So for security sake let's just say my name is Ange.
I was diagnosed for UC just before my junior year of high school. This diagnose came after an entire summer of bloody stools, various tests from a general doc (who didn't have a clue what was going on) extreme fatigue, loss of appetite and cramps. Just before school started I was taken in to the hospital through the ER for massive blood loss and ended up spending 4 weeks there. Through the next 2 years I took Prednisone, Asacol, and Remicade. None of these medications worked very well except for Prednisone which as we all know can't be taken forever.
After my 1st semester at college I contracted Mono, which attacked my liver and created a flare of my UC. I had to withdraw from college and spent 2 weeks in the hospital. I was unable to go back to school in the fall due to my UC and the inability of medications to control the symptoms. Needless to say it was a very dark time for me psychologically and physically. In december of that year I decedied to have my colon removed so that I could feel well eventually. An angel must have been looking out for me cause the surgen at the last minute, decided to do a cavity view and found creeping fat; a clear indicator of Crohn's not UC. My diagnoses was changed and the colon NOT removed.
I was then put on Humira and for 6 years now that has been my lifeline of health. I have had little to no symptoms as long as I keep to my diet and take the humira regularly (1x per week).
Most recently however, (last 2 months or so) I have had a return of symptoms. Loose stool, cramps and fatigue being the major ones. Also at some point in my college career I developed Skin Tags that until the last 2 weeks or so have been annoying but not painful. That has changed it incredibly painful, swollen, often times bleeding Skin Tags. I'm praying that there is something, anything a doc can do to remove or at least lessen them.
I am so very thankful that I am currently a health(ish) Crohn's patient. I recently got married to a wonderfully supportive man and we hope to start having children within the next 2 years (providing my health stays steady). I'm praying hard everyday that my luck holds out.
I was diagnosed for UC just before my junior year of high school. This diagnose came after an entire summer of bloody stools, various tests from a general doc (who didn't have a clue what was going on) extreme fatigue, loss of appetite and cramps. Just before school started I was taken in to the hospital through the ER for massive blood loss and ended up spending 4 weeks there. Through the next 2 years I took Prednisone, Asacol, and Remicade. None of these medications worked very well except for Prednisone which as we all know can't be taken forever.
After my 1st semester at college I contracted Mono, which attacked my liver and created a flare of my UC. I had to withdraw from college and spent 2 weeks in the hospital. I was unable to go back to school in the fall due to my UC and the inability of medications to control the symptoms. Needless to say it was a very dark time for me psychologically and physically. In december of that year I decedied to have my colon removed so that I could feel well eventually. An angel must have been looking out for me cause the surgen at the last minute, decided to do a cavity view and found creeping fat; a clear indicator of Crohn's not UC. My diagnoses was changed and the colon NOT removed.
I was then put on Humira and for 6 years now that has been my lifeline of health. I have had little to no symptoms as long as I keep to my diet and take the humira regularly (1x per week).
Most recently however, (last 2 months or so) I have had a return of symptoms. Loose stool, cramps and fatigue being the major ones. Also at some point in my college career I developed Skin Tags that until the last 2 weeks or so have been annoying but not painful. That has changed it incredibly painful, swollen, often times bleeding Skin Tags. I'm praying that there is something, anything a doc can do to remove or at least lessen them.
I am so very thankful that I am currently a health(ish) Crohn's patient. I recently got married to a wonderfully supportive man and we hope to start having children within the next 2 years (providing my health stays steady). I'm praying hard everyday that my luck holds out.
