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Jvstin
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hi everyone. although I joined in April of '06, I'm just now taking advantage of this place, so sorry for waiting over a year but now I am gonna introduce myself and share my story with those of you who are interested.
I'm 24 and live in Florida. I have a great job for someone who has Crohns, I'm a night audit manager for a hotel, therefore I can get to a bathroom pretty much whenever I need to.
I was diagnosed with Crohns in 2000, before that a GI told me I had lymphoma and had me on meds that led to be going to a cane, then wheelchair then my mother coming home and finding me in a coma. 2 weeks later when I awoken, the good doctors at another hospital had figured out I had Crohns and had me on TPN the entire time and within a month I was up and walking around again.
before I became a kronie, I weighed 305lb. I was always a fat kid that just kept getting bigger, yet I never ate a whole lot. I was put on many diets, but nothing ever worked. Come to find out, I just had a very low metabolism. When the precious hand of Crohns swatted me, it completely reversed my metabolism and now I stay between 150-180.
Yes, it was a huge life change, no one recognized me afterwards. I was a new person with a new body. Many people hate that they are sick, and I'm not saying I'm thrilled with having to buy toilet paper in bulk packaging now and losing out on popcorn and peanuts, but in my experience, getting sick with Crohns was one of the best things that could have happened to me. In fact, I'm willing to go as far as to say it literally saved my life. I appreciated everything so much more afterwards. I saw everything differently and found compassion for things I would have never before. My life before was headed in a very bad direction and I didn't care. I must say, getting sick that young did make me have to grow up fast, but I don't think I ever would have unless this happened.
It's not like I don't have my moments when I'm laying in bed in pain wishing for death, I know we all have had those, but I think without realizing it, I no longer take so much for granted.
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on a side note, the reason I took over a year to do anything here is because I hate admitting I'm flawed sometimes, and I didn't want to come off as a whiner on here. but after seeing how compassionate you all are with each other like a family, I am now thrilled with this place and love reading everything posted. You are all very strong people who take a lot of this in stride, and that's great. I hope to either help in some small way, even if it's one person by just listening to them, and I hope to take a lot from here as well.
thanks for reading my babble, sorry it went so long.
I'm 24 and live in Florida. I have a great job for someone who has Crohns, I'm a night audit manager for a hotel, therefore I can get to a bathroom pretty much whenever I need to.
I was diagnosed with Crohns in 2000, before that a GI told me I had lymphoma and had me on meds that led to be going to a cane, then wheelchair then my mother coming home and finding me in a coma. 2 weeks later when I awoken, the good doctors at another hospital had figured out I had Crohns and had me on TPN the entire time and within a month I was up and walking around again.
before I became a kronie, I weighed 305lb. I was always a fat kid that just kept getting bigger, yet I never ate a whole lot. I was put on many diets, but nothing ever worked. Come to find out, I just had a very low metabolism. When the precious hand of Crohns swatted me, it completely reversed my metabolism and now I stay between 150-180.
Yes, it was a huge life change, no one recognized me afterwards. I was a new person with a new body. Many people hate that they are sick, and I'm not saying I'm thrilled with having to buy toilet paper in bulk packaging now and losing out on popcorn and peanuts, but in my experience, getting sick with Crohns was one of the best things that could have happened to me. In fact, I'm willing to go as far as to say it literally saved my life. I appreciated everything so much more afterwards. I saw everything differently and found compassion for things I would have never before. My life before was headed in a very bad direction and I didn't care. I must say, getting sick that young did make me have to grow up fast, but I don't think I ever would have unless this happened.
It's not like I don't have my moments when I'm laying in bed in pain wishing for death, I know we all have had those, but I think without realizing it, I no longer take so much for granted.
-
on a side note, the reason I took over a year to do anything here is because I hate admitting I'm flawed sometimes, and I didn't want to come off as a whiner on here. but after seeing how compassionate you all are with each other like a family, I am now thrilled with this place and love reading everything posted. You are all very strong people who take a lot of this in stride, and that's great. I hope to either help in some small way, even if it's one person by just listening to them, and I hope to take a lot from here as well.
thanks for reading my babble, sorry it went so long.
