I had been doing so well until recently. I was on 150mg Azathioprine daily and my symptoms were very mild when they appeared which was rarely. I had moved in with my boyfriend of 2 years and one of our closest friends. I had decided to get back into a full-time job after a few months on disability support payments.
Everything seemed perfectly in balance until 3 months ago when my relationship quickly deteriorated and my boyfriend and I seperated. Since I had moved close to my new job and I am far too settled where I currently am, I am still living with him which is causing me a world of stress and I have been flaring terribly for over a month.
Last Monday night, I had pain, vomiting and bloody D so severely that my parents drove over an hour to come get me to take me to the hospital where my GI works from. I ended up spending 5 days on IV hydrocortizone and an MRI indicated that I have narrowing and scar tissue in my terminal ilium. Fortunately my GI has steered away from surgery at this point but next Monday I am to start on weekly 20mg Methotrexate injections and I'm on 40mg of Prednisone on a 3 month taper. I've also decided to begin on a low residue diet plan.
I feel like my entire world has fallen apart. My ex and I had developed a really close mutual friend network that I have been pushed away from because I have been too sick to socialise and because my ex has been badmouthing me. I keep trying to keep things friendly with my ex but he's past the point of caring which is so difficult because he was a major pillar of support for me when we were together. Thanks to the prednisone, I have barely slept in 3 days and I'm having horrible mood swings.
I have a great office job, working for the government. The hours suit me and they're incredibly understanding about my condition but I currently need to catch a train to get there which is a nightmare when I'm flaring.
Before things got really messy with my ex, I met a new guy through our mutual friends. I've been seeing him for about a month now but he's very emotionally distant and I don't feel like I can lean on him for support, especially because it's a new relationship. In saying that, he's very understanding in a lot of ways. His ex-girlfriend had MS so he probably understands a little more than many guys would but he's not very emotionally supportive which is where I feel I need it most of all.
My family has been consistantly amazing throughout everything. My mum is the most incredible person I know and I honestly wouldn't know what I would do without her.
So now I'm feeling so stuck. I have a very tiny handful of friends that have been good to talk to but they're scared by what I'm going through and find it hard to know what to talk about which I don't blame them for. I would like to develop a new friend support network but I'm not even sure where I could begin to meet new people with how I feel about everything at the moment.
I'm torn on my living arrangements. I think I'm continuing to live with my ex and other friend to attempt keeping my connection to my old friends alive but I think it's doing me more harm than good. Also I can't afford to move out into a place on my own and because of my Crohn's, I find it difficult to find people I'm comfortable living with. My parents have offered for me to move in with them but they live over an hour away from my work and it's just an impossibility to travel that much every day. Also my ex owes me a considerable amount of money and I'm terrified that I'll never see it if I decide to move out before he pays it back to me.
I'm also really unsure about my relationship. It's causing me some anxiety because he's very emotionally distant and I'm not really sure of how he feels about me. He also has some very close mutual friends with my ex who like to cause trouble so that is making me uneasy.
Thanks for reading if you've made it up to this point. I feel a little bit better knowing that I have somewhere to release this much pent up confusion and anxiety and I have a group of people here who are going through the exact same situations as I am.
Everything seemed perfectly in balance until 3 months ago when my relationship quickly deteriorated and my boyfriend and I seperated. Since I had moved close to my new job and I am far too settled where I currently am, I am still living with him which is causing me a world of stress and I have been flaring terribly for over a month.
Last Monday night, I had pain, vomiting and bloody D so severely that my parents drove over an hour to come get me to take me to the hospital where my GI works from. I ended up spending 5 days on IV hydrocortizone and an MRI indicated that I have narrowing and scar tissue in my terminal ilium. Fortunately my GI has steered away from surgery at this point but next Monday I am to start on weekly 20mg Methotrexate injections and I'm on 40mg of Prednisone on a 3 month taper. I've also decided to begin on a low residue diet plan.
I feel like my entire world has fallen apart. My ex and I had developed a really close mutual friend network that I have been pushed away from because I have been too sick to socialise and because my ex has been badmouthing me. I keep trying to keep things friendly with my ex but he's past the point of caring which is so difficult because he was a major pillar of support for me when we were together. Thanks to the prednisone, I have barely slept in 3 days and I'm having horrible mood swings.
I have a great office job, working for the government. The hours suit me and they're incredibly understanding about my condition but I currently need to catch a train to get there which is a nightmare when I'm flaring.
Before things got really messy with my ex, I met a new guy through our mutual friends. I've been seeing him for about a month now but he's very emotionally distant and I don't feel like I can lean on him for support, especially because it's a new relationship. In saying that, he's very understanding in a lot of ways. His ex-girlfriend had MS so he probably understands a little more than many guys would but he's not very emotionally supportive which is where I feel I need it most of all.
My family has been consistantly amazing throughout everything. My mum is the most incredible person I know and I honestly wouldn't know what I would do without her.
So now I'm feeling so stuck. I have a very tiny handful of friends that have been good to talk to but they're scared by what I'm going through and find it hard to know what to talk about which I don't blame them for. I would like to develop a new friend support network but I'm not even sure where I could begin to meet new people with how I feel about everything at the moment.
I'm torn on my living arrangements. I think I'm continuing to live with my ex and other friend to attempt keeping my connection to my old friends alive but I think it's doing me more harm than good. Also I can't afford to move out into a place on my own and because of my Crohn's, I find it difficult to find people I'm comfortable living with. My parents have offered for me to move in with them but they live over an hour away from my work and it's just an impossibility to travel that much every day. Also my ex owes me a considerable amount of money and I'm terrified that I'll never see it if I decide to move out before he pays it back to me.
I'm also really unsure about my relationship. It's causing me some anxiety because he's very emotionally distant and I'm not really sure of how he feels about me. He also has some very close mutual friends with my ex who like to cause trouble so that is making me uneasy.
Thanks for reading if you've made it up to this point. I feel a little bit better knowing that I have somewhere to release this much pent up confusion and anxiety and I have a group of people here who are going through the exact same situations as I am.
