Stories

June 23rd 2009... I was 11 years old and it was the day I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. It has been an unpredictable roller coaster ride, to say the...

I’m currently in the hospital (again). I fainted on the toilet. I came to the ER with pain and bloody diarrhea. They did a CT and said I have colitis...

Hello! I hope you are well. I need help because I’m desperate. I’m new in this forum and I want to tell you what is happening to me. In summary...

I’ve asked myself why do I want to start a blog? Why put yourself, your life and embarrassing bits out there? Well there’s a number of reasons but there's 3...

I have been following some IBD accounts on Twitter and find many of the articles extremely interesting and helpful. My own IBD diagnosis came fairly recently, although I had been...

I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1993 at the age of 23. It was so aggressive I was told by my gastroenterologist that I would have colon cancer within...

My story starts the summer before my freshman year of high school. I ended up going to the first day and then being admitted to the hospital and never making...

Diagnosed at 20 with Crohn's, board member of a local CCFA chapter, led support groups, etc. I got my ileostomy in 1992, fine for a decade and about nine years...

It's only been a few months, but I am so tired of all of it. I'm tired of "healthy" blood draws and tests while feeling so ill and in pain...

I was diagnosed with UC a month or two before my 16th birthday. I’m now 18 and entirely unable to get control over my symptoms. I’ve gone through so many...

When I got out of the Navy I was in good health, but found out a few years later that I had Ulcerative Colitis (UC). At first I don't remember...

My story is still sinking in...it’s a long one in a short space of time! Last year on December 16th, my 16year old son suffered a sudden stomach ache. It...

I have been dealing with a very rare disease. I have had Crohn's disease since 1998 and in 2000 I had to have surgery to remove most of my intestine...

I was diagnosed with Crohn's-Colitis last year. I've had symptoms all my life, but they were always played off as being a picky eater. I would always end up in...

I don't like to talk about my health. It's not who I am. It's messy and makes people uncomfortable. But what happened to, "if you can't say something nice, don't...

I think it was in 2004 when I first started feeling not well. Sure, there were some gastro symptoms, but I didn’t think much of it. I remember having a...

I first felt symptoms when I was 13. We went to a gastroenterologist and he confirmed that it was Crohn's Disease, he then suggested that I was put on Infliximab...

I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease at the age of 8. It was a roller coaster of a time to get to that diagnosis, but we eventually found our way...

My story began later in life. At age 62, happily retired and enjoying life, I started having symptoms that could not be ignored. Found out I have mild/moderate UC from...

Crohn’s disease started to wreak havoc on me at 3 years old. My parents took me to many doctors and the emergency room a lot. No one could figure out...