I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease 15 years ago. it didnt become active until 2008. i developed fistulas and was in and out of the hospital every month. thats when i had my first surgery getting a temporary ilieostomy. after 3 months had it reversed. three months after that i was back in the hospital with yet another fistula that burst after getting first round of humira. i then had my secound surgery having another temporary ilieostomy which left me dehydrated. had a pic line inserted for iv fluid at home. after 7 months was reversed. all was going well. i started taking cimzia. it has helped. sometime after i started developing bowel incognitence. it was so severe that i had to wear adult diapers. the muscle was completley dead. 5 moths ago i had surgery again. had a temporary colostomy which left me with a very bad skin infection at the stoma site. 1 month ago i had it re positioned. this time the colostomy is permanent. i am coming to terms in accepting the fact that there is no turning back. but I look at it this way. just like a person who has lost a limb they are fitted with a prostetic limb. I see my colostomy as my prostetic.