to express this.
i can honestly say that this past 1/2 year has been the hardest and most painful of my whole life in dealing with this. it has also been the lonliest and most depressing time for me, as none of my friends are close to physically, my bf couldnt be close to me emotionally, just not many people around when the road got rough.
but then, there is this place. and i joined here in november before i knew how bad it was all gonna get. i dont even know what compelled me to search for a crohns disease forum that day, but im so glad i did becuase in a couple weeks im pretty certain i would have completely broken apart without this place and you all to lean on. im not making that up, really, my mental state would have been toast.
i guess it really caught me just now when i looked at my surgery thread and just how many people have read it and the sheer number of replies in there! you guys are amazing. and the thoughts and prayers thread from when my surgery took place brings tears to my eyes, i saved it so i can look at it whenever i need to feel loved. whenever i need a hug i can just read that and get about 100 hugs from you all.
i realized that i have come to known all of you not just as "fellow crohnies" i know you as people. i realized that so much of the time when im on here i actually FORGET that we all share IBD! heeelooo its called crhonsforum lol! but really, i just see you guys as dear friends, not friends who have crohns. i dont remember and identify you by what type of disease you had, what meds, what experience, etc. i remember you by your personalities, your senses of humor, how you write, your jokes, things youve said...it goes on and on!
joining this forum has really shown me that this disease does not identify us. in 10years with this i never made an effort to reach other people with cd. i thought "well i dont want to have a friendship with somone JUST because we have the same illness".
well, you all here have proved me wrong. thats not why were friends. thats why i first said hello and posted "my story", but thats not why i kept coming back
it was YOU that kept me coming back. not your intestines
anyways, you guys have helped me far more than just giving me advice and suggestions. i ask if my stoma is normal or not and a response means far more to me than whats IN the response, if that makes sense at all.
you have given me reasons to get out of bed somedays, reasons to laugh, reasons to keep going.
and whether we talk often or have only talked once, and if your someone who has given me advice or not, i thank you ALL. the supportive spirit of each and every person is what makes it home.
home is where the heart is? well maybe thats why this place is so home-y. everyones hearts are here. i know mine is.
hey guys
i just wanna take a sec and really say thank you. i dont even know if there are words to express this.
i can honestly say that this past 1/2 year has been the hardest and most painful of my whole life in dealing with this. it has also been the lonliest and most depressing time for me, as none of my friends are close to physically, my bf couldnt be close to me emotionally, just not many people around when the road got rough.
but then, there is this place. and i joined here in november before i knew how bad it was all gonna get. i dont even know what compelled me to search for a crohns disease forum that day, but im so glad i did becuase in a couple weeks im pretty certain i would have completely broken apart without this place and you all to lean on. im not making that up, really, my mental state would have been toast.
i guess it really caught me just now when i looked at my surgery thread and just how many people have read it and the sheer number of replies in there! you guys are amazing. and the thoughts and prayers thread from when my surgery took place brings tears to my eyes, i saved it so i can look at it whenever i need to feel loved. whenever i need a hug i can just read that and get about 100 hugs from you all.
i realized that i have come to known all of you not just as "fellow crohnies" i know you as people. i realized that so much of the time when im on here i actually FORGET that we all share IBD! heeelooo its called crhonsforum lol! but really, i just see you guys as dear friends, not friends who have crohns. i dont remember and identify you by what type of disease you had, what meds, what experience, etc. i remember you by your personalities, your senses of humor, how you write, your jokes, things youve said...it goes on and on!
joining this forum has really shown me that this disease does not identify us. in 10years with this i never made an effort to reach other people with cd. i thought "well i dont want to have a friendship with somone JUST because we have the same illness".
well, you all here have proved me wrong. thats not why were friends. thats why i first said hello and posted "my story", but thats not why i kept coming back
it was YOU that kept me coming back. not your intestines
anyways, you guys have helped me far more than just giving me advice and suggestions. i ask if my stoma is normal or not and a response means far more to me than whats IN the response, if that makes sense at all.
you have given me reasons to get out of bed somedays, reasons to laugh, reasons to keep going.
and whether we talk often or have only talked once, and if your someone who has given me advice or not, i thank you ALL. the supportive spirit of each and every person is what makes it home.
home is where the heart is? well maybe thats why this place is so home-y. everyones hearts are here. i know mine is.
