I wish I made an overview for myself when I was diagnosed as a child, I had no real support, just on my own having to make calls I could not make. I decided to choose N, for nothing, it ended in ER on a cold table because I was losing blood, still thought it wasn't too bad for some ridiculous reason, I was invincible, my blood pressure dropped more, blood transfusion, infusions to close red blood cells, infusion that cloth blood, I could see doctors get worried and I started panicking too now, started hyperventilating, fingers started tingling and I got really cold, all went black soon after....a few minutes later I was consious again, cried so much, how could I be this stupid thinking I could do it on my own.
Don't choose nothing, diets and self-management seem tempting, but it's really easy to suddenly get put on a rollercoaster that goes downhill fast, it's must easier to choose a path that is only as risky as needed without choosing nothing.
There was a girl once on this forum, she said she didn't want to take pentasa because she hated medication and she didn't think the risks of it were worth it. Pentasa being so low risk, almost everyone immediately told her to stay on the pentasa and everyone shared their stories, she still said she didn't think taking it was a good idea, her crohn was "mild" and diet would solve it, she was just like I was before I got into trouble, I hope she didn't end up being so stubborn as me and picked the pentasa instead.
