My Life with Ulcerative ColitisI didn’t know what was going on when I was first hospitalized. I was only 5 years old when I started feeling ill. I had different diagnoses and treatments during... By herkosis1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Me and Crohn’sWhile serving on the flight deck of the USSEnterprise CVA(N) 65 in the gulf of Tonkin in 1966 and ‘67, I would have periods of serious pain in the stomach... By clydebaird1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Diagnosed and Then Diagnosed AgainI first started suffering with symptoms in autumn of 1996. Puberty had hit me hard, I was 15 and carrying a bit of weight for the first time in my... By wessywok3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
I got my Crohns under control naturally!I had no idea I had Crohns until last year, at 60 yrs old, I had emergency surgery for a ruptured bowel. Had 18 inches taken out of my small... By timsueday1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
A Long Road of Peaks and Valleys , pt 1(I am thankful for this outlet to tell my story. Like many of us, mine is long and complicated so I will be breaking it up into several parts. This... By rhunter673 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Pyoderma GangrenosumHi. Firstly I would like to say thank you for the add to this group. The relief of finding others who can relate to my illness . Although I don’t... By tapalmer3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
My Daughter Has Crohn’sMy daughter was diagnosed at age 17... while in high school. That would have been around 1997. She’s had two surgeries 2006 and 2015... and I understand this is the... By jean1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Forty Years and Counting!I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in 1977 at the age of 18, in my third week as a college freshman. Having been a terribly colicky infant (a fact my... By 4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Just our Normal 💜I have been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis for 10 years now. Commercials, bathrooms and safety bags are just our normal. When trying to have normal relaxing Friday night and the... By angstang1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Crohns💜At the age of 17 I gave birth to my little girl on 19th of August 2016, soon after I started to develop severe abdominal pains, frequent toilet trips. The... By shieldskeri1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
My teen daughter has Crohn'sMy 16 year old daughter, Farrah, was recently diagnosed with Crohn's at the end of December. We were visiting Orlando, FL for two weeks and arrived on Christmas Day. Farrah... By cmfrizzell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
My 27 year journey so far...I do not often talk about my illness to people or write it down, however I will for this Community. This is my story... I first became sick 27 years... By macduncanhawkes6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Crohn'sI was 71 years old before I got Crohn's disease. First I had a colostomy and then a year later they had to close that and do a ileostomy. Tomorrow... By jonsey1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
April 14th, 2011 - The day my world turned upside down....I should begin by saying prior to April 14th, 2011 I had never presented any Crohn's symptoms. I was a healthy 40 something who hadn't so much as had the... By amhchicago3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments3 comments
Please help: Life with an ostomySo I just had a colonoscopy today. They told me that while the medications are helping, I have been on Prednisone for too long and it has caused what they... By cgh50591 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Crohns SucksI was 18 when I was diagnosed with crohns. I am 23 years old now, last August I had a horrible flare up which led me to the ER. They... By angeliquecruiz1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Journey.Having been increasingly ill and being almost unable to eat I was finally diagnosed with Crohns in 1996. A month later an abdominal abscess perforated. I had a hemi-colectomy, being... By rosenorcott1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
New Diagnosis and LearningI am so glad I found this site! I was starting to feel like I was crazy I have always had a problem with constipation and I was just recently... By leslie-cassell1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
My name is Andrew T. and I was recently diagnosed with Indeterminate ColitisMy name is Andrew and I'm a teen male living in Austin, Texas. In mid Sept 2017, I had just started a 2 week long school break and on Monday... By cent0rea881 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Crohn's a sucksI was reading about all these people on facebook that had Crohn's and their stories, and my heart just breaks. I was diagnosed with UC at the tender age of... By magsmom654 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments10 comments