Hello, my name is Ralph, im 21 y/o, and i felt like i needed to express my story. Thanks a lot for reading. I have been diagnosed in december 2014, when they saw inflammation on the scan and an abscess. I had been put on pentasa because it was a mild case. I didnt really respond well to this medication and in march , i went to the emergency room because was feeling really sick and a lot of abdominal pain, and i lost a lot of weight, went down to 110 pounds for 6ft... I had another scan at this moment, and they saw a lot of infections and inflammation. So i had to stay at the hospital, to try to treat the problem with medications and antibiotics. It really didnt do anything after 3 WEEKS of being in there. After these 3 weeks, they said i might need a surgery. I was really anxious about this because ive never experienced this before. But when i met my surgeon, he was really attentive and really nice to me, i decided to accept to have a surgery. He told me i had like 1/5 chance to have an ileostomy when i wake up, but it would only been temporary, i didnt really care i just wanted to feel not sick anymore. So i got my surgery in May, and i woke up with an ileostomy. The first week after the surgery, it was really hard, had no appetite and lot of nausea. After a week, started to eat A LOT. i gained 40 pounds in 2 months, and was now at normal weight of 150lbs. On end of november, my surgeon offered me to have a stoma reversal. I Was really positive about it and the operation went super well. For 2-3 days after this operation, i didnt really have any bowel movements, and had a liquid diet. From about a week after this surgery, i started eating normal again, having 1-2 bowel bowel movements a day, the stools are perfect, im doing exercise, and im feeling so good. Havent taken a single medication since the first surgery in May 2015, to this day , the january 7th and i havent had a single pain or crohns symptom. :smile:
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