Hello wonderful people!
So i just thought i would introduce myself as i am a brand new member here, i discovered this forum today and i love it already but theres soo much to read here!
I would just like to point out that im not looking for sympathy here (mainly because i dont have a very severe case of Crohns) i am just telling my story, which im sure some people could relate to.
I am 19 and I was diagnosed with Crohns last month. I am actually quite ashamed that I hadnt heard about the condition before i was diagnosed with it, although i would blame the government as well as myself for that. The first thing i did was to start pitting myself over it. But i was wrong because i didnt realise how lucky i am, even though im so young and ive been labeled with the horrible disease which i have to live with for the rest of my life. On the plus side however, I was diagnosed very quickly, i had a fissure and so had to go to my GP who them referred me to a consultant. I saw the consultant and i was incredibly lucky because i was able to go in for a colonoscopy the very next day (as someone else had dropped out) and she then told me i had Crohns. To be honest I hadnt expected it at all and was in no way prepared to hear something like that because before the colonoscopy we thought it was just hemorrhoids as I havnt had the really serious symptoms like bloody diarrhea stomach pains and such. I was also told me that I am probably at a very early stage. Thats why i consider myself to be lucky. But when i read accounts from other people with CD i am terrified about how i would cope if/when the more severe symptoms start to kick in. I am now on steroids for 3 months, an idea which i found very difficult to get used to because i generally dont like conventional medicine or any sort of chemicals or hormonal drugs that interfere with the bodys natural systems.
Sadly the most difficult thing for me to get over is food. I love food! Dont get me wrong, im not obese, I have a healthy BMI but i love being able to eat whatever i want, whenever i want, in reasonable amounts of course. But now that ive been diagnosed I have to watch what i eat, and i dont really know what i can and cannot eat yet. Some of my favourite kinds of foods have disappeared from my fridge and its really hard to deal with it, especially since i have no real symptoms and it feels like im depriving myself for nothing.
Thanks for taking the time to read this
So i just thought i would introduce myself as i am a brand new member here, i discovered this forum today and i love it already but theres soo much to read here!
I would just like to point out that im not looking for sympathy here (mainly because i dont have a very severe case of Crohns) i am just telling my story, which im sure some people could relate to.
I am 19 and I was diagnosed with Crohns last month. I am actually quite ashamed that I hadnt heard about the condition before i was diagnosed with it, although i would blame the government as well as myself for that. The first thing i did was to start pitting myself over it. But i was wrong because i didnt realise how lucky i am, even though im so young and ive been labeled with the horrible disease which i have to live with for the rest of my life. On the plus side however, I was diagnosed very quickly, i had a fissure and so had to go to my GP who them referred me to a consultant. I saw the consultant and i was incredibly lucky because i was able to go in for a colonoscopy the very next day (as someone else had dropped out) and she then told me i had Crohns. To be honest I hadnt expected it at all and was in no way prepared to hear something like that because before the colonoscopy we thought it was just hemorrhoids as I havnt had the really serious symptoms like bloody diarrhea stomach pains and such. I was also told me that I am probably at a very early stage. Thats why i consider myself to be lucky. But when i read accounts from other people with CD i am terrified about how i would cope if/when the more severe symptoms start to kick in. I am now on steroids for 3 months, an idea which i found very difficult to get used to because i generally dont like conventional medicine or any sort of chemicals or hormonal drugs that interfere with the bodys natural systems.
Sadly the most difficult thing for me to get over is food. I love food! Dont get me wrong, im not obese, I have a healthy BMI but i love being able to eat whatever i want, whenever i want, in reasonable amounts of course. But now that ive been diagnosed I have to watch what i eat, and i dont really know what i can and cannot eat yet. Some of my favourite kinds of foods have disappeared from my fridge and its really hard to deal with it, especially since i have no real symptoms and it feels like im depriving myself for nothing.
Thanks for taking the time to read this
