My fiance has severe crohns disease that began to get worse towards the beginning of our relationship and i'm hoping to meet new friends here who are either in the same situation as him or myself. I've been doing my best to take care of him the best i can, but always wish i could do more. I hate seeing him in pain and i have some concerns. I know that he will probably need some kind of pain meds for the rest of his life (hopefully not). It scares me that he could get physically addicted to them. I love him so much and want to support him in all ways i can. He has told me in the past he doesn't want me to leave him because he's sick (i always try to reassure him that i won't). I've always stayed by his side for all his ER visits, GI appointments and week long hospital stays. He's truly an amazing person, but when he's in pain pushes me away or is hard to tolerate at times. I try to be as understanding as possible when it comes to that. Our sex life is also much less active than it was in the first month of our relationship. Alot of the time he just has a low sex drive lately. Is this normal for people with crohns? I try to not let it bother me, but at the sane time it makes me feel insecure and undesirable and blame myself because i feel as if he just doesn't want me. It's really starting to make me depressed and feel not good enough. I'm nor sure if its the crohns in general, the pain or some other issue. Is this a common problem? If so, how do you handle it? Would hormone injections help?
Sorry for all the dumb questions. My fiance thought it would be good for me to come on here and get to know everyone and not be scared to ask questions.
Sorry for all the dumb questions. My fiance thought it would be good for me to come on here and get to know everyone and not be scared to ask questions.