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odysseysgenerallee
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Alrighty, Id like to start off by saying that Im glad I found this website. 
I looked all over for chat rooms, blogging, and bulletin boards on the net, and this one just seemed like the perfect place to talk and learn more about Crohns.
So Ill start off by saying that Im an average seventeen year old girl. I JUST got diagnosed with Crohns about..6 days ago? Last week I came down with the horrid cramps in my lower right side. Id never had them before, so it kinda weirded me out. I knew something was wrong, since they were constant and didnt seem to want to go away. I told my mom I wanted to go to the doctor. After all the blood tests, cat scans and what-not, that night they told me it was possible appendix but they werent exactly positive. Either way, Id have surgery.
I stayed the night in the hospital and the next morning I went into surgery. After all that, the doctor came in and told me they removed my appendix, although that was not the huge problem. My cecum was enlarged and swollen 3 times the normal where it connects to the intestine. And then he told me I had Crohns disease.
I was released 5 days later, which was 2 days ago. Im doing fine now, and Im on my special diet which so far is going really well. Before this, Id never heard of Crohns, and Im still learning new things about it. It makes me feel better that I can talk to all of you on here, and you probably know exactly what Im going through. Its hard to tell my friends haha, they just dont understand I guess. Im always on the computer, so Ill for sure be a regular around here. Thanks guys for listening to my story !!
I looked all over for chat rooms, blogging, and bulletin boards on the net, and this one just seemed like the perfect place to talk and learn more about Crohns. So Ill start off by saying that Im an average seventeen year old girl. I JUST got diagnosed with Crohns about..6 days ago? Last week I came down with the horrid cramps in my lower right side. Id never had them before, so it kinda weirded me out. I knew something was wrong, since they were constant and didnt seem to want to go away. I told my mom I wanted to go to the doctor. After all the blood tests, cat scans and what-not, that night they told me it was possible appendix but they werent exactly positive. Either way, Id have surgery.
I stayed the night in the hospital and the next morning I went into surgery. After all that, the doctor came in and told me they removed my appendix, although that was not the huge problem. My cecum was enlarged and swollen 3 times the normal where it connects to the intestine. And then he told me I had Crohns disease.
I was released 5 days later, which was 2 days ago. Im doing fine now, and Im on my special diet which so far is going really well. Before this, Id never heard of Crohns, and Im still learning new things about it. It makes me feel better that I can talk to all of you on here, and you probably know exactly what Im going through. Its hard to tell my friends haha, they just dont understand I guess. Im always on the computer, so Ill for sure be a regular around here. Thanks guys for listening to my story !!
