Hi,
Wow! What a great site. It's great to see everyone come together and share their stories and help each other.
Here's my story.
According to my parents, They brought me home at 5 days old from the hospital (I was adopted, So no family medical history) and 3 days later (8 days old) I had not had a bm. The hospital said it's ok, that normal for some people.
Well, As a child I would have a bm only once maybe twice a week if I was lucky. Then I would plug the toilet, probable caused by using lots of TP trying to wipe clean. But they were VERY larger bm's when I did go. I would also have accidents all the time, Just had no control and would go in pants. I guess I figured out how to hide it from my parents when I was 9 or 10 because that's the lasts my dad remember of the accidents. But they did go on until I was 13 - 14 from what I can remember, But only a couple of times in the past. 5 years.
So growing up I thought this was normal. I am now 37
Recently a friend was dx with crohns and was telling me about what she was going through and a lot of the symptoms sounded very familiar to me. For at least the past 10 - 20 years diarrhea has been added.
I seem to go through all 3 ranges.
Constipation, 12 days is the longest that I can remember for sure by dates, But I think there have been a couple of longer one.
Diarrhea, explosive liquid. Like opening a tap sometimes just brown water or it maybe thicker. Also get heavy night sweats, So far with diarrhea but just started making noted of what my body is doing and when.
And sometimes I seem normal, once a day, little to wipe, no pains, no gas (my gas could kill a skunk it is so bad at times).
This feels GREAT writing this out. It is some thing that I have hidden for 37 years. Never talked to anyone about it and it has affected my life in so many ways. Thank you all.
Question
I also get what I have always thought were ingrown hairs on the inside on my thigh. They get to be about the size of a dime and will pop (sometimes with the help of a pin) and leak a bloody milky gloo. When they stop leaking the skin around the area in hard and swollen and will take a couple of months to heal and go away.
Could these possible be abscesses? Any thought would be welcome.
I also have lots of red bumps/pimples on my inside thighs.
Thanks.
Wow! What a great site. It's great to see everyone come together and share their stories and help each other.
Here's my story.
According to my parents, They brought me home at 5 days old from the hospital (I was adopted, So no family medical history) and 3 days later (8 days old) I had not had a bm. The hospital said it's ok, that normal for some people.
Well, As a child I would have a bm only once maybe twice a week if I was lucky. Then I would plug the toilet, probable caused by using lots of TP trying to wipe clean. But they were VERY larger bm's when I did go. I would also have accidents all the time, Just had no control and would go in pants. I guess I figured out how to hide it from my parents when I was 9 or 10 because that's the lasts my dad remember of the accidents. But they did go on until I was 13 - 14 from what I can remember, But only a couple of times in the past. 5 years.
So growing up I thought this was normal. I am now 37
Recently a friend was dx with crohns and was telling me about what she was going through and a lot of the symptoms sounded very familiar to me. For at least the past 10 - 20 years diarrhea has been added.
I seem to go through all 3 ranges.
Constipation, 12 days is the longest that I can remember for sure by dates, But I think there have been a couple of longer one.
Diarrhea, explosive liquid. Like opening a tap sometimes just brown water or it maybe thicker. Also get heavy night sweats, So far with diarrhea but just started making noted of what my body is doing and when.
And sometimes I seem normal, once a day, little to wipe, no pains, no gas (my gas could kill a skunk it is so bad at times).
This feels GREAT writing this out. It is some thing that I have hidden for 37 years. Never talked to anyone about it and it has affected my life in so many ways. Thank you all.
Question
I also get what I have always thought were ingrown hairs on the inside on my thigh. They get to be about the size of a dime and will pop (sometimes with the help of a pin) and leak a bloody milky gloo. When they stop leaking the skin around the area in hard and swollen and will take a couple of months to heal and go away.
Could these possible be abscesses? Any thought would be welcome.
I also have lots of red bumps/pimples on my inside thighs.
Thanks.
