My name's actually Sean. I figure I'd benefit from being here, given the recent episode which has forced me to remember that I actually have this disease. I need to keep moving and I need to know what medications are next for me and be ready when the time comes that I fall out of remission.
I am 21 years old and I was diagnosed almost 10 years ago. I had it kind of easy, living in Ontario. I experienced a weird summer full of pain and sitting around quietly, feeling faint and weak. I never really pushed for help then; when the pain wasn't around I wasn't thinking about it. It also didn't occur to me to tell anyone about how my restroom trips were working out.
It's funny, I never got really sick, even though I was left untreated for months. When school came around I used the illness to try and get out of going to school. I remember my mom being mad that I was faking, and yelling at me that she would take me to the doctor. The doctor referred me to a pediatrician who pretty much just said, "I think it's Crohn's Disease." I remember thinking that it was my fault and that I could eat more vegetables and fix it, or something. But I didn't go home and life didn't just go back to normal. I had to go to the hospital.
To this day, I've never had surgery, though in recent months it seems like I've come close. The lining in one area of my intestine had been eaten away completely. All I could see in the picture was black carnage, and right by my appendix. Since taking Humira, though, I think it has healed over.
Anyone who thinks they know me might blame the Crohn's Disease for my personality and weird behaviour, but I'd say they were wrong. If Crohn's Disease has anything to do with who I am, whatever triggered it must have been with me from birth.
I can be nasty to people who are judgemental of others. I have a tendency to use inappropriate language (but won't here). But at my best, I think I can be appreciated. You'll understand, hopefully, my weird sense of humour when I use it in attempts to lighten things up.
-Sean
I am 21 years old and I was diagnosed almost 10 years ago. I had it kind of easy, living in Ontario. I experienced a weird summer full of pain and sitting around quietly, feeling faint and weak. I never really pushed for help then; when the pain wasn't around I wasn't thinking about it. It also didn't occur to me to tell anyone about how my restroom trips were working out.
It's funny, I never got really sick, even though I was left untreated for months. When school came around I used the illness to try and get out of going to school. I remember my mom being mad that I was faking, and yelling at me that she would take me to the doctor. The doctor referred me to a pediatrician who pretty much just said, "I think it's Crohn's Disease." I remember thinking that it was my fault and that I could eat more vegetables and fix it, or something. But I didn't go home and life didn't just go back to normal. I had to go to the hospital.
To this day, I've never had surgery, though in recent months it seems like I've come close. The lining in one area of my intestine had been eaten away completely. All I could see in the picture was black carnage, and right by my appendix. Since taking Humira, though, I think it has healed over.
Anyone who thinks they know me might blame the Crohn's Disease for my personality and weird behaviour, but I'd say they were wrong. If Crohn's Disease has anything to do with who I am, whatever triggered it must have been with me from birth.
I can be nasty to people who are judgemental of others. I have a tendency to use inappropriate language (but won't here). But at my best, I think I can be appreciated. You'll understand, hopefully, my weird sense of humour when I use it in attempts to lighten things up.
-Sean
. Good luck and stick around, I like weird senses of humor.
