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Hello to everyone! :]
I'll just give you all a lil bit of basic info before I get into the Crohn's stuff.
Name: Allison
Age: 16
"Problem": Crohn's Disease
Date of Diagnosis: Late April/Early May of 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Enjoys: Photography, Photoshop, anime, video games, hanging out with friend & my boyfriend
Now for a lil bit about my Crohn's, heh. Well, as I said above I was diagnosed in late April/early may in 2004 right around my birthday. It was the very end of the school year when I was in 8th grade when I began getting pains in my "rear" and I started bleeding just a little bit, then more heavily. At first I thought that I had gotten my period just like every other month, but then I realized that it was something else, something more serious.
At first I was horrified, and was under an extreme amount of stress. Me and my mom had just started living with my grandpa because my father was a serious alcoholic and tried killing my mom so we needed somewhere to live until my mom could find an apartment. Now I didn't want to cause any more stress for my mom, but I waited until it got really bad to tell my mom. She took me to the doctor who examined it, but he wasn't really sure what it was at first - but he was somewhat sure it was probably Crohn's. Summer came, and it got worse and worse to the point where I couldn't sit down without being in excruciating pain and on the verge of tears. I could barely even lay down due to the pain, but had to make due until I could get tested to see what I had. Finally, I got an upper and lower GI done, and my doctor found out that I did, in fact, have Crohn's.
From there they started me on 6MP and Ciproflaxin. My Crohn's started to go into remission, but the 6MP and Cipro wasn't enough. About a year and a half ago they started me on Remicade and most recently they took me off of 6MP. So...here I am now! My Crohn's has been in remission since around the time I started the Remicade, but I actually think it's starting to flare up again. :[ Luckily my next infusion is on September 10th - hopefully it'll go back into remission by then.
Anyways, that's my story, not very detailed, but I was so young when I got it I don't remember too much. :[
I'll just give you all a lil bit of basic info before I get into the Crohn's stuff.
Name: Allison
Age: 16
"Problem": Crohn's Disease
Date of Diagnosis: Late April/Early May of 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Enjoys: Photography, Photoshop, anime, video games, hanging out with friend & my boyfriend
Now for a lil bit about my Crohn's, heh. Well, as I said above I was diagnosed in late April/early may in 2004 right around my birthday. It was the very end of the school year when I was in 8th grade when I began getting pains in my "rear" and I started bleeding just a little bit, then more heavily. At first I thought that I had gotten my period just like every other month, but then I realized that it was something else, something more serious.
At first I was horrified, and was under an extreme amount of stress. Me and my mom had just started living with my grandpa because my father was a serious alcoholic and tried killing my mom so we needed somewhere to live until my mom could find an apartment. Now I didn't want to cause any more stress for my mom, but I waited until it got really bad to tell my mom. She took me to the doctor who examined it, but he wasn't really sure what it was at first - but he was somewhat sure it was probably Crohn's. Summer came, and it got worse and worse to the point where I couldn't sit down without being in excruciating pain and on the verge of tears. I could barely even lay down due to the pain, but had to make due until I could get tested to see what I had. Finally, I got an upper and lower GI done, and my doctor found out that I did, in fact, have Crohn's.
From there they started me on 6MP and Ciproflaxin. My Crohn's started to go into remission, but the 6MP and Cipro wasn't enough. About a year and a half ago they started me on Remicade and most recently they took me off of 6MP. So...here I am now! My Crohn's has been in remission since around the time I started the Remicade, but I actually think it's starting to flare up again. :[ Luckily my next infusion is on September 10th - hopefully it'll go back into remission by then.
Anyways, that's my story, not very detailed, but I was so young when I got it I don't remember too much. :[
