First off, I am new to the forms and wanted to know how others have recovered from having apart of there small intestines removed.
Some general info about me: I'm a 23 year old male who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 21, had my birthday in a hospital when they found out that I had a giant abscess on my ileum, boy was that fun! Then after 3 months of antibiotic's, through the IV. I was able to get a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with Cronh's disease, there was a lot of bruising in the ilieum. Two years later, just recently I had another colonoscopy. This time it revealed that a good amount of scar tissue had replaced the bruising. Now that scar tissue is obstructing my blow movements and making really hard to live effectively. I get pain almost all the time whenever I eat stuff. Witch really sucks and I'm always sleepy, like right now typing this post is tiresome. Anyhow my GI doctor says I need surgery to remove about 4 to 6 inches of my ilieum. I already have an appointment with the surgeon and I am both excited and scared about the surgery. What I would like to know is if anyone else had to get the same thing and what there recovery from the surgery was like, did overall quality of life get better? If so was there any regressions? Or how did you or they feel after recovery? About how long did it take to recover from surgery? Also I'd be happy to join in on any focus groups regarding Cronh's disease within the Huntsville, AL area. I just wanna talk to others who have it like I do.
Some general info about me: I'm a 23 year old male who was diagnosed with Crohn's disease at age 21, had my birthday in a hospital when they found out that I had a giant abscess on my ileum, boy was that fun! Then after 3 months of antibiotic's, through the IV. I was able to get a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with Cronh's disease, there was a lot of bruising in the ilieum. Two years later, just recently I had another colonoscopy. This time it revealed that a good amount of scar tissue had replaced the bruising. Now that scar tissue is obstructing my blow movements and making really hard to live effectively. I get pain almost all the time whenever I eat stuff. Witch really sucks and I'm always sleepy, like right now typing this post is tiresome. Anyhow my GI doctor says I need surgery to remove about 4 to 6 inches of my ilieum. I already have an appointment with the surgeon and I am both excited and scared about the surgery. What I would like to know is if anyone else had to get the same thing and what there recovery from the surgery was like, did overall quality of life get better? If so was there any regressions? Or how did you or they feel after recovery? About how long did it take to recover from surgery? Also I'd be happy to join in on any focus groups regarding Cronh's disease within the Huntsville, AL area. I just wanna talk to others who have it like I do.