Hi everyone! :thumright:
I'm from Bolton in England, and I was diagnosed with Crohns disease in 2005 after a long time of being unwell. I've been on lots and lots of various medications that have never worked, and now I have been put on Humira injections every other week.
I have a 4 year old daughter, and I have been separated from my husband for nearly a year now (thats flown by!).
Things have been kind of ok for a while but I'm beginning to feel like the crohns has complete control of me at the moment and not the other way round. I don't have family near me, so I go through a lot alone and I would really hope I can make some new friends here who know exactly what I'm going through, but also hope I might be able to be of use to someone else even if it's in a small way.
I'm amazed at how many people have the view that you're only ill if you look like you're at deaths door! I wish I could wear my insides on the outside sometimes and make people understand how nasty and consuming this illness is.
I'm hoping to be able to start dating soon, and I'm really worried about having to meet someone and eventually having to explain about everything and have them see what things are like when they're bad. It terrifies me because it's a lot to take on! But I just want to deal with things one day at a time for now and hopefully get the control back.
I'm from Bolton in England, and I was diagnosed with Crohns disease in 2005 after a long time of being unwell. I've been on lots and lots of various medications that have never worked, and now I have been put on Humira injections every other week.
I have a 4 year old daughter, and I have been separated from my husband for nearly a year now (thats flown by!).
Things have been kind of ok for a while but I'm beginning to feel like the crohns has complete control of me at the moment and not the other way round. I don't have family near me, so I go through a lot alone and I would really hope I can make some new friends here who know exactly what I'm going through, but also hope I might be able to be of use to someone else even if it's in a small way.
I'm amazed at how many people have the view that you're only ill if you look like you're at deaths door! I wish I could wear my insides on the outside sometimes and make people understand how nasty and consuming this illness is.
I'm hoping to be able to start dating soon, and I'm really worried about having to meet someone and eventually having to explain about everything and have them see what things are like when they're bad. It terrifies me because it's a lot to take on! But I just want to deal with things one day at a time for now and hopefully get the control back.
