First of all, I want to thank anyone who responds or gives any type of advice. And also to the creator, admin and everyone else on this site for making it seem like a very useful tool. I know I feel isolated with my Crohn's, so it's nice knowing that I'll have a whole community to lean on. Thank you all!!!!
Well here's my little story. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in May. The days leading to my hospitalization were horrible. I had a shooting pain in my back that basically crippled me. It took 20 minutes to get out of bed to get to the bathroom, and another 20 to get off the pot. My wife took me into the ER and without doing any tests whatsoever, the doctor told me I was constipated and told me to eat more fiber and mag citrate. Well, that was about the worst thing that could have happened to me. I was into a different ER the next night. I was instantly hospitalized. I live in a small town, 3xxx people, with a very small hospital. After three days of laying in a bed there were no improvements. So my wife and I decided it was time to transfer hospitals and find out what was wrong. Well I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease almost instantly upon arrival. I was released 3 days later and haven't been dealing with it since.
I have a wife, 9 y/o step daughter, 2 y/o daughter and a 3 month old daughter. My wife is very supportive and loving, but doesn't fully understand what it's like. She gets mad that I don't want to go out and do things like I used to. I don't want to go out drinking or even go on a dinner and a movie date. She also doesn't understand when I'm up all night with stomach aches and pains. I just find it very hard to maintain the disease and a "normal" family life. I feel i have adapted but still need to make improvements. I'm not expecting a bunch of replies to this, just more or less wanting to get some stuff off my chest. Thank you.
Well here's my little story. I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease in May. The days leading to my hospitalization were horrible. I had a shooting pain in my back that basically crippled me. It took 20 minutes to get out of bed to get to the bathroom, and another 20 to get off the pot. My wife took me into the ER and without doing any tests whatsoever, the doctor told me I was constipated and told me to eat more fiber and mag citrate. Well, that was about the worst thing that could have happened to me. I was into a different ER the next night. I was instantly hospitalized. I live in a small town, 3xxx people, with a very small hospital. After three days of laying in a bed there were no improvements. So my wife and I decided it was time to transfer hospitals and find out what was wrong. Well I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease almost instantly upon arrival. I was released 3 days later and haven't been dealing with it since.
I have a wife, 9 y/o step daughter, 2 y/o daughter and a 3 month old daughter. My wife is very supportive and loving, but doesn't fully understand what it's like. She gets mad that I don't want to go out and do things like I used to. I don't want to go out drinking or even go on a dinner and a movie date. She also doesn't understand when I'm up all night with stomach aches and pains. I just find it very hard to maintain the disease and a "normal" family life. I feel i have adapted but still need to make improvements. I'm not expecting a bunch of replies to this, just more or less wanting to get some stuff off my chest. Thank you.