Hi guys,
I haven't been on here in a LONG time but I felt like I really needed to get back in to it. My name is Cara and I've been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease for 6 years (I reckon I've been having symptoms for 10 though). Now that's quite scary when you say it out loud.
My story has changed quite dramatically in the last few months. If you had asked 3 months ago how I thought my Crohn's was doing I would've said "oh you know I have the odd flare up but I can generally pin point what has caused it and avoid that for a while" I was also on no medication. I genuinely felt well, the best I had felt in the years of having this thing.
Then I went to the doctors with what I thought was a severe case of heartburn. I had a really bad pain just where my diaphragm is and it hurt when I breathed in deeply. It turned out my time of "feeling well" had done some serious damage which ended up in a twisted and perforated small intestine, emergency surgery and me minus 36cm (around 14 inches) of my small intestine.
3 months on and I'm fully recovered and sporting a very impressive scar. My new consultant is completely baffled as to how I managed to get in such a state and not notice. I would love to say that I have a high pain threshold but I literally cry if I fall over and scrape my knee.
So here I am, and I feel like I'm starting all over again. Which I am in a sense as they removed all of the diseased tissue so I've got a clean slate (almost). I'm a bit scared, very confused but generally try to look on the bright side and laugh as much as often as possible.
This thing continues to baffle me.
Over and out.
I haven't been on here in a LONG time but I felt like I really needed to get back in to it. My name is Cara and I've been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease for 6 years (I reckon I've been having symptoms for 10 though). Now that's quite scary when you say it out loud.
My story has changed quite dramatically in the last few months. If you had asked 3 months ago how I thought my Crohn's was doing I would've said "oh you know I have the odd flare up but I can generally pin point what has caused it and avoid that for a while" I was also on no medication. I genuinely felt well, the best I had felt in the years of having this thing.
Then I went to the doctors with what I thought was a severe case of heartburn. I had a really bad pain just where my diaphragm is and it hurt when I breathed in deeply. It turned out my time of "feeling well" had done some serious damage which ended up in a twisted and perforated small intestine, emergency surgery and me minus 36cm (around 14 inches) of my small intestine.
3 months on and I'm fully recovered and sporting a very impressive scar. My new consultant is completely baffled as to how I managed to get in such a state and not notice. I would love to say that I have a high pain threshold but I literally cry if I fall over and scrape my knee.
So here I am, and I feel like I'm starting all over again. Which I am in a sense as they removed all of the diseased tissue so I've got a clean slate (almost). I'm a bit scared, very confused but generally try to look on the bright side and laugh as much as often as possible.
This thing continues to baffle me.
Over and out.