@ DustyKat I see we are both semicolons. I had my right hemicolectomy just before I met my ex-. I was in remission for several years and thought I would be one of the lucky ones. I honestly think she got scared when my Crohn's came back. I think she was afraid she'd have to take care of me when she expected me to take care of her. You are so right about education. That is one of my problems with Crohn's Colitis Foundation. I wish they would educate the public like cancer, diabetes, and r.a. organizations have done. We live in a society where thin is associated with health and beauty; how can we expect them to understand how we fear sudden weight loss? People need to be educated that there is so much more to the disease than the external manifestations that people see.
P.S. Dusty, you look like my 16 year old daughter's twin sister.
@ Ekaj I don't know her email address. The motivation behind my bringing this up is not about revenge at Commissioner Walla. True, she is an ignorant woman who should not be on the bench but, like I said to DustyKat, we need to push for more public education about our disease. You know, and I know, we are incredibly tough because we have no choice. If you are like me, we hide it too well. So many people don't know I am almost constantly in pain. I'd guess that your average Joe (or Josephine) has no clue how much we can hide. That, more than Commissioner Walla, is the problem.