Stories

My story started in the mid 1980s. Incredible stomach pains, went into shock, crash team saved me. I had many tests and I was told it was IBS. I continued...

I’ve had a colonoscopy and been told I have Crohn's with proctitis and it all started June 2021. I’m a slim build and lost a bit weight due loss of...

I have been dealing with gi issues for a little over 2 years now. Very bad ones sadly. I have been scoped on 2 occasions twice down the throat and...

So I had my first major flare since being diagnosed. I am typically constipated because of the iron I have to take. So when I have more bowel movements, then...

It was February 2019 when was finally diagnosed with Crohn's. I've worked at a fast food restaurant since 2010, so at the time of diagnosis, all I ate was processed...

I had abdominal pain and diarrhea. The pain was bad. Sometimes it was so bad it would drop me to my knees. But I was poor and no one believed...

As I'm sure we're all well aware -- and honestly, probably sick of hearing -- >Crohn's is an invisible illness. This is something that I’m used to repeating to people...

So after dropping off an order for my customer, I get a sudden urge to pee. Well as you can guess, I'm speeding trying to find the closest restroom in...

I've had Crohn's since 16, diagnosed incorrectly, almost died from meds I was allergic to and spent half my life in hospitals. So, I became a nurse. Logical, right? Forty...

My favorite short story was being in a six-room restroom that had a hall with individual doors; I forgot to check under the counter to make sure it had more...

Diagnosed at 6 I had no clue what was happening to me. I slowly transitioned into an introvert and my mental health progressively got worse to the point of multiple...

I used to believe that my symptoms were a lifelong "consequence" of having my gallbladder removed. It was taken out in the early 2000's. But to be honest I don't...

I’ve suffered so much pain and anxiety, enough for 100 lifetimes. I have experienced every complication, infection, uncomfortable procedures, so much crying, so much darkness. One day I was released...

When I was 14 in 1974 I had my first colostomy. I had so much abdominal pain in my stomach and I could not hold anything in my stomach, it...

I would begin by saying that in 2017, my symptoms of UC began and I had no idea that it would lead me to a journey of physical and mental...

Hi! I’m Nathan. I've had Crohn's disease for almost 20 years. For the first 10 years of my diagnosis I went from specialist to specialist collecting a long list of...

Back in 2017-2018 I was admitted to the hospital when I wasn’t feeling well and I wasn’t getting better. With no insurance, I was given an IV drip, told that...

I am a 46 year veteran of Crohn's. I am currently awaiting starting Entyvio after a colonoscopy. Having symptoms now after having to stop previous med. These biologics all have...

As everyone knows, Today is world IBD day. Much like IBD week, it's a day spent on advocating and spreading awareness for IBD. A lot of times I spend so...

“My apartment looks like a hospital,” I texted a friend. I was exaggerating a bit, but it was more unsettling than I'd expected to have two giant boxes delivered to...