I have only just discovered this forum and look forward to getting to you all.
My name for here is Pinkevie23, I have had problems with my bowels since I was around 10. It got worse after 18.
I had the usual tests, sigmoidoscupy (sorry not a good speller), colonoscupy, they found crohns in my small intestine.
When I turned 51, I had a car accident which caused a lot of breakages in my body due to the crohns and was given some powerful drugs and put together again with metal rods and screws and eventually could walk again, in a fashion :rof: I walk like a penquin, with my bottom sticking out and in need of crutches.
I take Colofac and Immodium and avoid foods like salads, fresh vegitables, milk products, so have a very limited diet, usually soft foods like soups and toast are my staple diet. I was also taking Pentasa but had to stop taking it after a few months because it stop me producing white blood cells.
Any way, my gut problems got worse, so last year I had another colonoscupy where they also found colitis in my large instestine :ybatty:.
So I am now unable to work and in need of things to keep me occupied, luckily, I tire very easily and do sleep a lot, so not many waking hours.
My name for here is Pinkevie23, I have had problems with my bowels since I was around 10. It got worse after 18.
I had the usual tests, sigmoidoscupy (sorry not a good speller), colonoscupy, they found crohns in my small intestine.
When I turned 51, I had a car accident which caused a lot of breakages in my body due to the crohns and was given some powerful drugs and put together again with metal rods and screws and eventually could walk again, in a fashion :rof: I walk like a penquin, with my bottom sticking out and in need of crutches.
I take Colofac and Immodium and avoid foods like salads, fresh vegitables, milk products, so have a very limited diet, usually soft foods like soups and toast are my staple diet. I was also taking Pentasa but had to stop taking it after a few months because it stop me producing white blood cells.
Any way, my gut problems got worse, so last year I had another colonoscupy where they also found colitis in my large instestine :ybatty:.
So I am now unable to work and in need of things to keep me occupied, luckily, I tire very easily and do sleep a lot, so not many waking hours.
