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Hey all !
My name is Shalisha, I'm 19 years old. I was diagnosed in Trinidad and Tobago with Crohns Disease in 2011. My last year of high school.
Missed my prom. Lost my friends.
I moved to New york later that year to live with my dad and for better medical care also.
This is the first time sharing my story with people that really do understand I'm happy to be here.
I was a active student in school, into sports like volley ball and basketball. The one they considered the class clown ! lol but i had good grades, just was that person that kept the class alive! I was also a big eater lol known for sneaking snacks during class and devouring big meals, yet I remained thin and tall. I was 5'9 and 120lbs. In 2010 it started. I would buy food and suddenly be full, have no appetite or have pains when i ate... but i didnt pay any attention. I just thought my metabolism rate was slowing down. I started to get thinner and thinner... then always sleepy no matter how much slept i got, i was tired all the time. Can't stay awake in classes... I started avoided friends and a anti -social behavior came over me. Everything I ate caused pain. I went on like that for months living on drinking tea, water and little bites of food now and then till i was 95lbs. People at school and home did notice something was wrong but you know how people judge. They simply assumed i was doing it to myself, that i was "anorexic" i didnt want to eat and get well at all. they didnt understand the pain and cramps that came with every bite of food i took. :mad2:
Anyway, my mother really started to get scared at the way I looked so finally she took me to the doctor. After weeks and weeks of tests, xrays, and scopes, she was horrified to hear that i really did have a problem.
I know it hurts her that she didnt pay better attention and at least they diagnosed me in time. I didnt have much time left. Since then I been put on drugs like prednizone, Imuran, 6mp and antibiotics.
I moved to the US to live with my dad and to get better care. I've been hospitalized with 3 flare ups since ive been here. My last flare was March 5th.
I'm 6ft now and 96lbs. I was 80lbs just a few months ago so progress is being made.
I'm thankful for finding this forum...I have so much to share, so much to learn.
When i researched what crohns was...I felt like my life was over.... ME?? WHY ME?? a food fanatic ! the one who one day wanted to be a chef.. travel the world and try every cuisine! Be like Andrew Zimmern from Bizzare Foods or Anthony Bourdain from No Reservations. I felt like i couldnt go on... I felt alone, Depression hit me. All i could do is lay in bed all day... i forgot how to talk to people. I became afraid of food. Paranoid about everything... It changed me.. and i want the old me back! I want to be happy again.. So from today im gonna fight for it. I feel like i have hope now that i have joined.
I'm happy now No longer alone.
My name is Shalisha, I'm 19 years old. I was diagnosed in Trinidad and Tobago with Crohns Disease in 2011. My last year of high school.
Missed my prom. Lost my friends.I moved to New york later that year to live with my dad and for better medical care also.
This is the first time sharing my story with people that really do understand
I'm happy to be here.I was a active student in school, into sports like volley ball and basketball. The one they considered the class clown ! lol but i had good grades, just was that person that kept the class alive! I was also a big eater lol known for sneaking snacks during class and devouring big meals, yet I remained thin and tall. I was 5'9 and 120lbs. In 2010 it started. I would buy food and suddenly be full, have no appetite or have pains when i ate... but i didnt pay any attention. I just thought my metabolism rate was slowing down. I started to get thinner and thinner... then always sleepy no matter how much slept i got, i was tired all the time. Can't stay awake in classes... I started avoided friends and a anti -social behavior came over me. Everything I ate caused pain. I went on like that for months living on drinking tea, water and little bites of food now and then till i was 95lbs. People at school and home did notice something was wrong but you know how people judge. They simply assumed i was doing it to myself, that i was "anorexic" i didnt want to eat and get well at all. they didnt understand the pain and cramps that came with every bite of food i took. :mad2:
Anyway, my mother really started to get scared at the way I looked so finally she took me to the doctor. After weeks and weeks of tests, xrays, and scopes, she was horrified to hear that i really did have a problem.
I know it hurts her that she didnt pay better attention and at least they diagnosed me in time. I didnt have much time left. Since then I been put on drugs like prednizone, Imuran, 6mp and antibiotics.
I moved to the US to live with my dad and to get better care. I've been hospitalized with 3 flare ups since ive been here. My last flare was March 5th.
I'm 6ft now and 96lbs. I was 80lbs just a few months ago so progress is being made.
I'm thankful for finding this forum...I have so much to share, so much to learn.
When i researched what crohns was...I felt like my life was over.... ME?? WHY ME?? a food fanatic ! the one who one day wanted to be a chef.. travel the world and try every cuisine! Be like Andrew Zimmern from Bizzare Foods or Anthony Bourdain from No Reservations. I felt like i couldnt go on... I felt alone, Depression hit me. All i could do is lay in bed all day... i forgot how to talk to people. I became afraid of food. Paranoid about everything... It changed me.. and i want the old me back! I want to be happy again.. So from today im gonna fight for it. I feel like i have hope now that i have joined.
I'm happy now
No longer alone.
