I need an outlet!

[Kirsty Smith]

Hey,
i avnt got ibd but my gf is in process of being diagnosed and pretty ill atm:ybatty: :ybatty: and i got no one to tlk to, i have friends but they either dnt understand have their own lives and my best friends ill too with a brain tumour she dnt understand things frm my point of view. i jst need someone to understand :-( i wanna be strong for my gf but some days i just feel im crumbling

 

[GoJohnnyGo]

If it helps, I've found this link

Your girlfriend is fortunate to have a concerned partner.

It can be a very isolating disease.

 

[Kirsty Smith]

thank u so much for the link was very helpful,

 

[mwb3779]

You are more than welcome to talk here. There's always an ear here. I'm sorry for everything that's going on in your life right now.

 

[Tan]

Im sorry to hear you are having such a rough time at the moment. It can be very hard to watch a loved one go thru everything that this disease brings on us. I know my hubby has been pretty good so far but I know at times he must wonder if this is how our life is going to be. I know once I get on the right track and sorted it will get better and Im sure that will be the same for you guys. Just need to get diagnosed first then start to work out what meds are going to work for your girlfriend. I know from her point it will just be nice having you there as support. Good luck I hope your life starts to improve once your gf gets some solid answers.

 

[Peaches]

We are here buddy - vent, cry, scream if you need to - we'll listen!

 

[Kirsty Smith]

thank u guy for the msgs made me smile. hey its not a bad lifestyle ne life with my gf in it is a happi and amazing one for me i cldnt ask for me shes amazing. jst sends u rnd the twust sumtimes lol. how long did it tke u guys to get diagnosed my gf been goin thru it for about a year now tryin get diagnosed sh was diagnosed with chrons right at the beinging put on steroids then after 4 weeks given a test which then showed there ws no inflammation (which ws prob dwn to steriods) and now she left with no diagnosis lol straaange

 

[mwb3779]

thank u guy for the msgs made me smile. hey its not a bad lifestyle ne life with my gf in it is a happi and amazing one for me i cldnt ask for me shes amazing. jst sends u rnd the twust sumtimes lol. how long did it tke u guys to get diagnosed my gf been goin thru it for about a year now tryin get diagnosed sh was diagnosed with chrons right at the beinging put on steroids then after 4 weeks given a test which then showed there ws no inflammation (which ws prob dwn to steriods) and now she left with no diagnosis lol straaange

I didn't know what the heck was wrong with me. I felt like crap in June of this year, took a leave of absence from work. Got sicker, I had the big D for 5 months straight by that time. It was terrible. I started getting very depressed. Stopped eating, lost 95 lbs. Started passing out, got rushed to the hospital spent 2 weeks there getting tested for everything. So much blood, so many tests. Got a probe up the butt and more blood taken. Blood said normal. Biopsies said severe Crohn's. All in all I guess it took almost 5 months of no working and being super sick. Total was 6 or 7 doctors, and ER visit, the probe and what seems to be gallons of blood.

I hope it all works out for you guys!

 

[Crohn's 35]

When you have had Crohn's a long time you get to know really quick who your real friends are. I have had a friend for over 30 years and we live in different worlds but she has always been there for me, I can call her any time for support. Turns out her son's gf has Crohns, so she has educated herself. People I have met along the way tend to walk away if you sound like a whiner. If people really ask I tell them otherwise I just say I am fine. Really they have no clue anyways. Alot of help and support here, welcome!

 

[Peaches]

thank u guy for the msgs made me smile. hey its not a bad lifestyle ne life with my gf in it is a happi and amazing one for me i cldnt ask for me shes amazing. jst sends u rnd the twust sumtimes lol. how long did it tke u guys to get diagnosed my gf been goin thru it for about a year now tryin get diagnosed sh was diagnosed with chrons right at the beinging put on steroids then after 4 weeks given a test which then showed there ws no inflammation (which ws prob dwn to steriods) and now she left with no diagnosis lol straaange

In all actuality it took me years to get diagnosed and I had to get to the point of needing emergent surgery practically to get it. They always diagnosed me with IBS - but I never had a colonscopy either - which would have sealed it I'm sure. I can't believe they would diagnose her -give her steroids and then remove the diagnosis with the steroids DID THEIR JOB???? That is bizarre!! Well hon - if it truly is Crohn's - she will probably be in need of steroids again at some point and maybe then they will give the diagnosis and make it STICK!