Hello, I was diagnosed with Crohns during my sophomore year of HS when I became very ill and lost a ton of weight quickly. My mother brought me to our local clinic where she was told the reason for my condition was that I was using drugs intravenously. Left there immediately and went to the capital city of my state to a specialty children's hospital where after days and days of tests I was diagnosed. I had never heard of crohns or didn't really know how to take it as a teenager just being told I had a disease with no cure. I guess I just went along and took my meds and acted like a "normal" teen. In my early 20's I battled an addiction and went to prison in 2005. While in prison I developed an almost total blockage and went to the hospital and had my first resection taking a total of 18" of intestine. Being shakled to a bed for 17 days was not very fun. Went into remission and felt great until 2009 when I had another resection which removed another 3 inches or so. From then on I was living the most productive life I had ever lived and felt great about everything until this past late January I started noticing getting full after a half a plate of food.
We Superbowl Sunday I was back in the hospital with another blockage from the scar tissue where they had reconnected my intestine during the 2009 surgery. On a good note doc said there was no active crohns. Well I'm getting older now and this last surgery really took a lot out of me. It really opened up my eyes and I wished I would of taken alot better care of myself when I was younger. I have always been a strong person from battling this disease along with a rough childhood but I really am unsure if I have enough in me to make through another one of these bad bouts. Well my stomach incision was finally healed up when I started getting stomach pain again in April. Wasn't sure it was my crohns because it wasn't the common lower right abdomen pain that I was used to. Set up a Dr appointment and well the crohns has attacked me again. I'm just really really bummed that I didn't even get a period of feeling well after the last surgery. I have a feeling in my heart that this evil disease is finally trying to take the upper hand on me. I start remicade infusions this week. Pray for me
We Superbowl Sunday I was back in the hospital with another blockage from the scar tissue where they had reconnected my intestine during the 2009 surgery. On a good note doc said there was no active crohns. Well I'm getting older now and this last surgery really took a lot out of me. It really opened up my eyes and I wished I would of taken alot better care of myself when I was younger. I have always been a strong person from battling this disease along with a rough childhood but I really am unsure if I have enough in me to make through another one of these bad bouts. Well my stomach incision was finally healed up when I started getting stomach pain again in April. Wasn't sure it was my crohns because it wasn't the common lower right abdomen pain that I was used to. Set up a Dr appointment and well the crohns has attacked me again. I'm just really really bummed that I didn't even get a period of feeling well after the last surgery. I have a feeling in my heart that this evil disease is finally trying to take the upper hand on me. I start remicade infusions this week. Pray for me
