Newbie here! ^.^

[chelsea-]

Hello everyone! I've just joined this forum after lurking for a few months, so I thought I'd take the leap and introduce myself. My name is Chelsea, I'm 18 years old and I live in Exeter, Devon, England. I was diagnosed with severe Ulcerative Colitis on April 26th 2014, so I'm still pretty new to everything and having to get used to the various dietary and lifestyle changes that come with having an IBD.

I'm currently on 2mg of Pentasa a day, along with 130mg Ferrous Sulphate a day to help correct Iron Deficiency Anemia. I've just finished an 8 week course of Prednisolone, and I'm due to have a second Colonoscopy next month so my doctors can decide whether I need to continue with a second course of Pred, or whether I should start taking Azathioprine or Mercaptopurine.

So anyway, there was just a little bit about me, I look forward to chatting with you in the future!

Chelsea x

 

[DJW]

Hi Chelsea and welcome to the forum.

 

[scottsma]

Hi Chelsea and welcome.

Have you noticed we have a Young Adults thread, that you will find very supportive and informative.I hope you're having a good day today.

 

[David]

Hi Chelsea and welcome to the community. I'm glad you decided to come out of lurk-mode

Out of curiosity, what symptoms do you have?

All my best to you!

 

[troubledmum]

Hi Chelsea, my son who is also 18 was diagnosed with crohns disease in April so is probably feeling very similar to yourself, he has not been on this site as far as I am aware but feel he would benefit. Unfortunately for him, although he was only diagnosed a short time ago he has had symptoms for about 2 years but refused to admit it until he became acutely ill. He had to undergo surgery almost 2 weeks ago but is well on the way to recovery.

He was on azathioprine pre surgery but unfortunately this along with prednisalone could not correct the damage to his bowel and he therefore underwent surgery. He is currently on post surgery medication but we have been told that he will not be on any medication to keep him in remition, which I find quite scarey.

Is anyone else in the same situation?

 

[chelsea-]

Thanks everyone!

Out of curiosity, what symptoms do you have?

Currently, the only symptoms I really have are severe stomach pains after eating, and chronic fatigue, so I'm actually very, very lucky compared to most! Before my diagnosis, I had no symptoms whatsoever, aside from anemia - the only reason the drs discovered my UC was because they ran some tests to discover the original cause of said anemia, and signs of inflammation appeared on an MRI scan >.<

 

[KyleB]

Welcome, glad you posted and not kept luring!