Hey guys......
So there I was sufferin away with some nasty runny poos and some devastating stomach cramps in the intensive care unit of my local hospital throwing fevers of 40 degrees when someone thought it might be an ace idea to whack a camera up my butt and diagnose me with Crohn's Disease. Didnt see that coming at all. After two weeks of hospitalisation, a huge whack of anti biotics, my first meeting of steroids and a pile of yellow sulfasalazine tablets to take, they sent me home and I proceeded to hit the internet to find out what the hell had just happened to me.
And I hate to say it, but Im super freakin happy that if Im going to have to have Crohn's Disease that Im having it in Australia and not some of the countries you guys are having to have it in. Medical care is sooooooooooo much easier for me than it seems to be for you guys. Like, insurance wont pay for your meds so you either fund it yourself of go without? Serious? You have to have insurance to get anywhere, it seems, but its way way different for me. I dont have insurance, hell, Im a poor person, we have this lil thing called Medicare, and all up it only costs me like 20 bucks for my drugs.
I dont wanna sound like IM rubbing it in here, but man....................I suddenly see why they call Australia the lucky country.
Anyway, so back to my story, Ive got CD and I dont know much about any of it. I seem to be able to eat anything I want, whenever I want, Ive had all the symptoms over the years but never put anything together. Sure, Ive spent years complaining that I look 7 months pregnant most of the time, but I just figured it was cos I was fat. Im not actually fat, but I just put it down to time of hte month or whatever. Yeah, Ive had the backache for ever, but I injured my back in my teens, and assumed it was leftovers from there.
Did I actually read someone somewhere has to have steroid enemas? Seriously? Sounds like to me, that Ive gotten out of things way easy, and I sure hope it stays that way.
It wont of course, it never does, but what the hey, lets just see what happens?
Ps, I had an enema, once, just recently. Not on my list of things I might wanna do again.
So there I was sufferin away with some nasty runny poos and some devastating stomach cramps in the intensive care unit of my local hospital throwing fevers of 40 degrees when someone thought it might be an ace idea to whack a camera up my butt and diagnose me with Crohn's Disease. Didnt see that coming at all. After two weeks of hospitalisation, a huge whack of anti biotics, my first meeting of steroids and a pile of yellow sulfasalazine tablets to take, they sent me home and I proceeded to hit the internet to find out what the hell had just happened to me.
And I hate to say it, but Im super freakin happy that if Im going to have to have Crohn's Disease that Im having it in Australia and not some of the countries you guys are having to have it in. Medical care is sooooooooooo much easier for me than it seems to be for you guys. Like, insurance wont pay for your meds so you either fund it yourself of go without? Serious? You have to have insurance to get anywhere, it seems, but its way way different for me. I dont have insurance, hell, Im a poor person, we have this lil thing called Medicare, and all up it only costs me like 20 bucks for my drugs.
I dont wanna sound like IM rubbing it in here, but man....................I suddenly see why they call Australia the lucky country.
Anyway, so back to my story, Ive got CD and I dont know much about any of it. I seem to be able to eat anything I want, whenever I want, Ive had all the symptoms over the years but never put anything together. Sure, Ive spent years complaining that I look 7 months pregnant most of the time, but I just figured it was cos I was fat. Im not actually fat, but I just put it down to time of hte month or whatever. Yeah, Ive had the backache for ever, but I injured my back in my teens, and assumed it was leftovers from there.
Did I actually read someone somewhere has to have steroid enemas? Seriously? Sounds like to me, that Ive gotten out of things way easy, and I sure hope it stays that way.
It wont of course, it never does, but what the hey, lets just see what happens?
Ps, I had an enema, once, just recently. Not on my list of things I might wanna do again.
