Hello everyone. I am new to this site and have put off joining a forum since I was diagnosed with Crohn's 5 years ago. I now feel I need the support of others suffering from this disease instead of going it alone. I am 59 years old and I am a single mother with 6 children, 5 of whom I have adopted. I didn't have this disease at the time of the adoptions which took place 10 years ago. I now understand how important it is to get support from other people because I have so many unanswered questions and concerns. One of them being blockage. I had a bowel resection 2 years ago and have since returned to the Hospital on 5 different occasions for partial to full obstructions. On my last visit to the hospital I was told I have a small hernia near the incision site. I had it for some time but this was the 1st time they mentioned it even though they were aware I had it on previous hospital stays. They said that because it doesn't bother me I shouldn't worry about it. This morning I read something that said hernias can cause bowel obstructions. Has anyone had this problem? I am concerned that it is the hernia causing the several obstructions I've had. Thank you for your time in reading my post.