Are you really in remission? read this!

[743]

Did you ever hear someone say or see someone post that they forgot what it felt like not to have Crohn's.

Well remission is when you remember!

not what your gi says or what the wiki says.

 

[Kev]

I really don't know what this post means... or intended to.

I had no active symptomology for well over 6 years... I had daily recurring pain from scar tissue inside me... but no other day to day issues. But I never considered myself to be in remission, because I had to keep taking meds daily to stay that way. Whether that fits in with some textbook definition of remission I don't know. But I don't think a diabetic who controls their disease with insulin considers themselves in remission. You see my point?

I forgot a lot of what living with active disease day to day was like. My disease came back a little over a week ago... and the learning curve has been steep and unpleasant. It wasn't my intent to forget. I think our body does that to us just to try to keep our sanity.
I remember now... and I'm no closer to remission than I was before I forgot the worst of it

 

[743]

I didn't say to forget what it feels like to have active Crohn's just to remember what it's like not to have Crohn's.

after reading thru some threads here i realized that many people have very low expectations fot "remission".