If you look real close you might see scars, but me, yeah me I’m only seeing stars
I was diagnosed with crohn's disease when i was 16 years old. Years before that i was diagnosed with anemia. I never would have went to the doctor if it wasn't for my mom. When i was 16 i was really athletic and played every sport i could. My only symptom was when i had to go number 2 its was all blood. i was treated and i pretty much lead a normal lifestyle minus taking horsepills everyday. i think i was on pentasa at the time. The older i got the poorer i became.. So i stopped taking my pills. When i was about 19 i had so much pain i couldnt even get up off the couch anymore. i lost about 30 pounds before i made it back to the doc. He then put me on sulfasalazine. About a year later my pain came right back. My doc accused me of not taking it all the time. Which i was taking all the time because i didnt want the pain to come back. I then started going to a different doc. He told me the meds i was on i wouldnt be able to have kids with so i immediately stopped taking that and switched to asacol. It worked for a year and i had no symptoms. I was going to school at the time and again had no money. So i stopped paying for meds again. Same old story. I was then hospitalized for 6 days over easter...i cant begin to explain how bad that was. i was then put on 6mp and humira. Its been three years since the hospital. I have recently had a reduction surgery. i had 11 inches taken out and had to have a illiostomy. i am still on humira and 6mp. Tomorrow i go in to have the illiostomy taken out. I look back on when i was younger and think of how stupid i was, not taking medications and not listening to people who know what they are talking about. I wish i could go back and change that but can't. I do hope that if you are going through the same thing you learn from me. If you ever wanna talk send me a message later.
I was diagnosed with crohn's disease when i was 16 years old. Years before that i was diagnosed with anemia. I never would have went to the doctor if it wasn't for my mom. When i was 16 i was really athletic and played every sport i could. My only symptom was when i had to go number 2 its was all blood. i was treated and i pretty much lead a normal lifestyle minus taking horsepills everyday. i think i was on pentasa at the time. The older i got the poorer i became.. So i stopped taking my pills. When i was about 19 i had so much pain i couldnt even get up off the couch anymore. i lost about 30 pounds before i made it back to the doc. He then put me on sulfasalazine. About a year later my pain came right back. My doc accused me of not taking it all the time. Which i was taking all the time because i didnt want the pain to come back. I then started going to a different doc. He told me the meds i was on i wouldnt be able to have kids with so i immediately stopped taking that and switched to asacol. It worked for a year and i had no symptoms. I was going to school at the time and again had no money. So i stopped paying for meds again. Same old story. I was then hospitalized for 6 days over easter...i cant begin to explain how bad that was. i was then put on 6mp and humira. Its been three years since the hospital. I have recently had a reduction surgery. i had 11 inches taken out and had to have a illiostomy. i am still on humira and 6mp. Tomorrow i go in to have the illiostomy taken out. I look back on when i was younger and think of how stupid i was, not taking medications and not listening to people who know what they are talking about. I wish i could go back and change that but can't. I do hope that if you are going through the same thing you learn from me. If you ever wanna talk send me a message later.