Stories

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...

So 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...

I 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...

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...

I 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...

My 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...

I 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...

George has been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis he will Champion our cause just like he did in the Octagon...

I suffer with crohns and its no joke and people don't understand...

My name is Cassandra Jimenez. I was diagnosed with crohns and ulcerative colitis since the 5th grade. They couldn't find what was wrong with me. My father also has the...

I've has Crohn’s for 20 years I got diagnosed at 8. I noticed and doctors noticed the red irritation that goes along with the disease but the past two weeks...

Sorry, this isn't about Pilgrims and Indians. It seems I have an awful sense of timing being newly diagnosed at the start of the Holidays. I am just figuring out...

Hello all. I just wanted to share my story with you. Hopefully some can relate. Hopefully others will get hope from it. I was diagnosed when I was about 12...

Hello, I got Crohns and had 5 surgeries! got 40 percent cut out of my small bowels I've lost 40 pounds over 9 months lots of going to bathroom. I...

I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago with having Crohn's disease. This was after a flare up that left me pretty much bedridden for 3 weeks. After my diagnosis and...

I was your typical 2nd grader, I had after school activities, I loved sports (and was pretty good if I say so myself), I had lots of friends and I...

I was diagnosed at age 19 and am 70 now. I have been lucky in a lot of ways. Had 1 surgery and several blocked bowels but doing good. Now...

I started bleeding from the colon in my mid fifties. Never been into a hospital for an illness. In one and a half years, I barely made it through colon...

Early 2016 I started getting a sharp pain in my right lower quadrant of my abdomen. It always came every other month during when I would be ovulating. So I...

I have been to many Dr. And have been told they can find nothing wrong or it all in my mind. My own husband has said I am faking even...