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:smile: ,Hi I'm Sally, I'm 23 I've just in the last few weeks been diagnosed with Crohn's after having months of abdominal pains. I went into Hospital finally and after a couple of weeks in there (with lots of prodding and poking and generally a rubbish time!) they gave me a diagnosis. They put me on Steroids and things started to improve a little but when I went back to see the doctor last week he told me to reduce my steroids and then new years eve I did so and got a really bad flare up so I spent New Years Eve in immense pain and throwing up all the time.
I think the hardest thing that I've found so far is ignorance to the disease, of course that's nobody's fault but people don't really know what it is or what it means and lets face it some of the symptoms are not the easiest to talk about.
I've always worked two jobs since I left school and I've had two months off work now so I'd be really interested to know for you guys how you cope with living with it? My parents want me to give up my second job in a pub which I may have to do but I don''t really want to. I was working at my day Job at a Building Society on New years Eve when I suddenly got seriously ill and there were only two of us in so they had to shut the branch. I felt terrible and the the other poor Girl I was working with was frightened to death. Obviously these are my first experiences of the disease so It's really good to hear about other peoples experiences.
Be really great to chat to people who understand as my head had been all over the place! ,confused2:,
I think the hardest thing that I've found so far is ignorance to the disease, of course that's nobody's fault but people don't really know what it is or what it means and lets face it some of the symptoms are not the easiest to talk about.
I've always worked two jobs since I left school and I've had two months off work now so I'd be really interested to know for you guys how you cope with living with it? My parents want me to give up my second job in a pub which I may have to do but I don''t really want to. I was working at my day Job at a Building Society on New years Eve when I suddenly got seriously ill and there were only two of us in so they had to shut the branch. I felt terrible and the the other poor Girl I was working with was frightened to death. Obviously these are my first experiences of the disease so It's really good to hear about other peoples experiences.
Be really great to chat to people who understand as my head had been all over the place! ,confused2:,
There's all sorts of information and great people to ask questions and gte support.
