my story bethandgennaro
I am writing because I am so frustrated with my boyfriends crohns disease. He is miserable and feels like he has no more quality of life. He is only 60 but he feels older, and has other health issues as well, but this seems to be the worst of all his other ailments. He also has afib, kidney disease, and asthma. He is a veteran so he gets to have access to the doctors for all of his problems. He gets dehydrated alot and has ended up in the hospital about 3 times in the past year due to the crohns. He also gets these infections that grow due to the bacteria, and he is alot of pain because of these. He has had one cut and he was in hospital for week and a half. When I first met him in 1996 he had crohns but it must have been in remission bc he never had to "run to the bathroom" 10 or more x a day like he does now. I don't know what meds he is on for the crohns for he is on so many meds for other things it is hard to know what is for what. He won't go out of the house except for going to doctor in case he has to go. I saw on the other post someone said something about (questran?) to get the diarreah under control. Does this work and will it constipate him. He worries about this also. He can't eat bananas due to the potassium. Any advice you can give me would be helpful as I am so worried about him being depressed, and giving up on everything, thinking he is less than a man. I love him so very much. He is my whole life. Thank you.
I am writing because I am so frustrated with my boyfriends crohns disease. He is miserable and feels like he has no more quality of life. He is only 60 but he feels older, and has other health issues as well, but this seems to be the worst of all his other ailments. He also has afib, kidney disease, and asthma. He is a veteran so he gets to have access to the doctors for all of his problems. He gets dehydrated alot and has ended up in the hospital about 3 times in the past year due to the crohns. He also gets these infections that grow due to the bacteria, and he is alot of pain because of these. He has had one cut and he was in hospital for week and a half. When I first met him in 1996 he had crohns but it must have been in remission bc he never had to "run to the bathroom" 10 or more x a day like he does now. I don't know what meds he is on for the crohns for he is on so many meds for other things it is hard to know what is for what. He won't go out of the house except for going to doctor in case he has to go. I saw on the other post someone said something about (questran?) to get the diarreah under control. Does this work and will it constipate him. He worries about this also. He can't eat bananas due to the potassium. Any advice you can give me would be helpful as I am so worried about him being depressed, and giving up on everything, thinking he is less than a man. I love him so very much. He is my whole life. Thank you.