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I just wanted to say that I love this forum. I was at work, hurting and rushing from my office to the bathroom every ten minutes and trying to be positive because at least I made it to work today (I’ve been missing a lot lately) when I decided to check in here.
It is so nice to have a place where other people actually understand what I go through every day because they go through it too. I am actually pretty lucky because I have a lot of people in my life who really try to understand, but to have a group of people who are actually going through it too is a whole other story.
I worry a lot about missing work or losing my job and my insurance. I have body confidence issues because of what Crohn’s has done to me, and sometimes I feel a great deal of pity for myself when I see healthy people taking for granted the fact that they don’t have to be constantly aware of where the bathrooms are in any given situation.
When I see someone else write about having huge skin tags, or fistulas, it makes me feel so relieved, and so much less embarrassed. I know that many of you have had to deal with the embarrassment of trying to describe this disease or having everyone in the office know why you are constantly running to the bathroom.
Also, if I have questions about things that I haven’t gone through yet but may have to someday like major surgery, it helps to hear from the people that have gone through that.
Sometimes I feel like less of a person because of this disease, and then I come on here and see that other people are dealing with this too and it gives me confidence for some weird reason. It helps me to stop feeling sorry for myself.
Not to mention all of the support that I have received and that I see you all give each other. I relate to so many of you, even when I don’t have time to write myself.
Anyone else feel this way?
It is so nice to have a place where other people actually understand what I go through every day because they go through it too. I am actually pretty lucky because I have a lot of people in my life who really try to understand, but to have a group of people who are actually going through it too is a whole other story.
I worry a lot about missing work or losing my job and my insurance. I have body confidence issues because of what Crohn’s has done to me, and sometimes I feel a great deal of pity for myself when I see healthy people taking for granted the fact that they don’t have to be constantly aware of where the bathrooms are in any given situation.
When I see someone else write about having huge skin tags, or fistulas, it makes me feel so relieved, and so much less embarrassed. I know that many of you have had to deal with the embarrassment of trying to describe this disease or having everyone in the office know why you are constantly running to the bathroom.
Also, if I have questions about things that I haven’t gone through yet but may have to someday like major surgery, it helps to hear from the people that have gone through that.
Sometimes I feel like less of a person because of this disease, and then I come on here and see that other people are dealing with this too and it gives me confidence for some weird reason. It helps me to stop feeling sorry for myself.
Not to mention all of the support that I have received and that I see you all give each other. I relate to so many of you, even when I don’t have time to write myself.
Anyone else feel this way?
