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I've known about this forum since my diagnosis 3 years ago, but I refused to join the conversation because I didn't think I belonged.
Now, all I want to do is belong.
I've been through things and seen things that a 25 year old woman should not have, but alas we all have our stories of trauma and pain, right?
Well, my Crohn's story starts with a diagnosis following my college graduation. May 3rd I graduated and May 5th I was officially diagnosed with CD.
Long story short, I drank a lot that summer. I quit my job. I cried a lot. I smoked a lot.
And then nothing. I stopped processing and just detached from it. I'm still trying to make sense of it. The past 3 years have been odd and hard and amazing.
I've become a more understanding person through it all and I suppose you might call that a perk. I still find it difficult to accept, but that's usually when I'm flaring.
I'm just glad there isSOMEWHERE I can talk about this with others.
XO
Princess
Now, all I want to do is belong.
I've been through things and seen things that a 25 year old woman should not have, but alas we all have our stories of trauma and pain, right?
Well, my Crohn's story starts with a diagnosis following my college graduation. May 3rd I graduated and May 5th I was officially diagnosed with CD.
Long story short, I drank a lot that summer. I quit my job. I cried a lot. I smoked a lot.
And then nothing. I stopped processing and just detached from it. I'm still trying to make sense of it. The past 3 years have been odd and hard and amazing.
I've become a more understanding person through it all and I suppose you might call that a perk. I still find it difficult to accept, but that's usually when I'm flaring.
I'm just glad there isSOMEWHERE I can talk about this with others.
XO
Princess